freebsd-skq/usr.sbin/pc-sysinstall/doc/help-index
imp 608e1b84a9 pc-sysinstall(8) patch that allows images to be written to disks
This patch creates the "image" directive for the pc-sysinstall config
file. This allows disks to be configured with an image instead of
partitioning.

PR:		150137
Submitted by:	John Hixson
2010-09-08 20:10:24 +00:00

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pc-sysinstall Help Index
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Help Commands
help
Display this index file
help <command>
Display the help data for the specified command
System Query Commands
install-image <image> <device>
Installs an image file to a device file
disk-list
Provides a listing of the disk drives detected on this system
disk-part <disk>
Queries the specified disk and returns information about its partitions
disk-info <disk>
Returns information about the disks size, cyls, heads, and sectors
detect-laptop
Tests to see if this system is a laptop or desktop
detect-emulation
Tests to see if this system is actually running in an emulator such as VirtualBox
detect-nics
Returns a listing of the detected network cards on this system
list-config
Returns a listing of the pc-sysinstall configuration
list-components
Returns a listing of the available components which can be installed
list-mirrors [country]
Returns a listing of the available FTP mirrors
list-packages [category] [package]
Returns a listing of the available packages
list-rsync-backups <user> <host> <port>
Returns a listing of available rsync-backups on the target server in the life-preserver/ dir
list-tzones
Returns a listing of available timezones
query-langs
Return a list of languages that the installer supports
get-packages
Retrieves the list of packages from an FTP mirror
sys-mem
Return the size of installed system RAM in MegaBytes
set-mirror <mirror>
Set FTP mirror
test-netup
Test if an internet connection is available
update-part-list
Return a list of PC-BSD & FreeBSD installs on this system for updates
xkeyboard-layouts
Return a list of keyboard layouts that xorg supports
xkeyboard-models
Return a list of keyboard models that xorg supports
xkeyboard-variants
Return a list of keyboard variants that xorg supports
Partition Management Commands
create-part <disk> <size>
Create a new MBR primary slice on the target <disk> using <size> MB
delete-part <partition>
Deletes the disk partition specified. If this is the last partition,
the disk partition layout will also be scrubbed, leaving a clean disk
ready for MBR or GPT file system layouts.
Installation Commands
-c <cfg>
Begin a install / upgrade with the specified cfg file
start-autoinstall <conf>
Start an automated installation with the specified conf file
Normally only used by automated install scripts
setup-ssh-keys <user> <host> <port>
Setup SSH without a password for the target host and user and port
Use to prompt the user to log into a server before doing a rsync + ssh restore