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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8')
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1 files changed, 18 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 index 181abdcf9d05..6175d26b4fd3 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ -.\"- +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause +.\" .\" Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> All rights reserved. .\" Copyright (c) 2018 Roberto Fernandez Cueto <roberfern@gmail.com> .\" Copyright (c) 2024 The FreeBSD Foundation @@ -27,7 +29,7 @@ .\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd November 4, 2024 +.Dd October 3, 2025 .Dt BSDINSTALL 8 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -40,9 +42,10 @@ .Op Ar ... .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is used for installation of new systems, both for system setup from -installation media, e.g., CD-ROMs, and for use on live systems to prepare -VM images and jails. +is used for installation of new systems, +both for system setup from installation media, +such as discs, USBs, or network boot environments, +and for use on live systems to prepare jails and virtual machine images. .Pp Much like .Xr make 1 , Nm @@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ these subtargets can be invoked separately by an installation script. .Sh OPTIONS .Nm supports the following options, global to all targets: -.Bl -tag -width indent+ +.Bl -tag -width "-D file" .It Fl D Ar file Provide a path for the installation log file .Pq overrides Ev BSDINSTALL_LOG . @@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ For interactive use, most users will be interested only in the and .Cm script targets. -.Bl -tag -width "jail destination" +.Bl -tag -width "-D file" .It Cm auto Run the standard interactive installation, including disk partitioning. .It Cm jail Ar destination @@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ Extracts the distributions listed in .Ev DISTRIBUTIONS into .Ev BSDINSTALL_CHROOT . -.It Cm pkgbase Op Fl --no-kernel +.It Cm pkgbase Op Fl --jail Fetch and install base system packages to .Ev BSDINSTALL_CHROOT . Packages are fetched according to repository configuration in @@ -253,8 +256,10 @@ if set, or .Lk pkg.freebsd.org otherwise. If the -.Fl --no-kernel -option is passed, no kernel is installed. +.Fl --jail +option is passed, no kernel is installed, and the +.Dq jail +variant of each package set will be selected where applicable. .It Cm firmware executes .Xr fwget 8 @@ -293,7 +298,7 @@ Many are used internally during installation and have reasonable default values for most installation scenarios. Others are set by various interactive user prompts, and can be usefully overridden when making scripted or customized installers. -.Bl -tag -width "BSDINSTALL_DISTSITE" +.Bl -tag -width "-D file" .It Ev TMPDIR The directory to use for temporary files. Default: @@ -693,7 +698,7 @@ is: # Home directories separated so they are common to all BEs /home mountpoint=/home -# Compress /tmp, allow exec but not setuid +# Create /tmp and allow exec but not setuid /tmp mountpoint=/tmp,exec=on,setuid=off # Do not mount /usr so that 'base' files go to the BEROOT @@ -702,7 +707,7 @@ is: # Ports tree /usr/ports setuid=off -# Source tree (compressed) +# Source tree /usr/src # Create /var and friends |