git: 3b20b988e0f1 - main - Add some general notes about scripted installations.

[Nathan Whitehorn]

The branch main has been updated by nwhitehorn:

URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=3b20b988e0f14740eb135ad5d56520b8cb94f429

commit 3b20b988e0f14740eb135ad5d56520b8cb94f429
Author:     Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at FreeBSD.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-04-05 14:10:34 +0000
Commit:     Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn at FreeBSD.org>
CommitDate: 2021-04-05 14:23:41 +0000

    Add some general notes about scripted installations.
---
 usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8 b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
index e9f7dd808f73..556bafdd3881 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
+++ b/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/bsdinstall.8
@@ -450,6 +450,19 @@ Default:
 .El
 .Sh SCRIPTING
 .Nm
+supports unattended, or minimally-attended, installations using scripting.
+This can be used with either modified physical installation media or with
+.Xr diskless 8
+installations over the network; information on preparing such media can be
+found in
+.Sx BUILDING AUTOMATIC INSTALL MEDIA
+.Pp
+Scripted installations follow an essentially identical path to interactive
+installations, though with some minor feature differences (for example,
+scripted installations do not support fetching of remote distribution files
+since scripted installations normally install the same files and the distributions
+can be added directly to the installation media).
+.Nm
 scripts consist of two parts: a
 .Em preamble
 and a