Making a custom FreeBSD iso

[Chris Huff]

Hi:

Im trying to get a couple of scripts of mine onto a bootable FreeBSD 5.4 
install cd. Im going about this as follows.


Im ripping the iso image from the cd with dd

dd if=/dev/acd0 of=file.iso bs=2048

Then, Im mounting the iso image

mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/iso-orig/file.iso -u 0

mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /iso

..and copying its contents to disk with cp -R


Now, all of the sudden, the /rescue dir grows from 3.5M to 455M so after 
i copy my scripts to the extracted iso filesystem on my hard disk and 
try to make an iso I cannot burn the ISO because its way too big. Can 
anyone help me with this?


Im trying to get some kind of autoinstall going ( above just install.cfg 
with sysinstall ).




Thanks
--CH



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Autoinstall - install.cfg - scripting with system command

[Chris Huff]

Hi

Im having some trouble with the system command in the install.cfg file 
for autoinstalls. THe man page says the system command  command can 
be used at the end of the cfg file but I cant get it to work.


I've tried.

system /full/path/to/prog  \escsomequotes\ 
system /full/path /full/path
system /mnt/script
system /mnt/script
system /full/path /full/path
system /full/path/to/prog

Sysinstall will just say that
'system /sbin/ping blah' failed - rest of script aborted

ALT-F2 Reports the same
DEBUG: Notify : warning : NO such command ping blah


..nothing seems to work. Can someone throw me an example or a hint on 
how to get some commands or scripting going at the end of install.cfg? 
I'm on FreeBSD5.4 on Intel.



Thanks
--CH
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Where is sysinstall prog on the ISO image of 5.3?

[Chris Huff]

Hi:
I've recompiled sysinstall b/c i want it to automatically get 
install.cfg ( for an autoinstall ) from the cd its on instead of a 
floppy. Now, I cant find out where sysinstall is on the 5.3 cd so I can 
replace and reburn it. Can someone help me or let me know where 
sysinstall is hidden on the cd? Thanks

--CH
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