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diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 index 896a825..b51cc92 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ .\" Copyright (c) 1997 -.\" Jordan Hubbard <jkh@freebsd.org>. All rights reserved. +.\" Jordan Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>. All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $Id: sysinstall.8,v 1.20 1999/08/17 10:57:18 mpp Exp $ +.\" $Id: sysinstall.8,v 1.21 1999/08/18 05:54:54 chris Exp $ .\" .Dd August 9, 1997 .Dt SYSINSTALL 8 @@ -37,11 +37,17 @@ .Op Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is a utility for installing and configuring FreeBSD systems. -It is the first utility invoked by the FreeBSD installation boot +is a utility for installing and configuring +.Fx +systems. +It is the first utility invoked by the +.Fx +installation boot floppy and is also copied into .Pa /stand/sysinstall -on newly installed FreeBSD systems for use in later configuring the system. +on newly installed +.Fx +systems for use in later configuring the system. .Pp The .Nm @@ -63,10 +69,14 @@ the ability to write MBRs and disk labels (through the services of the .Xr libdisk 3 library) and install distributions or packages onto new and -existing FreeBSD systems. It also contains some extra intelligence +existing +.Fx +systems. It also contains some extra intelligence for running as a replacement for .Xr init 8 -when it's invoked by the FreeBSD installation boot procedure. It +when it's invoked by the +.Fx +installation boot procedure. It assumes very little in the way of additional utility support and performs most file system operations by calling the relevant syscalls (such as @@ -79,11 +89,12 @@ currently uses the library to do user interaction with simple ANSI line graphics, color support for which is enabled by either running on a syscons VTY or some other color-capable terminal emulator (newer versions of xterm will support -color when using the ``xterm-color'' termcap entry). +color when using the +.Dq xterm-color +termcap entry). .Pp This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and will eventually be replaced. -utility. .Sh RUNNING SCRIPTS .Nm may be either driven interactively through its various internal menus @@ -124,7 +135,7 @@ directive), upon reaching the end of the argument list or on error. For example: .nf -/stand/sysinstall _ftpPath=ftp:/ziggy/pub/ mediaSetFTP configPackages +/stand/sysinstall _ftpPath=ftp://ziggy/pub/ mediaSetFTP configPackages .fi Would initialize @@ -178,7 +189,11 @@ loading any required 3rd-party routing daemons as necessary. .Bl -tag -width indent .It router can be set to the name of the desired routing daemon, -e.g. ``routed'' or ``gated'', otherwise it is prompted for. +e.g. +.Dq routed +or +.Dq gated , +otherwise it is prompted for. .El .It configNFSServer Configure host as an NFS server. @@ -226,18 +241,27 @@ change to geometry. .It partition Set to disk partitioning type or size, its value being .Ar free -in order to use only remaining free space for FreeBSD, +in order to use only remaining free space for +.Fx , .Ar all -to use the entire disk for FreeBSD but maintain a proper partition +to use the entire disk for +.Fx +but maintain a proper partition table, .Ar existing -to use an existing FreeBSD partition (first found), +to use an existing +.Fx +partition (first found), .Ar exclusive -to use the disk in ``dangerously dedicated'' mode or, finally, +to use the disk in +.Dq dangerously dedicated +mode or, finally, .Ar somenumber to allocate .Ar somenumber -blocks of available free space to a new FreeBSD partition. +blocks of available free space to a new +.Fx +partition. Default: Interactive mode. .It bootManager is set to one of @@ -262,7 +286,8 @@ function) to be written out. \fBVariables:\fR None .It diskLabelEditor Invokes the disk label editor. This is a bit trickier from a script -since you need to essentially label everything inside each FreeBSD +since you need to essentially label everything inside each +.Fx (type 0xA5) partition created by the .Ar diskPartitionEditor function, and that requires knowing a few rules about how things are @@ -273,15 +298,20 @@ what the slice names will be, then and only then hardwiring them into the script. .Pp For example, let's say you have a SCSI disk on which you've created a new -FreeBSD partition in slice 2 (your DOS partition residing in slice 1). +.Fx +partition in slice 2 (your DOS partition residing in slice 1). The slice name would be .Ar da0s2 -for the whole FreeBSD partition ( -.Ar da0s1 +for the whole +.Fx +partition +.Ar ( da0s1 being your DOS primary partition). Now let's further assume that you have 500MB in this partition and you want to sub-partition that space into root, swap, -var and usr file systems for FreeBSD. Your invocation of the +var and usr file systems for +.Fx . +Your invocation of the .Ar diskLabelEditor function might involve setting the following variables: .Bl -tag -width findx @@ -336,11 +366,12 @@ Resets all selected distributions to the empty set (no distributions selected). .It distSetCustom Allows the selection of a custom distribution set (e.g. not just on of the existing "canned" sets) with no user interaction. + \fBVariables:\fR .Bl -tag -width indent .It dists List of distributions to load. Possible distribution values are: -.Bl -tag -width indent +.Bl -tag -width indentxx .It Li bin The base binary distribution. .It Li doc @@ -360,19 +391,31 @@ GNU info files and other extra docs. .It Li des DES encryption binaries and libraries. .It Li compat1x -Compatibility with FreeBSD 1.x +Compatibility with +.It Li 1.x .It Li compat20 -Compatibility with FreeBSD 2.0 +Compatibility with +.Fx 2.0 .It Li compat21 -Compatibility with FreeBSD 2.1 +Compatibility with +.Fx 2.1 +.It Li compat22 +.Fx 2.2 +and +.Fx 3.0 +a.out binary compatibility +.It Li compat3x +Compatibility with +.It Li 3.x +(available for +.Fx 4.0 +systems only) .It Li ports The ports collection. .It Li krb Kerberos binaries. .It Li ssecure /usr/src/secure -.It Li sebones -/usr/src/eBones .It Li sbase /usr/src/[top level files] .It Li scontrib @@ -564,6 +607,7 @@ variable). Defaults to lynx. Commit any and all pending changes to disk. This function is essentially shorthand for a number of more granular "commit" functions. +.Pp \fBVariables:\fR None .It installExpress Start an "express" installation, asking few questions of @@ -613,7 +657,9 @@ configuration file from another. The fully pathname of the file to load. .El .It mediaSetCDROM -Select a FreeBSD CDROM as the installation media. +Select a +.Fx +CDROM as the installation media. .Pp \fBVariables:\fR None .It mediaSetFloppy @@ -641,8 +687,8 @@ The domain name of the host being installed (optional). .It defaultrouter The default router for this host (non-optional). .It netDev -Which host interface to use ( -.Ar ed0 +Which host interface to use +.Ar ( ed0 or .Ar ep0 , for example. Non-optional). @@ -654,9 +700,10 @@ The IP address for the selected host interface (non-optional). .It netmask The netmask for the selected host interface (non-optional). .It _ftpPath -The fully qualified URL of the FTP site containing the FreeBSD +The fully qualified URL of the FTP site containing the +.Fx distribution you're interested in, e.g. -.Ar ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ . +.Ar ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ . .El .It mediaSetFTPActive Alias for @@ -679,7 +726,9 @@ the installation media. \fBVariables:\fR .Bl -tag -width indent .It ufs -full /path to directory containing the FreeBSD distribution you're +full /path to directory containing the +.Fx +distribution you're interested in. .El .It mediaSetNFS @@ -693,8 +742,8 @@ The domain name of the host being installed (optional). .It defaultrouter The default router for this host (non-optional). .It netDev -Which host interface to use ( -.Ar ed0 +Which host interface to use +.Ar ( ed0 or .Ar ep0 , for example. Non-optional). @@ -707,7 +756,9 @@ The IP address for the selected host interface (non-optional). The netmask for the selected host interface (non-optional). .It nfs full hostname:/path specification for directory containing -the FreeBSD distribution you're interested in. +the +.Fx +distribution you're interested in. .El .It mediaSetFTPUserPass .Pp |
