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+++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/options.hlp
@@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ FTP username: Specify username and password instead of anonymous.
specify the username and password with this option.
+Install Root: Specify some directory other than / as your "root".
+
+ This should be left as / unless you have a really good reason to
+ change it. One good reason might be if you were installing to a
+ disk other than your own, as might happen if you needed to prepare a
+ disk for another machine which couldn't load FreeBSD directly
+ for some reason.
+
+ Note: If you set this option, you will only be able to install
+ packages if the bin distribution is also installed (usually
+ the case anyway) since /usr/sbin/pkg_add will otherwise not be
+ found after the chroot() call.
+
+
Editor: Specify which screen editor to use.
At various points during the installation it may be necessary
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