08-22-2006
Slow progress
Thanks for all the input, so far. I decided to load x86 on a couple of spare computers I had lying around. One is a barebones laptop (no battery even) that I can use as a terminal for the e250. The other is a PC at home just for testing. Because I am a linux loser, it took me at least 6 attempts before I got the OS to load on the one at home. Even then, I have an installation that boots to a command prompt and not a GUI. I am on my 3rd attempt at loading this on the laptop. Since I am more familiar with the x86 architecture, it seemed logical to start here rather than on the sparc box. This will give me a chance to refamiliarize myself with the commands and the overall installation steps. I will let you know how it goes.
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pc-sysinstall
PC-SYSINSTALL(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PC-SYSINSTALL(8)
NAME
pc-sysinstall -- System installer backend
SYNOPSIS
pc-sysinstall [-c file] [command]
DESCRIPTION
The pc-sysinstall utility is a hybrid backend for installing FreeBSD. When run in install mode it takes a configuration file and performs an
installation according to the parameters specified in the configuration file. When called with one of the system query commands it provides
information about the system to aid a front end in building an appropriate configuration file.
The following options are available:
-c file
Perform an installation as directed by file.
COMMANDS
The command can be any one of the following:
help Display a list of all commands.
help command
Display the help data for the specified command.
disk-list
Provide a listing of the storage devices detected on this system.
disk-part disk
Queries the specified storage device and returns information about its partitions.
disk-info disk
Returns information about a storage device's size, cylinders, 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 running in an emulator
detect-nics
Returns a listing of the detected network cards on this system.
list-components
Returns a listing of the available components which can be installed.
list-rsync-backups user host port
Returns a listing of available rsync-backups on the target server in the life-preserver/ directory.
list-tzones
Returns a listing of available timezones.
query-langs
Returns a list of languages that the installer supports.
sys-mem
Returns the size of installed system RAM in MegaBytes.
test-netup
test if an internet connection is available.
update-part-list
Returns a list of PC-BSD and FreeBSD installs on this system for updates.
xkeyboard-layouts
Returns a list of keyboard layouts that xorg supports.
xkeyboard-models
Returns a list of keyboard models that xorg supports.
xkeyboard-variants
Returns a list of keyboard variants that xorg supports.
create-part disk size
Create a new MBR primary slice on the target disk using size MB.
delete-part partition
Delete 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.
start-autoinstall file
Start an automated installation with the specified file. Normally only used by automated install scripts.
setup-ssh-keys user host port
Setup SSH without a password for the target host, user, and port. Used to prompt the user to log into a server before doing a rsync
+ ssh restore.
HISTORY
This version of pc-sysinstall first appeared in FreeBSD 9.0.
AUTHORS
Kris Moore <kmoore@FreeBSD.org>
BUGS
This utility was written to install PC-BSD and has seen limited use as an installer for FreeBSD. It's likely that usage to install FreeBSD
will expose edge cases that PC-BSD doesn't, as well as generate feature requests based on unforeseen needs.
BSD
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