Re: Automated Installer - Automated Patcher

[Per Niila Albinsson <per@ruokto.com>]

Sure there will be a need for this functionality in OpenBSD, i am 
especially interested in an automatic patcher.

You guys look like a german engineering team documenting every step you 
take, even have a task for T-shirt design. Reminds me of one of my 
former colleagues from Germany, he documented EVERYTHING, he even wrote 
a documentation for the installation of WinZip (it took him a couple of 
hours). Come on, get real, stop playing with MS Project and get to work. 
The community need a patcher more badly than another OpenBSD-like logo	. 
:-) (no offence)


/Per Niila


Erik E Wilson wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have been sponsored by the USGS to create an automated installer and
> automated patcher for OpenBSD - the project website is located at
> http://www.cet.nau.edu/~fugu/
> 
> The automated installer is similar to Solaris Jumpstart or Redhat
> Kickstart, it should be able to perform a hands-free installation or
> upgrade of the OS.  A similar project seems to be in the planning stage
> called 'Bumpstart' which can be found on sourceforge.
> 
> I have been looking through the OpenBSD source files and we plan on
> modifying the existing install.sh and install.sub files to fulfill the
> requirements which we need, but I am unable to find these files within the
> distribution ISOs or disk images.  It seems as if these scripts are
> compiled into the kernel somehow.
> 
> So my question is:  Is it possible to modify the installation process
> from ISO or disk image without having to rebuild the distro by source?
> 
> Also any pointers, suggestions, or general comments on the project would
> be greatly appreciated.
> 
> thanks,
>   -Erik