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authorjpaetzel <jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org>2011-02-17 16:33:41 +0000
committerjpaetzel <jpaetzel@FreeBSD.org>2011-02-17 16:33:41 +0000
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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)
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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
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