On Wed, 11 May 2005, Chris Phillips wrote: > We need a fairly painless way, to roll out a fresh install onto some > random i386 hardware we have lying around (there's a plentiful supply), > for any new users, who require a basic functioning GUI, with access to > graphical email client, web browser & 'rdesktop' (for the windows > applications, that they are all hooked on). > > What I'd love to be able to do, is to create a FreeBSD (it's my > favorite) CD, that contains all that I need for these basic systems. > Either, set up so that the install is automated, with just the minimal > of setup, or so that it's got all the packages that I want & can all be > installed straight off the CD (perhaps by choosing the "All Packages" > option).
> Is what I've described actually possible? > > Would anyone be willing or able, to guide me toward a good resource that > I can get reading? > > It would be very cool, if I could do this for our company. More bums on > seats, for FreeBSD :) Chris, If you do want install CD (the other posters so far have looked at thin-client stuff), you might want to check out FreeSBIE and its customisation scripts. It's very straightforward to build a custom CD with things like RDesktop, and comes with a built-in installer (although it does require some extra work to get things like the source and ports trees). www.freesbie.org Cheers, David Adam [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
