Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 02:55:12 +1000 From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: concerns about install freebsd Message-ID: <BE9791F1-1762-4302-8807-E30A53226F89@nimnet.asn.au> In-Reply-To: <4beebefa-323a-540f-7016-f72846bc53e2@holgerdanske.com> References: <CACJufxEriHZcoxxDFYTwykxA0fwN8YpV74dUp3iCt9-oFO0rxg@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjnOMPzYbuf02WRdJd4OO84JabJVbub76KiRYigrB9Ue8A@mail.gmail.com> <CACJufxFfYwFCmpKfZZYcxMU=Ckp7M5bceH=LijpEO=HZwzniCQ@mail.gmail.com> <8717f4c8-03ac-9398-bc58-8200cbe2050a@holgerdanske.com> <75DE0752-5E5D-41C3-BF80-90FFE0157508@nimnet.asn.au> <4beebefa-323a-540f-7016-f72846bc53e2@holgerdanske.com>
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On 30 September 2022 5:25:39 pm AEST, David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdan=
ske=2Ecom> wrote:
> On 9/29/22 22:16, Ian Smith wrote:
> > On 30 September 2022 6:07:47 am AEST, David Christensen
> <dpchrist@holgerdanske=2Ecom> wrote:
> > > On 9/28/22 23:04, jian he wrote:
[=2E=2E=2E]
> > > > Now, which one should I choose: bootonly=2Eiso or disc=2Eiso or
> > > > dvd1=2Eiso?
> >=20
> > > Many newer machines do not have an optical drive, and USB flash
> > > drives
> > > have much faster access times, so I use "memstick=2Eimg":
> > >
> > > FreeBSD-13=2E1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick=2Eimg=2Exz
> > Since 12=2E1 and 13=2E0 (amd64 only) you can dd(1) the {-disc1, -dvd1
> > or -bootonly}=2Eiso to a USB memstick=2E
> >=20
> > See the Release Announcement:
> https://www=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/releases/13=2E1R/announce/ (or e=2Eg=2E /12=
=2E3R/)
> Okay=2E Having a -dvd1 ISO on a USB flash drive could be useful when=
=20
> installing without an Internet connection=2E
It should be=2E It was broken on 12=2E3R and presumably before, due to a =
bad symlink on the dvd1=2Eiso, and needing so far three patches to bsdconfi=
g, if hoping to use that=2E
Once fixed, it's a useful dialog(1) based interface to the included pkg re=
po, reminiscent of sysinstall in its heyday, if you like KDE 5 or Gnome on =
top of your Xorg=2E
For much too long a story on getting that working, see
https://forums=2Efreebsd=2Eorg/threads/installing-freebsd-12-3-from-dvd1-u=
sb-without-network=2E84838/
I've yet to find out if it's been fixed on 13, and I'm still _slightly_ ho=
peful of getting some committer help in fixing it for 12=2E4, which enters =
code slush in a week=2E
> One of things I like about the FreeBSD memstick image is that I can=20
> insert the USB flash drive into a FreeBSD computer, mount the root=20
> filesystem read-write, and make changes to the installer=2E (E=2Eg=2E =
by=20
> using the 5% spare blocks in the root filesystem=2E) I doubt this
> trick=20
> will work with a "hybrid ISO" on a USB flash drive=2E
Most likely right; it still mounts as a cd9660 filesystem and it's none to=
o clear where the data lives=2E OTOH, none if my laptops over the years ha=
s had only one USB port, and sticks are literally "cheap as chips" now=2E
<code>
root@t430s:~ # gpart show -p da0 da1
=3D> 3 15646709 da0 GPT (7=2E5G)
3 25 da0p2 freebsd-boot (13K)
28 52 - free - (26K)
80 1600 da0p1 efi (800K)
1680 15645032 - free - (7=2E5G)
=3D> 63 60620737 da1 MBR (29G)
63 1 - free - (512B)
64 60620736 da1s1 fat32lba (29G)
root@t430s:~ # mount -p | grep /m
/dev/da0 /media cd9660 ro 0 =
0
/dev/da1s1 /mnt msdosfs rw 0 =
0
root@t430s:~ # df | grep /m
/dev/da0 4386668 4386668 0 100% /media
/dev/da1s1 30295568 1696 30293872 0% /mnt
</code>
cheers, Ian
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