Bug 108536

Summary:	sysinstall(8) man page and example needs to be updated
Product:	Documentation	Reporter:	Jared Barneck <rhyous>
Component:	Books & Articles	Assignee:	Ceri Davies <ceri>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me	CC:	trhodes
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Latest
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description Jared Barneck 2007-01-30 05:00:39 UTC

The man page for sysinstall was last updated in June
of 2005 and the sample file is tagged as 2001.  There
have been many changes since these were written.

The man page for sysinstall needs updated to match the
new install settings.  The install has changed in a
few ways.  For example, the dists variable now need to
remove outdated options and add the new options such
as: kernels GENERIC SMP.

The example file is in the src tree under
/usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg but no longer
works in 6.2.  A new sample file would be much
appreciated.

Fix: 

I added the following to the dists variable and the
system installed: kernels GENERIC
I assume that SMP might be an option as well but this
would have to be verified.
There may be other options that are outdated.  I can't
seem to get the INDEX file to read.



 
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How-To-Repeat: 1. Place the /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg
file on a floppy disk.
2. Edit the file for a given environment (replacing
sample IPs, names, etc.)
3. Start an install.
4. Pass the install.cfg file to the installation.
5. It does not install a working system

Comment 1 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2007-01-30 06:39:38 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: gnats-admin->freebsd-doc

Rescue this PR from the 'pending' category.

Comment 2 Ceri Davies freebsd_committer

2007-02-18 22:04:46 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-doc->ceri

This was for me.

Comment 3 dfilter service freebsd_committer

2007-02-18 22:41:49 UTC

ceri        2007-02-18 22:41:41 UTC

  FreeBSD src repository

  Modified files:
    usr.sbin/sysinstall  install.cfg sysinstall.8 
  Log:
  Bring these files up-to-date.
  
  PR:             docs/108536
  
  Revision  Changes    Path
  1.12      +16 -18    src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg
  1.75      +14 -10    src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/sysinstall.8
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Comment 4 Ceri Davies freebsd_committer

2007-02-18 22:42:52 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->patched

Fixed in -HEAD, thanks.

Comment 5 Ceri Davies freebsd_committer

2008-11-02 22:44:41 UTC

State Changed
From-To: patched->closed

This is in all branches it would currently make sense to MFC to.