Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2020 08:39:49 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 246047] Much-needed components missing from standard FreeBSD installer Message-ID: <bug-246047-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=246047 Bug ID: 246047 Summary: Much-needed components missing from standard FreeBSD installer Product: Base System Version: Unspecified Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Many People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: bourne.identity@hotmail.com Hi, Time and again, I have run into situations where I needed some components in the FreeBSD installer, but they are not there yet. I hope folks will look at my PR seriously and consider bundling in those missing parts in the standard FreeBSD installer. Mainly, I need 3 packages pre-built into the installer. They are as under : 1) rsync - for times when I do not need to do a fresh install, but simply rsync from a backup into a freshly created / filesystem. 2) linuxfdisk - this owes primarily to FreeBSD's stubborn refusal to switch off EBR_COMPAT in the default kernel. If linuxfdisk is present in the installer, the user can create EBR partitions from a shell initiated in the installer. 3) e2fsprogs - it makes sense to let mkfs.ext2/ext3/ext4 and fsck.ext2/ext3/ext4 get into the installer if linuxfdisk is already there. Usually users like to have FreeBSD's / on UFS and other slices on Linux filesystems because those filesystems work outside of FreeBSD as well. I shall be glad if FreeBSD makers find my points to be viable enough for action. Thanks, Manish Jain -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.help
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