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author | murray <murray@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-05 00:34:58 +0000 |
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committer | murray <murray@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-06-05 00:34:58 +0000 |
commit | 3a6dfd1cab0367e14668f815b67f787e6f5228b8 (patch) | |
tree | 3cc38313f91b67e3ba6f8346374f1f8d5ee3a580 /usr.sbin | |
parent | 4a77bedabf6731896b8a132442eb4d7c4ce6a942 (diff) | |
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Add information about setting up media to use the multi-volume support
in sysinstall.
Reviewed by: ru
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin')
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 | 60 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 | 60 |
2 files changed, 120 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 b/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 index 1915960..201b8e7 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/sade/sade.8 @@ -919,6 +919,66 @@ except that .Ar _ftpPath is not used. .El +.Sh DISTRIBUTION MEDIA +The following files can be used to affect the operation of +.Nm +when used during initial system installation. +.Bl -tag -width ".Pa packages/INDEX" +.It Pa cdrom.inf +A text file of properties, listed one per line, that describe the +contents of the media in use. +The syntax for each line is simply +.Dq Ar property No = Ar value . +Currently, only the following properties are recognized. +.Bl -tag -width ".Va CD_MACHINE_ARCH" +.It Va CD_VERSION +This property should be set to the +.Fx +version on the current +media volume. +For example, +.Dq Li "CD_VERSION = 4.6" . +.It Va CD_MACHINE_ARCH +This property should be set to the architecture of the contents on +this volume. +This property is normally only used with +.Fx +products that contain +CDs for different architectures, to provide better error messages if +users try to install Alpha packages on an i386 machine. +For example, +.Dq Li "CD_MACHINE_ARCH = alpha" . +.It Va VOLUME +In a multi-volume collection (such as the +.Fx +4-CD set), the +.Pa ports/INDEX +file on each disc should contain the full package index for the set. +The last field of the +.Pa INDEX +file denotes which volume the package +appears on, and the +.Va VOLUME +property here defines the volume ID of the current disc. +.El +.It Pa packages/INDEX +The package index file. +Each package is listed on a separate line with additional meta-data +such as the required dependencies. +This index is generated by +.Dq Li "make index" +from the +.Xr ports 7 +collection. +When multi-volume support is enabled, an additional field should be +added to each line indicating which media volume contains the given +package. +.El +.Pp +For information about building a full release of +.Fx , +please see +.Xr release 7 . .Sh FILES This utility may edit the contents of .Pa /etc/rc.conf , diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 index 1915960..201b8e7 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 @@ -919,6 +919,66 @@ except that .Ar _ftpPath is not used. .El +.Sh DISTRIBUTION MEDIA +The following files can be used to affect the operation of +.Nm +when used during initial system installation. +.Bl -tag -width ".Pa packages/INDEX" +.It Pa cdrom.inf +A text file of properties, listed one per line, that describe the +contents of the media in use. +The syntax for each line is simply +.Dq Ar property No = Ar value . +Currently, only the following properties are recognized. +.Bl -tag -width ".Va CD_MACHINE_ARCH" +.It Va CD_VERSION +This property should be set to the +.Fx +version on the current +media volume. +For example, +.Dq Li "CD_VERSION = 4.6" . +.It Va CD_MACHINE_ARCH +This property should be set to the architecture of the contents on +this volume. +This property is normally only used with +.Fx +products that contain +CDs for different architectures, to provide better error messages if +users try to install Alpha packages on an i386 machine. +For example, +.Dq Li "CD_MACHINE_ARCH = alpha" . +.It Va VOLUME +In a multi-volume collection (such as the +.Fx +4-CD set), the +.Pa ports/INDEX +file on each disc should contain the full package index for the set. +The last field of the +.Pa INDEX +file denotes which volume the package +appears on, and the +.Va VOLUME +property here defines the volume ID of the current disc. +.El +.It Pa packages/INDEX +The package index file. +Each package is listed on a separate line with additional meta-data +such as the required dependencies. +This index is generated by +.Dq Li "make index" +from the +.Xr ports 7 +collection. +When multi-volume support is enabled, an additional field should be +added to each line indicating which media volume contains the given +package. +.El +.Pp +For information about building a full release of +.Fx , +please see +.Xr release 7 . .Sh FILES This utility may edit the contents of .Pa /etc/rc.conf , |