Re: Newbie custom config questions

On Dec 29, 2005, at 4:35 PM, Dario Freni wrote:

> Lee J. Imber wrote:
>> 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.
>
> You can find some documentation on http://wiki.freesbie.org/freesbie2.
> Follow the links to have the configuration parameters explained. At  
> the
> moment you have to enable at least etcmfs to have a working image.
>
> The customroot plugin allows you to add your own files to the image
> during the build phase. All the content of freesbie2/extra/customroot/
> dir will be copied to the / dir of livefs as is. For example, if you
> create freesbie2/extra/customroot/etc/resolv.conf it will be copied to
> /etc/resolv.conf.

OK cool, how is this done in the 1.1 tree? I know its not being  
developed anymore
but I currently have that version installed and building fine. I  
tried 2 and I keep getting
build errors (no time to debug)  A hint on how 1.1 handles this very  
function
will be very helpful.

>
> To set root password you can set it the first time the way Marco said:
>
> chroot /usr/local/freesbie-fs /usr/bin/passwd root
>
> If you don't want to set it everytime you rebuild your iso, you can  
> put
> /usr/local/freesbie-fs/etc/passwd and
> /usr/local/freesbie-fs/etc/master.passwd to
> freesbie2/extra/customroot/etc/. The login db is recreated  
> automatically
> by customroot plugin.
>

Sweet. Seems to have worked fine.

>
>> 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.
>
> Adding ifconfig_DEFAULT="DHCP" in /etc/rc.conf SHOULD work, as this is
> what devd looks for if it doesn't find a specifical variable set  
> for the
> interface. Make also sure devd is starting by adding devd_enable="YES"
>
> Remember you can also add those to freesbie2/extra/customroot/etc/ 
> rc.conf
>

OK, this is true if it's a static IP that will be assigned? Can I  
just change
the "DHCP" to "inet foo netmask bar" ?

>
>> 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.
>
> Once you're done, you can improve our wiki documentation. If you have
> some hardware to donate, just mail [email protected]. If you want to
> donate money, use paypal link on the site.

Great, will do.

Cheers,

Lee


>
> Bye and thanks,
> Dario
>
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