Johan Danielsson writes:
> David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk> writes:
>
> > I'm not sure this is a useful feature, I can't imagine when you
> > would ever run the script!
>
> I suppose it's for stuff like cloning an installation on many
> identical machines. This is less of a problem on NetBSD, because of
> the lack of magic going on during installation time, but it's most
> useful on other systems.

One of the things NetBSD sorely needs is a hands-off network
installation, such as Custom Jumpstart for Solaris.  A sysinst
script could be a first step (although many other steps are needed,
such as system packages and many many fixes to the packaging system
in general).


Regards -- Volker
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