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+/stand/sysinstall now supports command-line "shortcuts" which can
+often replace outdated commands, like pkg_install. Multiple commands
+can be invoked in sequence, and variables may be set on-the-fly to
+customize the installation program's behavior in various ways.
+
+Syntax:
+
+/stand/sysinstall [var=value ..] [command ..]
+
+Where "var" can be one or more of:
+
+blanktime Screen blank time setting in seconds
+bootManager Which boot manager to use: booteasy, standard or none
+browserBinary Which doc browser to use (default: lynx)
+browserPackage Which package to get browser from (default: lynx pkg)
+cpioVerbose How verbose to be with cpio: high, medium or low
+debug Extra debugging?
+disk Which disk to operate on (wd0, sd0, etc).
+domainname Domain name
+editor Which screen editor to use
+ifconfig_<iface> For each <iface> in network_devices
+ftpDirectory Root of the FreeBSD distribution tree on FTP server
+ftpOnError Set to retry or abort
+ftpPass Which password to use when logging into FTP server
+ftp Which FTP site/dir to use (URL ftp://site/dir/..)
+ftpPort Which FTP port to use (default: 21)
+ftpRetryCount How many times to retry a fetch operation
+ftpUser Which username to use when logging into FTP server
+ftpHost Which FTP hostname to use (overrides ftp variable)
+gated Use gated instead of routed
+defaultrouter IP address of default route
+geometry Geometry to use for selected disk ("cyl/hd/sec")
+hostname Fully qualified domain name for host.
+network_interfaces Which network interfaces to configure
+ipaddr IP address for this host's primary interface
+nameserver IP address of name server
+netmask Netmask for this host's primary interface
+nfs Full host:/path/ specification to NFS media
+nfsHost Host portion of nfs path
+nfsSecure Use NFS secure mount (-P flag)
+nfs_server Configure this machine as an NFS server
+noConfirm Don't ask for confirmation on non-fatal errors
+ntpDate Which ntp clock syncronization server to use
+pcnfsd Install the PCNFSD package
+ports Path to the ports collection
+releaseName Which FreeBSD release to install
+rootSize Size of the root partition to create for Auto
+routedflags Which flags to pass to routed, if enabled
+serialSpeed How fast to run a SLIP/PPP connection
+slowEthernetCard PC ethernet card is uncommonly slow
+swapSize Size of the swap partition to create for Auto
+tapeBlocksize Tape size in blocks
+ufs Full path to UFS media directory
+usrSize Size of the /usr partition to create for Auto
+varSize Size of the /var partition to create for Auto
+
+And "command" can be one or more of:
+
+configAnonFTP Configure system for anonymous FTP
+configApache Configure and install the Apache WEB server
+configGated Configure and install gated
+configNFSServer Configure host as an NFS server
+configSamba Configure and install Samba
+configPackages Browse / install packages
+diskPartitionEditor Partition a new or existing disk
+diskPartitionWrite Write out any changed partition information
+diskLabelEditor Label/Newfs/Mount new or existing filesystems
+diskLabelCommit Write out any changed label information
+distReset Reset distribution information
+distSetDeveloper Select developer distribution
+distSetXDeveloper Select X developer distribution
+distSetKernDeveloper Select kernel developer distribution
+distSetUser Select user distribution
+distSetXUser Select X user distribution
+distSetMinimum Select minimal distribution
+distSetEverything Select all distributions
+distSetDES Select DES sub-distributions
+distSetSrc Select source sub-distributions
+distSetXF86 Select XFree86 sub-distributions
+distExtractAll Extract all selected distributions
+docBrowser Browse documentation
+installCommit Commit any pending installation operations
+installExpress Express installation
+installUpgrade Upgrade installation
+installFixup Go into "fixit" mode
+mediaSetCDROM Select CDROM media
+mediaSetFloppy Select floppy media
+mediaSetDOS Select DOS media
+mediaSetTape Select tape media
+mediaSetFTP Select FTP media
+mediaSetFTPPassive Select FTP media in passive mode
+mediaSetUFS Select UFS media
+mediaSetNFS Select NFS media
+mediaSetFtpUserPass Prompt for FTP username and password
+mediaSetCPIOVerbosity Prompt for CPIO verbosity
+mediaGetType Prompt for media type
+optionsEditor Go to options editor
+
+
+Examples:
+
+/stand/sysinstall mediaSetFTP configPackages
+
+Selects an FTP site and then goes to the package configuration menu.
+
+
+/stand/sysinstall disk=sd0 diskPartitionEditor
+
+Invokes the disk partition editor on disk sd0.
+
+
+If /stand/sysinstall is linked to another filename, say
+`/usr/local/bin/configPackages', then the basename will be used as an
+implicit command name.
+
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