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diff --git a/usr/sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README b/usr/sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README
index 20cb019..7d9fd5e 100644
--- a/usr/sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README
+++ b/usr/sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ root zpool of the target system to update. I.E:
# disk0=ada0s1a
-# partition=(all, free, s1, s1, s3, s4)
+# partition=(all, free, s1, s1, s3, s4, image)
After setting disk[0-9], the partition= variable is used to specify which target
partition we will be working with for this device.
@@ -124,10 +124,17 @@ Setting this to "all" will setup the disk with a single FreeBSD slice as "s1"
Setting this to "free" will allow pc-sysinstall to search for the first available
primary slice with free space, and create the slice.
-Setting this to "s1, s2, s3 or s4" will use the specified MBR slice
+Setting this to "s1, s2, s3 or s4" will use the specified MBR slice.
+
+Setting this to "image" will use an image to configure the disk.
(This tag is unused for upgrades)
+# partscheme=(MBR/GPT)
+
+When performing a "full" disk (partition=all), the partscheme= variable is used
+to determine the partition scheme type gpart will be using on the disk. Valid
+choices are MBR or GPT.
# mirror=(disk device such as ad1)
@@ -146,6 +153,11 @@ specified this defaults to "round-robin"
Setting this option will instruct pc-sysinstall to install the BSD boot Manager,
or leave it empty
+# image=(/path/to/image/file) (/mountpoint)
+
+Setting this option will instruct pc-sysinstall to write the image file
+specified by the path to the disk.
+
# commitDiskPart
This command must be placed at the end of the diskX= section, before starting
@@ -177,13 +189,14 @@ The notation is as follows:
Available FileSystems:
UFS - Standard UFS2 FileSystem
UFS+S - UFS2 + Softupdates enabled
+UFS+SUJ - UFS2 + Soft Updates + Journaling enabled
UFS+J - UFS2 + Journaling through gjournal
ZFS - Z File System, pools / mounts created automatically
SWAP - BSD Swap space partition, mountpoint should be set to "none"
Adding the ".eli" extension to any of the above file systems
will enable disk encryption via geli
-(UFS.eli, UFS+S.eli, UFS+J.eli, ZFS.eli, SWAP.eli)
+(UFS.eli, UFS+S.eli, UFS+SUJ.eli, UFS+J.eli, ZFS.eli, SWAP.eli)
If you with to use a passphrase with this encrypted partition, on the next line
the flag "encpass=" should be entered:
@@ -205,7 +218,7 @@ If you with to just include the disk into the pool in "basic" mode, then use (ad
The following settings specify the type, locations and sources
for this installation
-# installMedium=(dvd, usb, ftp, rsync)
+# installMedium=(dvd, usb, ftp, rsync, image)
Set installMedium= to the source type we will be using for this install.
@@ -214,6 +227,7 @@ Available Types:
usb - Search for and mount the USB drive which contains the install archive
ftp - The install archive will be fetched from a FTP / HTTP server before install
rsync - Pull the system data from a ssh + rsync server, specified with variables below
+image - Install system from an image
# installType=(PCBSD, FreeBSD)
@@ -352,4 +366,4 @@ localizeKeyVariant is used to update the xorg config to set the keyboard variant
Setting autoLoginUser will enable the specified user to log into the desktop
automatically without entering a password
-$FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README,v 1.1 2010/06/24 22:21:47 imp Exp $
+$FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/examples/README,v 1.5 2010/10/09 08:52:09 imp Exp $
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