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SYSINST(8)		  BSD System Manager's Manual		    SYSINST(8)

NAME
     sysinst — install or upgrade a NetBSD system

SYNOPSIS
     sysinst [-D] [-f deffile] [-r releasename]

DESCRIPTION
     sysinst is a menu-based program that may be used to install or upgrade a
     NetBSD system.  It is usually invoked automatically when the system is
     booted from appropriate installation media.

     sysinst is usually not present on a NetBSD system that has been fully
     installed.

OPTIONS
     -D		     Switch on debugging.

     -r releasename  Set the releasename if it is different to the one com‐
		     piled.  Currently unused.

     -f deffile	     Set a file for definitions other than the defaults.  See
		     DEFINITION FILE for its format.

DEFINITION FILE
     The definition file is used to set several other names and directories to
     search for.  You can specify any of the options in the file.  They are
     stored as:
	   option = value
     pairs.  In this description, REL and MACH are the release and architec‐
     ture respectively, determined by the image sysinst is used on.

     option name	 default value		  description
     release		 REL			  Release name (also set by -r
						  releasename).
     machine		 MACH			  Machine architecture
     xfer dir		 /usr/INSTALL		  Transfer dir
     ext dir					  Extract dir (will usually be
						  set later on)
     ftp host		 ftp.NetBSD.org		  ftp host for fetching files
     ftp dir		 pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-REL	  ftp directory for fetching
						  files
     ftp prefix		 /MACH/binary/sets	  directory to look for sets.
						  Note that this is used for
						  all kinds of fetching (CDs,
						  local FS, ...), not only
						  ftp.
     ftp user		 ftp			  ftp user for connecting
     ftp pass		 -			  ftp password
     ftp proxy		 -			  ftp proxy
     nfs host		 -			  nfs host for fetching via
						  nfs
     nfs dir		 /bsd/release		  nfs directory for fetching
						  files
     cd dev		 cd0a			  name of the CD device for
						  fetching files
     fd dev		 /dev/fd0a		  name of floppy for fetching
						  files
     local dev		 -			  Other device to be mounted
						  for fetching files
     local fs		 ffs			  FS-type for local dev
     local dir		 release		  Directory to look for in the
						  mounted local fs
     targetroot mount	 /targetroot		  Directory to mount target
						  root dir to
     dist postfix	 .tgz			  Suffix of set files to be
						  extracted
     diskname		 mydisk			  disktab(5) diskname to use
						  for target disk

SEE ALSO
     release(7), afterboot(8), boot(8), diskless(8)

     <machine>/INSTALL.* files on CD-ROM installation media
     .../NetBSD-<rel>/<machine>/INSTALL.* files in NetBSD releases or snap‐
     shots.

HISTORY
     A sysinst command appeared in NetBSD 1.3.

BSD			      September 17, 2011			   BSD

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