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-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.823
-rwxr-xr-xusr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto4
-rwxr-xr-xusr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/jail4
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
index 527250d380d1..ee141e1d4296 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-.\"-
+.\"
+.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2011-2013 Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@FreeBSD.org> All rights reserved.
.\" Copyright (c) 2018 Roberto Fernandez Cueto <roberfern@gmail.com>
.\" Copyright (c) 2024 The FreeBSD Foundation
@@ -27,7 +29,7 @@
.\" ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
-.Dd November 4, 2024
+.Dd October 3, 2025
.Dt BSDINSTALL 8
.Os
.Sh NAME
@@ -40,9 +42,10 @@
.Op Ar ...
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
-is used for installation of new systems, both for system setup from
-installation media, e.g., CD-ROMs, and for use on live systems to prepare
-VM images and jails.
+is used for installation of new systems,
+both for system setup from installation media,
+such as discs, USBs, or network boot environments,
+and for use on live systems to prepare jails and virtual machine images.
.Pp
Much like
.Xr make 1 , Nm
@@ -56,7 +59,7 @@ these subtargets can be invoked separately by an installation script.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Nm
supports the following options, global to all targets:
-.Bl -tag -width indent+
+.Bl -tag -width "-D file"
.It Fl D Ar file
Provide a path for the installation log file
.Pq overrides Ev BSDINSTALL_LOG .
@@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ For interactive use, most users will be interested only in the
and
.Cm script
targets.
-.Bl -tag -width "jail destination"
+.Bl -tag -width "-D file"
.It Cm auto
Run the standard interactive installation, including disk partitioning.
.It Cm jail Ar destination
@@ -244,7 +247,7 @@ Extracts the distributions listed in
.Ev DISTRIBUTIONS
into
.Ev BSDINSTALL_CHROOT .
-.It Cm pkgbase Op Fl --jail
+.It Cm pkgbase Op Fl -jail
Fetch and install base system packages to
.Ev BSDINSTALL_CHROOT .
Packages are fetched according to repository configuration in
@@ -253,7 +256,7 @@ if set, or
.Lk pkg.freebsd.org
otherwise.
If the
-.Fl --jail
+.Fl -jail
option is passed, no kernel is installed, and the
.Dq jail
variant of each package set will be selected where applicable.
@@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ Many are used internally during installation and have reasonable default values
for most installation scenarios.
Others are set by various interactive user prompts, and can be usefully
overridden when making scripted or customized installers.
-.Bl -tag -width "BSDINSTALL_DISTSITE"
+.Bl -tag -width "-D file"
.It Ev TMPDIR
The directory to use for temporary files.
Default:
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto
index 61d52065af2a..8058b1a41dbf 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ if [ ! -f $BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR/MANIFEST ]; then
PKGBASE=yes
else
bsddialog --backtitle "$OSNAME Installer" --title "Select Installation Type" \
- --yes-label "Traditional" --no-label "Packages (Experimental)" --yesno \
+ --yes-label "Distribution Sets" --no-label "Packages (Tech Preview)" --yesno \
$PKGBASE_DEFAULT_BUTTON \
- "Would you like to install the base system using traditional distribution sets or packages (experimental)?" 0 0
+ "Would you like to install the base system using traditional distribution sets or packages (technology preview)?" 0 0
if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
PKGBASE=yes
fi
diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/jail b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/jail
index f2c7ef2b37de..3b1b2ee98fff 100755
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/jail
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/jail
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ fi
if [ ! "$nonInteractive" == "YES" ]; then
bsddialog --backtitle "$OSNAME Installer" --title "Select Installation Type" \
- --yes-label "Traditional" --no-label "Packages (Experimental)" --yesno \
- "Would you like to install the base system using traditional distribution sets or packages (experimental)?" 0 0
+ --yes-label "Distribution Sets" --no-label "Packages (Tech Preview)" --yesno \
+ "Would you like to install the base system using traditional distribution sets or packages (technology preview)?" 0 0
if [ $? -eq 1 ]; then
PKGBASE=yes
fi