Newbie custom config questions

Hi All,

First off thanks for the cool project. After playing with this for a  
few days, lots a useful ideas are jumping out at me!


Here is my situation.

I have box in a colo that is on the West coast that has recently died  
(HD). I am in NY.
I need to get that box up asap with minimal configuration.

These are my requirements.

1. /etc/passwd pre-configured with my accounts.
2. /etc/resolv.conf
3. ifconfig_fxp0
4. defaultrouter
5. sshd to start at boot time.
6. Set hostname
7. NTPD

I first started with 1.1 and was able to build working iso's fine  
(way cool)
I was able to get #3,4,5,6,7 of my list to end up on my working iso.
I could not get a /etc/resolv.conf file to be created in the image and
I also tried to copy a working /etc/passwd and /etc/master.passwd to
my image and still no go.

I then tried version 2. I am currently in the "building everything"  
stage
so I have not had any experience with it yet. I do see the adduser  
scripts in the
extra config, but not sure how these work until I start playing.

One other thing. Unfortunately I do not remember what the interface  
is on my box
on the west coast. I *think* its fxp0 but not 100%. I saw in the  
rc.conf on the 1.1 install
a neat script to sorta do a dhcp on all the interfaces it finds. Is  
it possible for me
to take advantage of the script and set the static IP for every  
interface it finds.

Once I have a working image I need to ship it to the colo where some  
admin will just
throw the cd in and boot the box (with my fingers crossed) :)


If anyone has any pointers or a simple "howto" on configuring the above
requirements it would be a HUGE help! I also would like to donate my
findings and experience in either contributing some documentation,  
hardware or $
to help the project along.

Thanks!

Lee J. Imber












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