freebsd-nq/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/shortcuts.hlp

/stand/sysinstall now supports command-line "shortcuts" which can
often replace outdated commands, like pkg_manage.  Multiple commands
can be invoked in sequence, and variables may be set on-the-fly to
customize the installation program's behavior in various ways.

Syntax:

/stand/sysinstall [var=value ..] [command ..]

Where "var" can be one or more of:

blanktime               Screen blank time setting in seconds
bootManager             Select boot manager: booteasy, standard or none
browserBinary           Which doc browser to use (default: lynx)
browserPackage          Which package to get browser from (default: lynx)
cpioVerbose             How verbose to be with cpio: high, medium or low
debug                   Extra debugging?
disk                    Which disk to operate on (wd0, da0, etc).
domainname              Domain name
editor                  Which screen editor to use
ifconfig_<iface>        For each <iface> in network_devices
ftpDirectory            Root of the FreeBSD distribution tree on FTP server
ftpOnError              Set to retry or abort
ftpPass                 Which password to use when logging into FTP server
ftp                     Which FTP site/dir to use (URL ftp://site/dir/..)
ftpPort                 Which FTP port to use (default: 21)
ftpRetryCount           How many times to retry a fetch operation
ftpUser                 Which username to use when logging into FTP server
ftpHost                 Which FTP hostname to use (overrides ftp variable)
gated                   Use gated instead of routed
defaultrouter           IP address of default route
geometry                Geometry to use for selected disk ("cyl/hd/sec")
hostname                Fully qualified domain name for host.
network_interfaces      Which network interfaces to configure
ipaddr                  IP address for this host's primary interface
nameserver              IP address of name server
netmask                 Netmask for this host's primary interface
nfs                     Full host:/path/ specification to NFS media
nfsHost                 Host portion of nfs path
nfsSecure               Use NFS secure mount (-P flag)
nfs_server              Configure this machine as an NFS server
noConfirm               Don't ask for confirmation on non-fatal errors
ntpDate                 Which ntp clock synchronization server to use
pcnfsd                  Install the PCNFSD package 
ports                   Path to the ports collection
releaseName             Which FreeBSD release to install
rootSize                Size of the root partition to create for Auto
routedflags             Which flags to pass to routed, if enabled
serialSpeed             How fast to run a SLIP/PPP connection
slowEthernetCard        PC ethernet card is uncommonly slow
swapSize                Size of the swap partition to create for Auto
tapeBlocksize           Tape size in blocks
ufs                     Full path to UFS media directory
usrSize                 Size of the /usr partition to create for Auto
varSize                 Size of the /var partition to create for Auto

And "command" can be one or more of:

addUser                 Add a new user to the system
addGroup                Add a new group to the system
configAnonFTP           Configure system for anonymous FTP
configApache            Configure and install the Apache WEB server
configGated             Configure and install gated
configNFSServer         Configure host as an NFS server
configSamba             Configure and install Samba
configPackages          Browse / install packages
diskPartitionEditor     Partition a new or existing disk
diskPartitionWrite      Write out any changed partition information
diskLabelEditor         Label/Newfs/Mount new or existing filesystems
diskLabelCommit         Write out any changed label information
distReset               Reset distribution information
distSetDeveloper        Select developer distribution
distSetXDeveloper       Select X developer distribution
distSetKernDeveloper    Select kernel developer distribution
distSetUser             Select user distribution
distSetXUser            Select X user distribution
distSetMinimum          Select minimal distribution
distSetEverything       Select all distributions
distSetDES              Select DES sub-distributions
distSetSrc              Select source sub-distributions
distSetXF86             Select XFree86 sub-distributions
distExtractAll          Extract all selected distributions
docBrowser              Browse documentation
installCommit           Commit any pending installation operations
installExpress          Express installation
installUpgrade          Upgrade installation
installFixup            Go into "fixit" mode
mediaSetCDROM           Select CDROM media
mediaSetFloppy          Select floppy media
mediaSetDOS             Select DOS media
mediaSetTape            Select tape media
mediaSetFTP             Select FTP media
mediaSetFTPPassive      Select FTP media in passive mode
mediaSetUFS             Select UFS media
mediaSetNFS             Select NFS media
mediaSetFtpUserPass     Prompt for FTP username and password
mediaSetCPIOVerbosity   Prompt for CPIO verbosity
mediaGetType            Prompt for media type
optionsEditor           Go to options editor
register                Go to registration editor.

Examples:

/stand/sysinstall       mediaSetFTP configPackages

Selects an FTP site and then goes to the package configuration menu.


/stand/sysinstall       disk=da0 diskPartitionEditor

Invokes the disk partition editor on disk da0.


If /stand/sysinstall is linked to another filename, say
`/usr/local/bin/configPackages', then the basename will be used
as an implicit command name.