Automated building of OpenBSD servers

["Allan Lyons" <lyonsa@calcgw.wycliffe.ca>]

Hi,

As much as I don't like some things about RedHat, one thing that I do 
like is its "Kickstart" disk method of installation as it allows one to 
easily rebuild servers.

Now I realize that there are those who might say that OpenBSD 
servers don't require re-building, but they do need to be installed the 
first time around.

I am in the situation where I may have to install and configure a box 
completely remotely (ie in a different country).  Building the box here 
and shipping it there is not an option.  What I would like would be able 
to easily script the installation so that all I would have to do is to mail a 
floppy (or email the image of a floppy) to someone at the other end 
and all they would have to do would be to stick it in a machine and turn 
it on.  The machine would then boot and a base install would be 
completed without any further user intervention.  At that point, the box 
would be in a state where I could then log in (SSH) and finish setting 
everything up.

>From what I could find, the installation of OpenBSD requires someone 
to be sitting at the console in order to install.  Could someone please 
prove me wrong!

If you've done this please let me know.  If the answer to my question is 
RTFM, please include the page number as I must have missed what I 
was looking for when I read things through.

Thanks for your help,

Allan.