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author | jpaetzel <jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-02-17 16:33:41 +0000 |
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committer | jpaetzel <jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org> | 2011-02-17 16:33:41 +0000 |
commit | 38ea23ab3eb9b2ae741939f14f4dd1d81e531110 (patch) | |
tree | 23ed9f9dddae42073f9fcb6b4bd2f5486d657b6f /usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README | |
parent | 2f4da8e71efe2c607bdfa327d079c9088d2946be (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-38ea23ab3eb9b2ae741939f14f4dd1d81e531110.zip FreeBSD-src-38ea23ab3eb9b2ae741939f14f4dd1d81e531110.tar.gz |
Add "Extract Only" functionality to pc-sysinstall. This allows disk setup to
be done manually, pc-sysinstall is pointed to a mount-point for installation.
PR: bin/154685
Submitted by: kmoore
Approved by: kib (mentor)
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README | 21 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README b/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README index 05e0386..2eb1e6f 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README +++ b/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ installed system When hostname= is not present, pc-sysinstall will auto-generate a hostname such as freebsd-XXXX or pcbsd-XXXX -# installMode=(fresh or upgrade) +# installMode=(fresh/upgrade/extract) -Set the type of install we are doing, fresh or upgrade. +Set the type of install we are doing. Fresh installs will format and mount the target disks before extracting the install images to the system. Using this mode @@ -27,6 +27,19 @@ The conf/exclude-from-upgrade file can be used to specify additional files to exclude from overwriting during the install process. +Extract will skip any disk setup, and perform an installation +to the directory specified by "installLocation=". This location +should be a directory with your pre-mounted file-systems ready +for file extraction. When using the "extract" option, /etc/fstab +on the installed system will *not* be automatically configured. + +# installLocation= + +Used only when installMode is set to extract. + +This is set to the location you want to extract your system to, +and should already be mounted properly. + # installInteractive=(yes or no) Set if the installer is running in interactive mode, and @@ -320,7 +333,7 @@ Run the specified command within chroot of the installed system # runScript= runScript will copy the specified script into FSMNT, and run it in chroot of the system -Usefull when you have a 3rd party script on the DVD / USB, and you want to copy it into +Useful when you have a 3rd party script on the DVD / USB, and you want to copy it into the installed system and run # runExtCommand= @@ -330,7 +343,7 @@ The variable $FSMNT is set to the mount-point of your installed system ######################################################################## -# PC-BSD SPECIFC OPTIONS +# PC-BSD SPECIFIC OPTIONS ######################################################################## Options for time-zones and NTP on the installed system |