Re: Anyone working on an automated install?

On 28/10/12 18:47, Rares Aioanei wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 03:42:13PM +0000, Josh Branning wrote:
>> On 28/10/12 16:37, Rares Aioanei wrote:
>>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 01:14:41PM +0000, Josh Branning wrote:
>>>> On 28/10/12 12:48, Martin Husemann wrote:
>>>>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2012 at 12:03:08PM +0000, Josh Branning wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've figured out that the only parts I really want automated, are the
>>>> distribution set selection, the section where it asks for where do you
>>>> want to install from (eg. CD-ROM, FTP, etc.) and the root shell. The
>>>> rest I want to be able to select myself (,that is unless I can find a
>>>> way to disable the "Enable installation of binary packages" and "Fetch
>>>> and unpack pkgsrc for building from source" options) too.
>>>>
>>> If you want only "partial" sysinst, I suggest you modify it such as that some variables that interest you (e.g. set selection) would be hardcoded instead of obtained interactively from the user. Isn't this wjat you want?
>>>
>> That's really what I would like NetBSD to do, yes, using a config file
>> would be best.
>>
>> If you can explain how to do it, then please go ahead.
> Give me a chance to look at the code for sysinst and we'll take it from there.

As I said before:

The code I have for sysinst can be got from here: cvs
[email protected]:/cvsroot checkout src/distrib/utils/sysinst/