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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 19:55:15 -0400 |
| commit | 253e67c8b3a72b3a4757fdbc5845297628db0a4a (patch) | |
| tree | adf53b66087aa30dfbf8bf391a1dadb044c3bf4d /static/netbsd/man8/sysinst.8 | |
| parent | a9157ce950dfe2fc30795d43b9d79b9d1bffc48b (diff) | |
docs: Added All NetBSD Manuals
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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man8/sysinst.8 b/static/netbsd/man8/sysinst.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c274cbea --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man8/sysinst.8 @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: sysinst.8,v 1.5 2022/01/28 19:36:00 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS +.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED +.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR +.\" PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE FOUNDATION OR CONTRIBUTORS +.\" BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR +.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF +.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS +.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN +.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) +.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE +.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd January 28, 2022 +.Dt SYSINST 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm sysinst +.Nd install or upgrade a NetBSD system +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl Dp +.Op Fl C Ar bg:fg +.Op Fl f Ar definition_file +.Op Fl m Ar message_catalog_dir +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a menu-based program that may be used to install or upgrade a +.Nx +system. +It +is usually invoked automatically when the system is booted +from appropriate installation media. +.Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width 24n +.It Fl C Ar bg:fg +Use the ansi colors (see +.In curses.h ) +bg as background (default: 4 for blue) +and fg as foreground/text color (default: 7 for white). +.It Fl D +Switch on debugging. +.It Fl f Ar definition_file +Use +.Ar definition_file +as a file for definitions other than the defaults. +See the +.Sx DEFINITION FILE +section for its format. +.It Fl m Ar message_catalog_dir +Search for available language files in +.Ar message_catalog_dir . +If this argument is missing and there are +.Pa sysinstmsgs.* +files in the current directory, those are used. +If no such files are found, a compiled in default catalog directory +is used. +.It Fl p +Start the extended partition editor instead of the installer. +This option is not available on some versions compiled for space limited +install media. +.El +.Sh DEFINITION FILE +A definition file can be used with +.Nm +to control several aspects of the installation or upgrade process. +Options can be stored within the file as +.Dl option = value +pairs. +Options include the following, shown with their defaults +as well as a description +.Dq ( REL +and +.Dq MACH +are the release and architecture +respectively, as determined by the image +.Nm +is used on): +.Bl -column "targetroot mount" "pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL" +.It Sy "option name" Ta Sy "default value" Ta Sy "description" +.It machine Ta MACH Ta Machine architecture +.It xfer dir Ta /usr/INSTALL Ta Transfer dir +.It ext dir Ta "" Ta Extract dir (will usually be set later on) +.It ftp host Ta "ftp.NetBSD.org" Ta FTP host for fetching files +.It ftp dir Ta "pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL" Ta FTP directory for fetching files +.It ftp prefix Ta "/MACH/binary/sets" Ta Directory to look for sets, +used for all methods of fetching (i.e., not just FTP) +.It ftp user Ta "ftp" Ta FTP user for connecting +.It ftp pass Ta "-" Ta FTP password +.It ftp proxy Ta "-" Ta FTP proxy +.It nfs host Ta "-" Ta NFS host for fetching via NFS +.It nfs dir Ta "/bsd/release" Ta NFS directory for fetching files +.It cd dev Ta "cd0a" Ta Name of CD device for fetching files +.It fd dev Ta "/dev/fd0a" Ta Name of floppy device for fetching files +.It local dev Ta "-" Ta Other device to be mounted for fetching files +.It local fs Ta "ffs" Ta File system type for local device +.It local dir Ta "release" Ta Directory to look for in the mounted local file system +.It targetroot mount Ta "/targetroot" Ta Directory to mount target root dir to +.It dist postfix Ta ".tgz" Ta Suffix of set files to be extracted +.It diskname Ta "mydisk" Ta Xr disktab 5 diskname to use for target disk +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr release 7 , +.Xr afterboot 8 , +.Xr boot 8 , +.Xr diskless 8 +.Pp +.Em <machine> Ns Pa /INSTALL.* +files on CD-ROM installation media +.Pa .../NetBSD- Ns Em <rel> Ns Pa / Ns Em <machine> Ns Pa /INSTALL.* +files in +.Nx +releases or snapshots. +.Pp +The default message catalog files are installed in +.Pa /usr/share/sysinst/catalog . +.Sh HISTORY +A +.Nm +command appeared in +.Nx 1.3 . |
