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+.\" $NetBSD: sysinst.8,v 1.5 2022/01/28 19:36:00 wiz Exp $
+.\"
+.\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
+.\" All rights reserved.
+.\"
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+.\"
+.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 .