On 11/14/10 12:09, OpenBSD Geek wrote: > Hi, > I read OpenBSD FAQ at > [url]http://www.openbsd.org/faq/fr/faq4.html#site[/url] > I understood well, that install.site/ Upgrade.site and of course > SiteXX.tgz is enabled at the end of the installation. > > My question, i boot on 4.7 RELEASE, choose "Install". > Is it possible to have an "true automatic installation" for example don't > need to put mygate, myname, "root password" ... put all the answers in a > script ? And so have an install without any interaction with the user ? > > I suppose not possible ? because all of that are in the "install.sub" > script (from bsd.rd)
did you actually read Stuart's response? And of course, it's an open source system, as the interactive script can install the system, it's obviously possible to write your own script to do it automatically. Not overly difficult, even. Rough outline of one way to do it: Build a USB disk with a minimal OpenBSD install and all the desired install files on it. Write a script that runs on the USB disk and does the following: * fdisk -iy desired disk * disklabels, creating desired partitions * newfs's the desired partitions * mount them under (say) /mnt * copy over kernels * unpack desired *.tgz files * install boot loader (faq14.html) * copy over/create desired network config files * copy over package files you want * create an rc.firsttime file to install those packages on first native boot. Probably as easy to create your own script to do that as it is to learn, configure and use someone else's "automatic install" script that makes assumptions that don't quite match yours. OpenBSD is really simple, no magic takes place in the install process that you can't easily replicate. The magic is making it work off one floppy disk on any platform that takes floppies. Nick. > > Thanks. > > On Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:32:21 +0000 (UTC), Stuart Henderson > <s...@spacehopper.org> wrote: >> On 2010-11-14, OpenBSD Geek <open...@e-solutions.re> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I read FAQ, and found nothing about "install.site" script. >>> And tried : man install.site, give me nothing. >>> >>> Is there someone that can explain me how to do a unattended > installation >>> ? >> >>> I wish for example have this by default : >>> - Keyboard "fr". >>> - myname : "puffy" >>> - DomainName : "secure.lan" >>> - IPv4 : 10.10.10.1/24 >>> - mygate : 10.10.10.10/24 >>> - IPv6 : none >>> - Root password : "betatest" >>> - Create a user : "debug" member of "wheel" >> >> you can do these parts by overwriting/adding to the configuration >> files, see faq 4. you can also do things like adding lines to >> /etc/rc.firsttime to install any packages you need. >> >>> - use the whole disk and auto layout >>> - Install all sets except -x* and -g* >> >> this is beyond the scope of install.site/siteXX.tgz, these files >> are for additional steps after the main installation is complete, >> not a complete unattended installation.
