NAME
sysinst —
install or upgrade a NetBSD
system
SYNOPSIS
sysinst |
[-D]
[-f
definition_file]
[-r
release] |
DESCRIPTION
sysinst is a menu-based program that may be used to install or
upgrade a
NetBSD system. It is usually invoked
automatically when the system is booted from appropriate installation media.
sysinst is usually not present on a
NetBSD system that has been fully installed.
The following options are available:
-
-
- -D
- Switch on debugging.
-
-
- -f
definition_file
- Use definition_file as a file for
definitions other than the defaults. See the
DEFINITION FILE section for its
format.
-
-
- -r
release
- Use release as the release name if it
is different to the one compiled. Currently unused.
DEFINITION FILE
A definition file can be used with
sysinst to control several
aspects of the installation or upgrade process. Options can be stored within
the file as
option = value
pairs. Options include the following, shown with their defaults as well as a
description (“REL” and “MACH” are the release and
architecture respectively, as determined by the image
sysinst is used on):
option name |
default value |
description |
release |
REL |
Release name (also set by -r
release) |
machine |
MACH |
Machine architecture |
xfer dir |
/usr/INSTALL |
Transfer dir |
ext dir |
|
Extract dir (will usually be set later on) |
ftp host |
ftp.NetBSD.org |
FTP host for fetching files |
ftp dir |
pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL |
FTP directory for fetching files |
ftp prefix |
/MACH/binary/sets |
Directory to look for sets, used for all methods of
fetching (i.e., not just FTP) |
ftp user |
ftp |
FTP user for connecting |
ftp pass |
- |
FTP password |
ftp proxy |
- |
FTP proxy |
nfs host |
- |
NFS host for fetching via NFS |
nfs dir |
/bsd/release |
NFS directory for fetching files |
cd dev |
cd0a |
Name of CD device for fetching files |
fd dev |
/dev/fd0a |
Name of floppy device for fetching files |
local dev |
- |
Other device to be mounted for fetching files |
local fs |
ffs |
File system type for local device |
local dir |
release |
Directory to look for in the mounted local file
system |
targetroot mount |
/targetroot |
Directory to mount target root dir to |
dist postfix |
.tgz |
Suffix of set files to be extracted |
diskname |
mydisk |
disktab(5)
diskname to use for target disk |
SEE ALSO
release(7),
afterboot(8),
boot(8),
diskless(8)
<machine>/INSTALL.* files on CD-ROM
installation media
.../NetBSD-<rel>/<machine>/INSTALL.*
files in
NetBSD releases or snapshots.
HISTORY
A
sysinst command appeared in
NetBSD
1.3.