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.Dd $Mdocdate: January 5 2016 $
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.Dt SYSINSTALL 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm sysinstall
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.Nd operating system installer
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm sysinstall
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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.Nm
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is an interactive command line program that creates a new installation of the
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operating system.
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It asks basic questions, prepares a new root filesystem, makes a copy of the
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current operating system there and configures it for usage.
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The installation proceeds as described in
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.Xr installation 7 .
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.Pp
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.Nm
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must be run as root with stdin, stdout and stderr all pointing to the terminal.
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It is intended to be run from a live environment and not from an actual
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installation.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr installation 7 ,
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.Xr sysupgrade 8
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