Re: Newbie custom config questions

On Dec 29, 2005, at 4:58 PM, Dario Freni wrote:

> Lee J. Imber wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
> The latest version in CVS (freesbie module, not freesbie2) have a
> files/custom/ directory. It has the same meaning of extra/ 
> customroot/ one.

Found it.

If I make changes here, can I just run the "create image" script or  
do I first have to
run the buildworld or installkernel script then "create image"?

I think I am having problems getting the procedure right.

>
>>> 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" ?
>
> According to /etc/network.subr source this should work also with  
> static
> ips. The _ifconfig_getargs function uses $ifconfig_DEFAULT if
> $ifconfig_xx0 is not set.

Great.

>
> Are you using FreeBSD 6?
>

No 5.4-STABLE

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