1 /stand/sysinstall now supports command-line "shortcuts" which can
2 often replace outdated commands, like pkg_manage. Multiple commands
3 can be invoked in sequence, and variables may be set on-the-fly to
4 customize the installation program's behavior in various ways.
8 /stand/sysinstall [var=value ..] [command ..]
10 Where "var" can be one or more of:
12 blanktime Screen blank time setting in seconds
13 bootManager Select boot manager: booteasy, standard or none
14 browserBinary Which doc browser to use (default: links)
15 browserPackage Which package to get browser from (default: links)
16 cpioVerbose How verbose to be with cpio: high, medium or low
17 debug Extra debugging?
18 disk Which disk to operate on (wd0, da0, etc).
19 domainname Domain name
20 editor Which screen editor to use
21 ifconfig_<iface> For each <iface> in network_devices
22 ftpDirectory Root of the FreeBSD distribution tree on FTP server
23 ftpOnError Set to retry or abort
24 ftpPass Which password to use when logging into FTP server
25 ftp Which FTP site/dir to use (URL ftp://site/dir/..)
26 ftpPort Which FTP port to use (default: 21)
27 ftpRetryCount How many times to retry a fetch operation
28 ftpUser Which username to use when logging into FTP server
29 ftpHost Which FTP hostname to use (overrides ftp variable)
30 gated Use gated instead of routed
31 defaultrouter IP address of default route
32 geometry Geometry to use for selected disk ("cyl/hd/sec")
33 hostname Fully qualified domain name for host.
34 network_interfaces Which network interfaces to configure
35 ipaddr IP address for this host's primary interface
36 nameserver IP address of name server
37 netmask Netmask for this host's primary interface
38 nfs Full host:/path/ specification to NFS media
39 nfsHost Host portion of nfs path
40 nfsSecure Use NFS secure mount (-P flag)
41 nfs_server Configure this machine as an NFS server
42 noConfirm Don't ask for confirmation on non-fatal errors
43 ntpDate Which ntp clock synchronization server to use
44 pcnfsd Install the PCNFSD package
45 ports Path to the ports collection
46 releaseName Which FreeBSD release to install
47 rootSize Size of the root partition to create for Auto
48 routedflags Which flags to pass to routed, if enabled
49 serialSpeed How fast to run a SLIP/PPP connection
50 slowEthernetCard PC ethernet card is uncommonly slow
51 swapSize Size of the swap partition to create for Auto
52 tapeBlocksize Tape size in blocks
53 ufs Full path to UFS media directory
54 usrSize Size of the /usr partition to create for Auto
55 varSize Size of the /var partition to create for Auto
57 And "command" can be one or more of:
59 addUser Add a new user to the system
60 addGroup Add a new group to the system
61 configAnonFTP Configure system for anonymous FTP
62 configGated Configure and install gated
63 configNFSServer Configure host as an NFS server
64 configPackages Browse / install packages
65 diskPartitionEditor Partition a new or existing disk
66 diskPartitionWrite Write out any changed partition information
67 diskLabelEditor Label/Newfs/Mount new or existing filesystems
68 diskLabelCommit Write out any changed label information
69 distReset Reset distribution information
70 distSetDeveloper Select developer distribution
71 distSetXDeveloper Select X developer distribution
72 distSetKernDeveloper Select kernel developer distribution
73 distSetUser Select user distribution
74 distSetXUser Select X user distribution
75 distSetMinimum Select minimal distribution
76 distSetEverything Select all distributions
77 distSetSrc Select source sub-distributions
78 distSetXF86 Select XFree86 sub-distributions
79 distExtractAll Extract all selected distributions
80 docBrowser Browse documentation
81 installCommit Commit any pending installation operations
82 installExpress Express installation
83 installUpgrade Upgrade installation
84 installFixup Go into "fixit" mode
85 mediaSetCDROM Select CDROM media
86 mediaSetFloppy Select floppy media
87 mediaSetDOS Select DOS media
88 mediaSetTape Select tape media
89 mediaSetFTP Select FTP media
90 mediaSetFTPPassive Select FTP media in passive mode
91 mediaSetUFS Select UFS media
92 mediaSetNFS Select NFS media
93 mediaSetFtpUserPass Prompt for FTP username and password
94 mediaSetCPIOVerbosity Prompt for CPIO verbosity
95 mediaGetType Prompt for media type
96 optionsEditor Go to options editor
100 /stand/sysinstall mediaSetFTP configPackages
102 Selects an FTP site and then goes to the package configuration menu.
105 /stand/sysinstall disk=da0 diskPartitionEditor
107 Invokes the disk partition editor on disk da0.
110 If /stand/sysinstall is linked to another filename, say
111 `/usr/local/bin/configPackages', then the basename will be used
112 as an implicit command name.