From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 10 10:48:21 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA614106564A for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:48:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [93.89.92.64]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E0F8FC0A for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:48:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25C47E64EB for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:49:03 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=AfO0NQ1ihNovaFEDp0OtNGv6f sw=; b=nPeXO333Turwc8AjzdIMidydCXVreIVt5vj4Chen+3mU0BDR79Xm9Odb+ a2c3lilDVShSiCpVbUTibw2qeVhLkltAHIQDz6/5FM/BnIhg4bBo425JgKhChMWI 6+kwqt5mTT8J7M5DTWeFf91ODnPPHpeW4fpgvQxwZnVx1bQuxw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:subject:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=fmBwiWuVEGEEvwoYw4g 6ISqF0CCNDMTOSqri9vLmFtDjAYr1drx247lv1W/vJJ5yjhZ2t2xOw1EFwiR8cd+ uS9lEl1YST6FJgBFIZjxgfSvVmq02hNZHcg+58DHHXHu6YcuSJlbI6f9do1eUKsw +VsYDNEgIBJZ1YFUzeOlLZJk= Received: from [192.168.2.12] (unknown [93.89.81.205]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id F23C0E6403 for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:49:02 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4FD47B6E.7010804@cran.org.uk> Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 11:48:14 +0100 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120604 Thunderbird/13.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Order of pages in bsdinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 10:48:22 -0000 Would it be possible to move some of the installer pages? It seems a bit strange to me that the hostname and network configuration are separate, as are root password and additional users. Currently the sequence is: keyboard hostname component selection partitioning install root password network time zone services crash dump users final configuration -- Bruce Cran From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 10 13:04:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9A4106564A for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:04:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8D88FC15 for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:04:26 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0M5E00500HJ8FW00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:04:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.74.20]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0M5E00MWCHJ7ZL10@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:04:19 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:04:18 +0200 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <4FD47B6E.7010804@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Message-id: <4FD48D42.3090508@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-16, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.6.10.115123, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 References: <4FD47B6E.7010804@cran.org.uk> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120502 Thunderbird/12.0 Subject: Re: Order of pages in bsdinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:04:27 -0000 On 06/10/12 12:48, Bruce Cran wrote: > Would it be possible to move some of the installer pages? It seems a > bit strange to me that the hostname and network configuration are > separate, as are root password and additional users. Currently the > sequence is: > > keyboard > hostname > component selection > partitioning > install > root password > network > time zone > services > crash dump > users > final configuration > It's quite easy to move them around and I'd encourage people to think about how this should work and to move/rearrange/change anything if it doesn't seem right. With regard to your specific questions, hostname and network config are separate only for the reason that they seemed to me like separate tasks. The root password and add users tasks are separate for a better reason, which is that they both are invokable separately from the menu at the end of installation and usually I use that just to add more users and would be annoyed if I also had to reset the root password. (Network config is also available at the end menu) -Nathan From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 11 11:07:35 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B9E91065674 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:07:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 043548FC1B for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:07:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q5BB7Ypo053453 for ; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:07:34 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q5BB7Ygt053451 for freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org; Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:07:34 GMT (envelope-from owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org) Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:07:34 GMT Message-Id: <201206111107.q5BB7Ygt053451@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: freefall.freebsd.org: gnats set sender to owner-bugmaster@FreeBSD.org using -f From: FreeBSD bugmaster To: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Current problem reports assigned to freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:07:35 -0000 Note: to view an individual PR, use: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=(number). The following is a listing of current problems submitted by FreeBSD users. These represent problem reports covering all versions including experimental development code and obsolete releases. S Tracker Resp. Description -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- o bin/168582 sysinstall [request] bsdinstall(8): Select 'server' or 'desktop' o bin/168269 sysinstall comments on bsdinstall(8) o bin/168188 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) partitioner segmentation fault o bin/167222 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 8.3 corrupting MBR partition ta o kern/166801 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD install is apparently not writi o bin/166241 sysinstall [patch] Speedup and some improvements of sysinstall(8) o bin/165868 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): ports tree installs CVS directories o bin/165600 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 8.3 installation DVD asking for non exi s bin/164752 sysinstall [request] bsdinstall(8): No option of ZFS in FreeBSD 9 o bin/164399 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0 installer failures o bin/164294 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE bsdinstall dvd does o bin/164291 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): bsdinstall and filestetyem selection / o bin/164284 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): FreeBSD install assign incorrect dev as o bin/164281 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as installer op o bin/164267 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) bugs when RE-installing to GPT partition o bin/164097 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): always installs GPT f bin/164094 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): installer progress over 100% o bin/163943 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) fails to detect CD device when booting w o bin/163123 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): IPV6 only errors connecting o bin/162693 sysinstall sysinstall(8): release/Makefile.sysinstall on 9.x refe o bin/162605 sysinstall sysinstall(8) doesn't identify CD/DVD drives for the u o bin/162429 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.x installer: selecting ZFS for the ro o bin/162428 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should check available disk space from o bin/162364 sysinstall sysinstall(8): update sysinstall ftp mirror list for c o bin/162258 sysinstall sysinstall(8): long-time bugs o bin/162175 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): add keymap selection loop and t f bin/161931 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): (add sysinstall partition config as opt o bin/161929 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): (change partition editor screen default o bin/161928 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): (add option to enable 2 button mouse co o bin/161924 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): add msg box telling user to remove inst o bin/161923 sysinstall bsdinstall(8) games & ports install options o kern/161837 sysinstall [libdisk] [patch] sysinstall(8) has a 32 disk limit o bin/161720 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partition editor does not put partition o bin/161547 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8) should identify wireless network f bin/161113 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: overwrites Win*-bootcodes wi o bin/161101 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: partition editor: UFS-option o bin/161100 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): 9.0-BETA3: Add User but no Add Group o bin/161056 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): could allow full control over newfs arg o bin/161055 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partitioner should auto-populate GPT la f bin/161054 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): partitioner should list valid "type"s o bin/161053 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): network setup dialog is hard to navigat o bin/161052 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should be consistent about saving confi o bin/161050 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): should use new syntax for IPv4 in rc.co o bin/161049 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): could try to tell if SSDs support TRIM o bin/161047 sysinstall [patch] bsdinstall(8): should not run on vt0 o bin/157635 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "none" Do not install a boot manager - o conf/157189 sysinstall bsdinstall(8): Default /etc/sysctl.conf should be remo o bin/157117 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Add ftp4.se.freebsd.org to list of IPv6 o bin/154788 sysinstall sysinstall(8) crashes if no network interface found o bin/154613 sysinstall sysinstall(8) does not rescan USB automatically o bin/150995 sysinstall sysinstall(8): corruption of partition table s bin/150237 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Suggestion: installer should suggest th o bin/148805 sysinstall [hang] FreeBSD 7.2, 8.0, and 9.0 hang during install a f bin/148220 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 9.0-current gets "Cannot resolv hostnam o bin/148201 sysinstall sysinstall(8): core dump (Error 10) while trying to in o bin/148053 sysinstall sysinstall(8) labeling o bin/146299 sysinstall sysinstall(8): cannot create slice o bin/145735 sysinstall sysinstall(8) trashes Vista-created partition tables o bin/145027 sysinstall Remove all sysinstall(8) references to floppy and slip o bin/144278 sysinstall [install] Fixit from USB dont work o bin/142867 sysinstall sysinstall(8): in a custom installation re-entering th o misc/142335 sysinstall Download of Release 8.0 LIVE is NOT a "live" from CD p o bin/140843 sysinstall sysinstall(8): cannot software install from usb o bin/140842 sysinstall sysinstall(8): destroyed ncurses interface with FBSD8. o bin/140595 sysinstall [request] sysinstall(8): Replace "Country Selection" w o bin/138423 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Installer (and sade) get wrong number o o bin/138025 sysinstall sysinstall(8) fails to create big partition o bin/137864 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8): add possibility to shutdown/pow o bin/137713 sysinstall sysinstall(8): installer partition editor generates in o bin/134425 sysinstall sysinstall(8) custom distributions select all and dese o bin/129762 sysinstall sysinstall(8) doesn't seem to support GPT for EFI boar s bin/123304 sysinstall sysinstall(8): missing sensible and user friendly prog o bin/121503 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 7.0 upgrade doesn't let me mount all of a bin/121124 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 6.3 installation deletes MBR pa o bin/119077 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8) - reading packages from index is o bin/113682 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8) warns for invalid geometry which o bin/112757 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8): in the FDISK tool we can o bin/110151 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8) don't respects install ro o bin/108191 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Disklabel editor help text (by F1 key) o bin/107830 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Change Units (Z) in fdisk doesn't work p bin/102638 sysinstall [patch] sysinstall(8): custom dist set always install o bin/102498 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Cursor doesn't track sysinstall hilight a bin/101762 sysinstall sysinstall(8) does not obey /usr/ports symlink while i o bin/97108 sysinstall sysinstall(8): write failure on transfer (wrote -1 byt o bin/93275 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Failure to install after restarting ins o bin/90656 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 6.0-RELEASE (i386) cannot be installed s bin/86859 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Installer should ask about Linux earlie o bin/86454 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall terminates with signal 10 if o bin/79910 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Cannot escape from failed port/package o bin/79840 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Partitioning and formating a new disk f o bin/79621 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall(8) does not create a device o bin/78964 sysinstall sysinstall(8): can not write labels to hdd on installa s bin/73617 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fdisk editor unmarks active partition o bin/73410 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall could not allocate disklabel o bin/72895 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall generates invalid partition o bin/70002 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fails to locate FTP dirs if the OS has o bin/69986 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] no job control in fixit shell o o bin/69942 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall changes /etc/rc.conf after i o bin/69723 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [request] allow to continue from packag o bin/62702 sysinstall sysinstall(8): backup of /etc and /root during sysinst o bin/62367 sysinstall sysinstall(8): 5.2.1-RC installation problems o bin/61890 sysinstall sysinstall(8): fdisk(8) uses incorrect calculations fo o bin/61603 sysinstall sysinstall(8): wrong geometry guessed o bin/60632 sysinstall sysinstall(8): UI bug in partition label screen in sys o bin/53341 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [patch] dump frequency in sysinstall is o bin/48989 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Sysinstall's partition editor gets con s bin/48341 sysinstall sysinstall(8): changes the active slice flag when it p o bin/46905 sysinstall sysinstall(8): FreeBSD 5.x cannot be installed from mu o bin/46235 sysinstall sysinstall(8): NTP servers for Finland require updatin o bin/42162 sysinstall sysinstall(8): after restart, installation crashes, md o bin/41949 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall sorts /etc/rc.conf during ne o bin/41850 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall fails to create root filesys o bin/40260 sysinstall sysinstall(8): hang when detecting devices (No CD/DVD s conf/39580 sysinstall sysinstall(8): [request] more secure mount options o bin/38854 sysinstall sysinstall(8): resetting during setup causes the targe o bin/38478 sysinstall sysinstall(8): In Choose Distributions screen, it's di o bin/38057 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "install" document doesn't display corr o bin/38056 sysinstall sysinstall(8): User (creation)'s "Member groups" item o bin/38055 sysinstall sysinstall(8): Groups (creation) item should be before o bin/37710 sysinstall sysinstall(8): LAN interface in wrong state after atte a bin/32375 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall doesn't respect User generat o bin/31363 sysinstall sysinstall(8): "partition editor" silently corrects pa a bin/30737 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall leaks file descriptors on re o bin/29375 sysinstall sysinstall(8): disk editor gets confused by slices tha a bin/23402 sysinstall sysinstall(8): upgrade ought to check partition sizes o bin/16948 sysinstall sysinstall(8): sysinstall/disklabel: bad partition tab o bin/15038 sysinstall sysinstall(8): easy to not notice that selection lists s bin/7232 sysinstall sysinstall(8): suggestion for FreeBSD installation dia 128 problems total. From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 04:22:12 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C9EA106566B for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:22:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hugeraid.jetcafe.org (hugeraid.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.109]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 079398FC0A for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:22:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hugeraid.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hugeraid.jetcafe.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q5E4EoYS073300 for ; Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:14:51 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <201206140414.q5E4EoYS073300@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.0.4 To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:14:50 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Subject: Bsdinstall on release 8.3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 04:22:12 -0000 Hello. I'm trying vainly to get bsdinstall to work on FreeBSD 8.3, and I'm wondering just what it would take to get this package to build? I think I can put the bsdinstall from /usr/src/usr.sbin/bsdinstall under the /usr/src/usr.sbin directory, but it needs dialog and apparently dialog has been moved. Has anyone tried this yet? Thanks in advance. -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< A voice whispered to me last night. It said: "There is no such thing as a voice whispering in the night!" From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 13:43:54 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7FA6F106567E for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:43:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5131B8FC16 for ; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:43:54 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0M5M00B0C0T0RR00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:43:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.74.20]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0M5M002ZN0SXBW10@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:43:46 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:43:45 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <201206140414.q5E4EoYS073300@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> To: Dave Hayes Message-id: <4FD9EA91.9050603@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.6.14.133619, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 References: <201206140414.q5E4EoYS073300@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120521 Thunderbird/12.0.1 Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bsdinstall on release 8.3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:43:54 -0000 On 06/13/12 23:14, Dave Hayes wrote: > Hello. I'm trying vainly to get bsdinstall to work on FreeBSD 8.3, and > I'm wondering just what it would take to get this package to build? I > think I can put the bsdinstall from /usr/src/usr.sbin/bsdinstall under > the /usr/src/usr.sbin directory, but it needs dialog and apparently > dialog has been moved. > > Has anyone tried this yet? > > Thanks in advance. It won't work without a lot of effort. It depends on a new version of libdialog, for one, but also a number of library and kernel changes. What you *can* do is use bsdinstall to install an 8.3 system from 9.0 media by replacing its distributions tarballs with older ones. -Nathan From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 14 22:55:33 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B85C1065672; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:55:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@jetcafe.org) Received: from hugeraid.jetcafe.org (hugeraid.jetcafe.org [205.147.26.109]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F187C8FC12; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:55:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hugeraid.jetcafe.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hugeraid.jetcafe.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id q5EMmHHM088475; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:48:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <201206142248.q5EMmHHM088475@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.0.4 To: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <4FD9EA91.9050603@freebsd.org> References: <201206140414.q5E4EoYS073300@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> <4FD9EA91.9050603@freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:48:17 -0700 From: Dave Hayes Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bsdinstall on release 8.3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:55:33 -0000 Nathan Whitehorn writes: > On 06/13/12 23:14, Dave Hayes wrote: >> Hello. I'm trying vainly to get bsdinstall to work on FreeBSD 8.3, and >> I'm wondering just what it would take to get this package to build? > It won't work without a lot of effort. It depends on a new version of > libdialog, for one, but also a number of library and kernel changes. > What you *can* do is use bsdinstall to install an 8.3 system from 9.0 > media by replacing its distributions tarballs with older ones. Ok, thanks for that. I have rather unusual constraints which force me to have it work on 8.3 or not use it at all. I guess the next idea would be to replace the binary executables with scripts that do roughly the same things on FreeBSD 8. Did you build any extensibility options into the tool (other than running based on shell scripts) which I should know about? -- Dave Hayes - Consultant - Altadena CA, USA - dave@jetcafe.org >>> The opinions expressed above are entirely my own <<< A well developed sense of the dramatic has values beyond what people usually imagine. One of these is to realize the limitations of a sense of the dramatic. From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 15 01:48:34 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA661065670 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:48:34 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from agogare.doit.wisc.edu (agogare.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.211]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55F1A8FC12 for ; Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:48:34 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0M5M00700YCSZI00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:48:28 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.74.20]) by smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0M5M005I2YC7QD00@smtpauth2.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:48:08 -0500 (CDT) Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2012 20:48:07 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <201206142248.q5EMmHHM088475@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> To: Dave Hayes Message-id: <4FDA9457.6020406@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-15, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.6.15.13926, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 References: <201206140414.q5E4EoYS073300@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> <4FD9EA91.9050603@freebsd.org> <201206142248.q5EMmHHM088475@hugeraid.jetcafe.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120521 Thunderbird/12.0.1 Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Bsdinstall on release 8.3? X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 01:48:34 -0000 On 06/14/12 17:48, Dave Hayes wrote: > Nathan Whitehorn writes: >> On 06/13/12 23:14, Dave Hayes wrote: >>> Hello. I'm trying vainly to get bsdinstall to work on FreeBSD 8.3, and >>> I'm wondering just what it would take to get this package to build? >> It won't work without a lot of effort. It depends on a new version of >> libdialog, for one, but also a number of library and kernel changes. >> What you *can* do is use bsdinstall to install an 8.3 system from 9.0 >> media by replacing its distributions tarballs with older ones. > Ok, thanks for that. I have rather unusual constraints which force me to > have it work on 8.3 or not use it at all. > > I guess the next idea would be to replace the binary executables with > scripts that do roughly the same things on FreeBSD 8. Did you build any > extensibility options into the tool (other than running based on shell > scripts) which I should know about? The facilities for doing the things the partition editor (for instance) does are not readily available as shell scripts. For example, it relies on custom dialog widgets -- but also depends on specially formed geom requests and the ability to parse the entire geom tree. The new libdialog is available on 8.3 (ports cdialog) and it is possible the kernel changes, which are minor, could be backported if you really need this. -Nathan