1 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2 often replace outdated commands, like pkg_manage.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 /usr/sbin/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 defaultrouter IP address of default route
19 disk Which disk to operate on (ad0, da0, etc).
20 domainname Domain name
21 editor Which screen editor to use
22 ftp Which FTP site/dir to use (URL ftp://site/dir/..)
23 ftpDirectory Root of the FreeBSD distribution tree on FTP server
24 ftpHost Which FTP hostname to use (overrides ftp variable)
25 ftpOnError Set to retry or abort
26 ftpPass Which password to use when logging into FTP server
27 ftpPort Which FTP port to use (default: 21)
28 ftpRetryCount How many times to retry a fetch operation
29 ftpUser Which username to use when logging into FTP server
30 gated Use gated instead of routed
31 geometry Geometry to use for selected disk ("cyl/hd/sec")
32 hostname Fully qualified domain name for host.
33 ifconfig_<iface> For each <iface> in network_devices
34 ipaddr IP address for this host's primary interface
35 nameserver IP address of name server
36 netmask Netmask for this host's primary interface
37 network_interfaces Which network interfaces to configure
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 addGroup Add a new group to the system
60 addUser Add a new user to the system
61 configAnonFTP Configure system for anonymous FTP
62 configInetd Configure the inetd super-server
63 configNFSServer Configure host as an NFS server
64 configNTP Configure host as an NTP client
65 configPackages Browse / install packages
66 configRouter Configure a routing daemon
67 configUsers Add users and/or groups to the system
68 diskLabelCommit Write out any changed label information
69 diskLabelEditor Label/Newfs/Mount new or existing filesystems
70 diskPartitionEditor Partition a new or existing disk
71 diskPartitionWrite Write out any changed partition information
72 distExtractAll Extract all selected distributions
73 distReset Reset distribution information
74 distSetDeveloper Select developer distribution
75 distSetEverything Select all distributions
76 distSetKernDeveloper Select kernel developer distribution
77 distSetMinimum Select minimal distribution
78 distSetSrc Select source sub-distributions
79 distSetUser Select user distribution
80 distSetXDeveloper Select Xorg developer distribution
81 distSetXOrg Select Xorg sub-distributions
82 distSetXUser Select Xorg user distribution
83 docBrowser Browse documentation
84 installCommit Commit any pending installation operations
85 installExpress Express installation
86 installStandard Standard installation
87 installUpgrade Upgrade installation
88 mediaGetType Prompt for media type
89 mediaSetCDROM Select CDROM media
90 mediaSetCPIOVerbosity Prompt for CPIO verbosity
91 mediaSetDOS Select DOS media
92 mediaSetFTP Select FTP media
93 mediaSetFTPPassive Select FTP media in passive mode
94 mediaSetFTPUserPass Prompt for FTP username and password
95 mediaSetFloppy Select floppy media
96 mediaSetHTTP Select FTP media via HTTP proxy
97 mediaSetNFS Select NFS media
98 mediaSetTape Select tape media
99 mediaSetUFS Select UFS media
100 optionsEditor Go to options editor
101 tcpMenuSelect Configure TCP/IP networking
105 /usr/sbin/sysinstall mediaSetFTP configPackages
107 Selects an FTP site and then goes to the package configuration menu.
110 /usr/sbin/sysinstall disk=da0 diskPartitionEditor
112 Invokes the disk partition editor on disk da0.
115 If /usr/sbin/sysinstall is linked to another filename, say
116 `/usr/local/bin/configPackages', then the basename will be used
117 as an implicit command name.