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Joshua Smith
Lead Systems Administrator WVNET
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> On Mar 13, 2015, at 11:39 PM, dan mclaughlin <thev...@openmailbox.org> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 14 Mar 2015 02:27:56 +0000 Raf Czlonka <rczlo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Mar 13, 2015 at 09:02:23PM GMT, Joshua Smith wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello misc@,
>>
>> Hi Joshua,
>>
>>> Looking around the man pages for 5.6 and -current it doesn't seem like
>>> it, but is it possible to perform an autoinstall/autoupgrade with out
>>> utilizing pxe and an http server.
>>>
>>> I would like to put the autoinstall/autoupgrade file on a usbkey or
>>> embed it on a custom cd.
>>
>> Well, probably not the way you have in mind (i.e. full autoinstall) as
>> you still have to point the installer to the "{install,upgrade}.conf"
>> manually: i.e. choose (A) for autoinstall, it'll then fail, escape to
>> shell, mount the disk with your config file, go back to the installer
>> and point it to the file - the rest of the installation/upgrade is then
>> fully automatic.
>>
>> I use a 3-line (that includes a keyboard layout) 'upgrade.conf' to
>> upgrade to new snapshots.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Raf
>
> there is a better way using rdsetroot to actually put the *.conf files in the
> bsd.rd kernel itself. it was discussed previously here:
>
> https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=141552533922277&w=2
Thanks!
This is exactly what I am looking for.
IMHO being able to provide autoupgrade in / of the existing system would be a
great addition.
