Unattended installation of FreeBSD

[balanga]

Is it possible to install FreeBSD using a response file or scripts to avoid needing to respond to various dialogue boxes?

 

[Tabs]

I think you need to create a /etc/installerconfig file - have a look at bsdinstall(8)

 

[balanga]

I had a look at remote installs which would appear to be the best option. This article explains how but looks out of date and needs updating:-

https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/remote-install/article.html

 

[smoofy]

I perform full installation manually from command line so there is no reason why it should not be possible using a script. What you need is to create partitions as desired, mount them a unpack base system packages and then change configuration as needed. I personally find this more convenient as I am able to finish whole installation via script in about 3 minutes altogether. We are talking about the base system here of course. No additional packages or such.