Editing Pc-sysinstall

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==Introduction==

The [https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=pc-sysinstall&apropos=0&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+12.1-RELEASE+and+Ports&arch=default&format=html pc-sysinstall] utility is a hybrid backend for installing FreeBSD/GhostBSD. When run in install mode it takes a configuration file and	performs an installation according to the parameters specified	in the configuration  file.  When called	with one of the	system query commands it provides information about the system	to aid a front end in building an appropriate   configuration file.
Pc-sysinstall is used by [[GBI]].

It is still used and maintained for [https://www.trueos.org/ TrueOS]. 

==General Information==

You can find general information on [https://github.com/ghostbsd/pc-sysinstall/blob/master/README.md#gentrosinfo GitHub]

GhostBSD is based on TrueOS/FreeBSD. The Package is also in the [https://github.com/ghostbsd GhostBSD repositories]

GhostBSD imports latest pc-sysinstall from in-tree trueos version.

==Here is a quick overview of the components used by pc-sysinstall==

Source: [https://www.trueos.org/handbook/advanced.html TrueOS handbook] 

* ''/usr/local/share/pc-sysinstall/backend/'' contains the scripts used by the TrueOS® installer. Scripts have been divided by function, such as functions-bsdlabel.sh and functions-installcomponents.sh. To learn more about how the TrueOS® installer works, read through these scripts. This directory also contains the parseconfig.sh and startautoinstall.sh scripts which pc-sysinstall uses to parse the configuration file and begin the installation.
* '' /usr/local/share/pc-sysinstall/backend-query/'' contains the scripts used by the installer to detect and configure hardware.
* ''/usr/local/share/pc-sysinstall/conf/'' contains the configuration file pc-sysinstall.conf. It also contains a file indicating which localizations are available (avail-langs), an exclude-from-upgrade file, and a licenses/ subdirectory containing text files of applicable licenses.
* ''/usr/local/share/pc-sysinstall/doc/'' contains the help text seen if pc-sysinstall is run without any arguments.
* ''/usr/local/share/pc-sysinstall/examples/'' contains several example configuration files for different scenarios (e.g. upgrade and fbsd-netinstall). The README in this directory should be considered as mandatory reading before using pc-sysinstall.
* ''/usr/sbin/pc-sysinstall'' is the script used to perform a customized installation.

== See also ==

* https://github.com/trueos/pc-sysinstall
* https://www.trueos.org/handbook/advanced.html 







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