SYSINST(8) BSD System Manager's Manual SYSINST(8)NAMEsysinst — install or upgrade a NetBSD system
SYNOPSISsysinst [-D] [-f deffile] [-r releasename]
DESCRIPTIONsysinst 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 ALSOrelease(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