From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 27 2:10:54 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 49F8437B401 for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:10:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3530E43E6A for ; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 02:10:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g8R9AoC0013523; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:10:50 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g8R9AiQE013522; Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:10:44 +0100 (BST) Date: Fri, 27 Sep 2002 10:10:44 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Andrew Watkins Subject: Re: automating sysinstall; cant find 'install root' variable and Message-ID: <20020927091044.GA13391@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, Andrew Watkins References: <20020927074615.GC23026@whack.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20020927074615.GC23026@whack.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-14.1 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_01_02, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.41 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 12:46:15AM -0700, Andrew Watkins wrote: > anyone know why there is no 'install root' variable for sysinstall, or > other 'options'? I see only 'optionsEditor' which is interactive. How > can I set the options? As the man page says: This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and will eventu- ally be replaced. You're right that there is no obvious documented way to modify options as part of a scripted install. But... # /stand/sysinstall installRoot=/foo optionsEditor will set your install root to /foo and pops you into the Options Editor. I'm afraid you're going to have to UTSL, or work by trial and error to make sysinstall do exactly what you want. Cheers, Matthew -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message