Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2021 14:24:01 GMT From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-main@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: 3b20b988e0f1 - main - Add some general notes about scripted installations. Message-ID: <202104051424.135EO1jg071320@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by nwhitehorn: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3b20b988e0f14740eb135ad5d56520b8cb94f429 commit 3b20b988e0f14740eb135ad5d56520b8cb94f429 Author: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-04-05 14:10:34 +0000 Commit: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-04-05 14:23:41 +0000 Add some general notes about scripted installations. --- usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 index e9f7dd808f73..556bafdd3881 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 @@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ Default: .El .Sh SCRIPTING .Nm +supports unattended, or minimally-attended, installations using scripting. +This can be used with either modified physical installation media or with +.Xr diskless 8 +installations over the network; information on preparing such media can be +found in +.Sx BUILDING AUTOMATIC INSTALL MEDIA +.Pp +Scripted installations follow an essentially identical path to interactive +installations, though with some minor feature differences (for example, +scripted installations do not support fetching of remote distribution files +since scripted installations normally install the same files and the distributions +can be added directly to the installation media). +.Nm scripts consist of two parts: a .Em preamble and a
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