---
name: "lessdisks-install"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "lessdisks"
version: "0.5.3cvs.20040906-16"
release: "Debian 3.1 (Sarge)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/lessdisks-install"
---

# lessdisks-install(8)

installer for lessdisks chroots

## NAME

lessdisks-install - installer for lessdisks chroots

## SYNOPSIS

**lessdisks-install** \[**-a\|--arch** *\<arch\>*\] \[**-c\|--configfile** *\<filename\>*\] \[**-l\|--logfile** *\<filename\>*\] \[**-d\|--dialog** *\<dialog\>*\] \[**--skip\|--skip-menus**\] \[**-h\|--help**\]

## DESCRIPTION

installs a  [**chroot**(8)](/chroot/8.md) to be used as a lessdisks root filesystem.

the  [**debootstrap**(8)](/debootstrap/8.md) program is used to install a Debian base system. once a base system is installed, the lessdisks-terminal package is installed into the chroot, followed by any programs selected as part of configuring the lessdisks-terminal package.

## OPTIONS

- **-a, --arch \<arch\>**

  specify the hardware architecture to install: options are: auto, i386, alpha, powerpc, etc. setting to auto will attempt to autodetect the architecture of the server and use that value.

- **-c, --configfile \<filename\>**

  specify an alternate configuration file, defaults to */etc/lessdisks-install.conf*

- **-l, --logfile \<filename\>**

  specify an alternate log file, defaults to */var/log/lessdisks-install.log*

- **-d, --dialog \<dialog\>**

  specify dialog type. valid options are  [**dialog**(1)](/dialog/1.md), [**Xdialog**(1)](/Xdialog/1.md), cmdline and  [**whiptail**(1)](/whiptail/1.md).

- **--skip, --skip-menus**

  skip the installer's dialogs and menu prompts.

- **-h, --help**

  display help information

## FILES

*/etc/lessdisks-install.conf* */var/log/lessdisks-install.log*

## BUGS

**lessdisks-install** is not currently capable of installing a chroot for a different architecture than the server.

## AUTHOR

Vagrant Cascadian \<vagrant@freegeek.org\>

## SEE ALSO

[**debootstrap**(8)](/debootstrap/8.md), [**chroot**(8)](/chroot/8.md), [**lessdisks-chroot**(8)](/lessdisks-chroot/8.md), [**lessdisks-aptget**(8)](/lessdisks-aptget/8.md)