New into FreeBSD

[zux0x3a]

Hey guys, I am big fan of Linux, UNIX systems, I have tried Gentoo, and I have built my Distro. I come cross FreeBSD to give it a test and it is really the best. But since I have made my own system with desktop environment, files, installed packages. I am wondering how to add these files into my bootable iso so I can install it on other PCs. For sure as kernel level, i have grabbed the source into /usr/src . But I don't see any hint about including my files, packages into my new iso for later use.

Any hint will be very good as start.

 

[tommiie]

Why would you want to bake in your custom files onto an ISO? I would just store them on some git or svn server, pull the packages from that respository and install them on your new machines. Either way, once you install thm via the ISO, you would have to update them anyway.

 

[mast07]

Perhaps a glimpse how NomadBSD is doing that helps a bit...

 

[zux0x3a]

Why would you want to bake in your custom files onto an ISO? I would just store them on some git or svn server, pull the packages from that respository and install them on your new machines. Either way, once you install thm via the ISO, you would have to update them anyway.

until now what i have did , packed all packages into folder /usr/src/release/scripts/dvd/ . but the wondering how to make automated installation for specific pkgs while installing the system , same as extracting port.txz , is there any idea for that

 

[zux0x3a]

Perhaps a glimpse how NomadBSD is doing that helps a bit...

it is only images to download , this is can't be ported into physical hard drives so , iso is the perfect solution specially with bsdinstall script

 

[SirDice]

But since I have made my own system with desktop environment, files, installed packages. I am wondering how to add these files into my bootable iso so I can install it on other PCs.

That's a lot of effort for very little gain.

but the wondering how to make automated installation for specific pkgs while installing the system

The bsdinstall(8) tool that's used for installation can be scripted.

 

[zux0x3a]

The bsdinstall(8) tool that's used for installation can be scripted.

do you have some example to follow since i am porting my release with these commands :

make -DPORTS -DNODOC -DPKG KERNCONF=GENERIC release dvd
make -DPORTS -DNODOC -DPKG KERNCONF=GENERIC DESTDIR=/storage1/release/12-stable install dvd

 

[SirDice]

do you have some example to follow

Read the bsdinstall(8) man page, there are examples at the end of it. Same for the release(7) man page. You should also read the script at /usr/src/release/release.sh.