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SYSINST(8)              NetBSD 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.

NetBSD 6.0.4                  September 17, 2011                  NetBSD 6.0.4