From 758aa0bcd09e4432d99a1ece6ab54eab121c6487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Tue, 9 Jul 1996 14:34:58 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update docs to match. --- release/sysinstall/help/options.hlp | 14 ++++++++++++++ usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/options.hlp | 14 ++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/options.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/options.hlp index daa927e12c1..e8d0a18d117 100644 --- a/release/sysinstall/help/options.hlp +++ b/release/sysinstall/help/options.hlp @@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ FTP username: Specify username and password instead of anonymous. specify the username and password with this option. +Install Root: Specify some directory other than / as your "root". + + This should be left as / unless you have a really good reason to + change it. One good reason might be if you were installing to a + disk other than your own, as might happen if you needed to prepare a + disk for another machine which couldn't load FreeBSD directly + for some reason. + + Note: If you set this option, you will only be able to install + packages if the bin distribution is also installed (usually + the case anyway) since /usr/sbin/pkg_add will otherwise not be + found after the chroot() call. + + Editor: Specify which screen editor to use. At various points during the installation it may be necessary diff --git a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/options.hlp b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/options.hlp index daa927e12c1..e8d0a18d117 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/options.hlp +++ b/usr.sbin/sysinstall/help/options.hlp @@ -41,6 +41,20 @@ FTP username: Specify username and password instead of anonymous. specify the username and password with this option. +Install Root: Specify some directory other than / as your "root". + + This should be left as / unless you have a really good reason to + change it. One good reason might be if you were installing to a + disk other than your own, as might happen if you needed to prepare a + disk for another machine which couldn't load FreeBSD directly + for some reason. + + Note: If you set this option, you will only be able to install + packages if the bin distribution is also installed (usually + the case anyway) since /usr/sbin/pkg_add will otherwise not be + found after the chroot() call. + + Editor: Specify which screen editor to use. At various points during the installation it may be necessary