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Old 11th December 2014
J65nko J65nko is offline
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Just played with the the autoinstall(8) feature of the OpenBSD installer. After a couple of iterations I ended up with the following install.conf:
Code:
Terminal type? = vt220
System hostname = pxe3
Which network interface do you wish to configure? = vio0
IPv4 address for = dhcp
IPv6 address for vio0 = none
Password for root account? = $2a$08$P05SeZFa/oHACZvpFp0Lt.Llx2R8RfrQmvSjc1moSmZQcUmAdxi/z
Start sshd(8) by default?       = yes 
Start ntpd(8) by default?       = no 
Do you expect to run the X Window System? = yes 
Do you want the X Window System to be started by xdm(1)? = no 
Do you want to suspend on lid close? = no
Change the default console to com0? = no
Setup a user? = no 
What timezone are you in? = Europe/Amsterdam 
Which disk is the root disk?    = sd0
Use (A)uto layout, (E)dit auto layout, or create (C)ustom layout? = a
Location of sets? = http
HTTP proxy URL? = none
HTTP Server? = hercules.utp.xnet
Server directory? = snapshots/amd64
Set name(s)? = -game*
Set name(s)? = site*
Set name(s)? = done
Checksum test for site56.tgz failed. Continue anyway? = yes
Unverified sets: site56.tgz. Continue without verification? = yes
Location of sets? = done
Having a log or transcript of an install comes very handy in writing this install.conf. With the following .tiprc file you can log a serial console install to file:
Code:
!beautify
record='LOGS/serial-log.txt'
script
verbose
The interesting part is where you select the sets. I forgot that I don't retrieve the game set anymore, but it still works:
Code:
Select sets by entering a set name, a file name pattern or 'all'. De-select
sets by prepending a '-' to the set name, file name pattern or 'all'. Selected
sets are labelled '[X]'.
    [X] bsd           [X] base56.tgz    [X] xbase56.tgz   [X] xserv56.tgz
    [X] bsd.rd        [X] comp56.tgz    [X] xshare56.tgz  [ ] site56.tgz
    [X] bsd.mp        [X] man56.tgz     [X] xfont56.tgz
Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] -game*
    [X] bsd           [X] base56.tgz    [X] xbase56.tgz   [X] xserv56.tgz
    [X] bsd.rd        [X] comp56.tgz    [X] xshare56.tgz  [ ] site56.tgz
    [X] bsd.mp        [X] man56.tgz     [X] xfont56.tgz
Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] site*
    [X] bsd           [X] base56.tgz    [X] xbase56.tgz   [X] xserv56.tgz
    [X] bsd.rd        [X] comp56.tgz    [X] xshare56.tgz  [X] site56.tgz
    [X] bsd.mp        [X] man56.tgz     [X] xfont56.tgz
Set name(s)? (or 'abort' or 'done') [done] done
Even the answers to ignore the failing verify of my site56.tgz worked:
Code:
Get/Verify SHA256.sig   100% |**************************|  1890       00:00    
Signature Verified
Get/Verify bsd          100% |**************************|  9740 KB    00:00    
Get/Verify bsd.rd       100% |**************************|  7388 KB    00:00    
Get/Verify bsd.mp       100% |**************************|  9776 KB    00:00    
Get/Verify base56.tgz   100% |**************************| 54910 KB    00:01    
Get/Verify comp56.tgz   100% |**************************| 49861 KB    00:01    
Get/Verify man56.tgz    100% |**************************|  8757 KB    00:00    
Get/Verify xbase56.tgz  100% |**************************| 16642 KB    00:00    
Get/Verify xshare56.tgz 100% |**************************|  4458 KB    00:00    
Get/Verify xfont56.tgz  100% |**************************| 38994 KB    00:01    
Get/Verify xserv56.tgz  100% |**************************| 19382 KB    00:00    
Get/Verify site56.tgz   100% |**************************|  4866       00:00    
Checksum test for site56.tgz failed. Continue anyway? [no] yes
Unverified sets: site56.tgz. Continue without verification? [no] yes
Installing bsd          100% |**************************|  9740 KB    00:00    
Installing bsd.rd       100% |**************************|  7388 KB    00:00    
Installing bsd.mp       100% |**************************|  9776 KB    00:00    
Installing base56.tgz   100% |**************************| 54910 KB    00:02    
Extracting etc.tgz      100% |**************************|   110 KB    00:00    
Installing comp56.tgz   100% |**************************| 49861 KB    00:02    
Installing man56.tgz    100% |**************************|  8757 KB    00:00    
Installing xbase56.tgz  100% |**************************| 16642 KB    00:00    
Extracting xetc.tgz     100% |**************************|  9152       00:00    
Installing xshare56.tgz 100% |**************************|  4458 KB    00:00    
Installing xfont56.tgz  100% |**************************| 38994 KB    00:00    
Installing xserv56.tgz  100% |**************************| 19382 KB    00:01    
Installing site56.tgz   100% |**************************|  4866       00:00    
Location of sets? (disk http or 'done') [done] done
Saving configuration files...done.
Making all device nodes...done.
I wonder whether it is possible to create a custom disk layout. So that is the next thing to try......
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I wonder whether it is possible to create a custom disk layout. So that is the next thing to try......
Not yet. But hopefully soon!
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I tagged this thread, so you can easily find it http://daemonforums.org/tags.php?tag=install.conf
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Re: custom disk layout

The disklabels can be defined with a disktab(5) entry. The only other thing that would be needed is a method to supply the installer with the mount points for /etc/fstab creation.

Customized generation of install.conf

This could be done with a shell script, where at the top you only have to modify the variables, that contain the answers. For example:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
TERMINAL_TYPE=vt100
HOSTNAME=heraclitus
NIC=fxp0
NIC_IP=dhcp

cat <<END
Terminal type? = ${TERMINAL_TYPE}
System hostname = ${HOSTNAME} 
Which network interface do you wish to configure? = ${NIC} 
IPv4 address for = ${NIC_IP} 
END
This will generate:
Code:
Terminal type? = vt100
System hostname = sophocles 
Which network interface do you wish to configure? = fxp0 
IPv4 address for = dhcp
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