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.\" $NetBSD: sysinst.8,v 1.5 2022/01/28 19:36:00 wiz Exp $
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE NETBSD FOUNDATION, INC. AND CONTRIBUTORS
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.\" ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd January 28, 2022
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.Dt SYSINST 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sysinst
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.Nd install or upgrade a NetBSD system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl Dp
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.Op Fl C Ar bg:fg
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.Op Fl f Ar definition_file
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.Op Fl m Ar message_catalog_dir
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is a menu-based program that may be used to install or upgrade a
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.Nx
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system.
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It
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is usually invoked automatically when the system is booted
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from appropriate installation media.
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.Pp
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The following options are available:
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.Bl -tag -width 24n
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.It Fl C Ar bg:fg
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Use the ansi colors (see
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.In curses.h )
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bg as background (default: 4 for blue)
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and fg as foreground/text color (default: 7 for white).
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.It Fl D
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Switch on debugging.
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.It Fl f Ar definition_file
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Use
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.Ar definition_file
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as a file for definitions other than the defaults.
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See the
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.Sx DEFINITION FILE
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section for its format.
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.It Fl m Ar message_catalog_dir
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Search for available language files in
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.Ar message_catalog_dir .
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If this argument is missing and there are
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.Pa sysinstmsgs.*
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files in the current directory, those are used.
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If no such files are found, a compiled in default catalog directory
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is used.
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.It Fl p
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Start the extended partition editor instead of the installer.
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This option is not available on some versions compiled for space limited
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install media.
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.El
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.Sh DEFINITION FILE
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A definition file can be used with
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.Nm
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to control several aspects of the installation or upgrade process.
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Options can be stored within the file as
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.Dl option = value
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pairs.
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Options include the following, shown with their defaults
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as well as a description
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.Dq ( REL
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and
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.Dq MACH
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are the release and architecture
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respectively, as determined by the image
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.Nm
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is used on):
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.Bl -column "targetroot mount" "pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL"
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.It Sy "option name" Ta Sy "default value" Ta Sy "description"
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.It machine Ta MACH Ta Machine architecture
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.It xfer dir Ta /usr/INSTALL Ta Transfer dir
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.It ext dir Ta "" Ta Extract dir (will usually be set later on)
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.It ftp host Ta "ftp.NetBSD.org" Ta FTP host for fetching files
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.It ftp dir Ta "pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL" Ta FTP directory for fetching files
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.It ftp prefix Ta "/MACH/binary/sets" Ta Directory to look for sets,
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used for all methods of fetching (i.e., not just FTP)
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.It ftp user Ta "ftp" Ta FTP user for connecting
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.It ftp pass Ta "-" Ta FTP password
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.It ftp proxy Ta "-" Ta FTP proxy
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.It nfs host Ta "-" Ta NFS host for fetching via NFS
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.It nfs dir Ta "/bsd/release" Ta NFS directory for fetching files
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.It cd dev Ta "cd0a" Ta Name of CD device for fetching files
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.It fd dev Ta "/dev/fd0a" Ta Name of floppy device for fetching files
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.It local dev Ta "-" Ta Other device to be mounted for fetching files
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.It local fs Ta "ffs" Ta File system type for local device
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.It local dir Ta "release" Ta Directory to look for in the mounted local file system
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.It targetroot mount Ta "/targetroot" Ta Directory to mount target root dir to
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.It dist postfix Ta ".tgz" Ta Suffix of set files to be extracted
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.It diskname Ta "mydisk" Ta Xr disktab 5 diskname to use for target disk
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.El
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr release 7 ,
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.Xr afterboot 8 ,
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.Xr boot 8 ,
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.Xr diskless 8
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.Pp
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.Em <machine> Ns Pa /INSTALL.*
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files on CD-ROM installation media
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.Pa .../NetBSD- Ns Em <rel> Ns Pa / Ns Em <machine> Ns Pa /INSTALL.*
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files in
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.Nx
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releases or snapshots.
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.Pp
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The default message catalog files are installed in
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.Pa /usr/share/sysinst/catalog .
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Nm
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command appeared in
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.Nx 1.3 .
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