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Date:      Mon, 12 Apr 2021 14:00:40 GMT
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   git: 63a9b1641a67 - stable/13 - Include examples of how to build script-install media.
Message-ID:  <202104121400.13CE0e7Y064192@gitrepo.freebsd.org>

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The branch stable/13 has been updated by nwhitehorn:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=63a9b1641a67bf3c054f230c11d7a1f8ca5b23e3

commit 63a9b1641a67bf3c054f230c11d7a1f8ca5b23e3
Author:     Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-03-22 14:20:29 +0000
Commit:     Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-04-12 14:00:02 +0000

    Include examples of how to build script-install media.
    
    (cherry picked from commit c8923d191dd3e56b8e1113b4a94da3193600c110)
    (cherry picked from commit 9f88bee14659c9e5920372c53106e666b502b3cd)
---
 usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
index 53bf25b3b070..c58f6636493a 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 .\"
 .\" $FreeBSD$
 .\"
-.Dd February 6, 2020
+.Dd March 22, 2021
 .Dt BSDINSTALL 8
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -583,6 +583,20 @@ The first column if the dataset to be created on the top of the
 and the rest of the columns are the options to be set on each dataset.
 The options must be written on a coma or space separated list, or both.
 And everything behind a pound/hash character is ignored as a comment.
+.Ss BUILDING AUTOMATIC INSTALL MEDIA
+If building automatic install media, use tar to extract a release ISO:
+.Dl mkdir release-media
+.Dl tar xvf -C release-media FreeBSD-13.0-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso
+.Pp
+Then place a script as above in
+.Pa etc/installerconfig
+.Pp
+This directory can then be used directly as an NFS root for
+.Xr diskless 8
+installations or it can be rebuilt into an ISO image using the release scripts in
+.Pa /usr/src/release .
+For example, on amd64:
+.Dl sh /usr/src/release/amd64/mkisoimages.sh -b '13_0_RELEASE_AMD64_CD' output.iso release-media
 .Sh HISTORY
 This version of
 .Nm



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