Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 04:42:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: bin/38610: Sysinstall should be able to mount ISO images on DOS filesystems Message-ID: <200205271142.g4RBgcM7093294@www.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 38610
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: Sysinstall should be able to mount ISO images on DOS filesystems
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
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>Class: wish
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon May 27 04:50:01 PDT 2002
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Nik Clayton
>Release: 4.5
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>Description:
A colleague who has installed FreeBSD has suggested that if you're
doing a DOS installation, it would be easier to download the disk 1
ISO image (or the mini-ISO image) to the DOS partition, instead of
having to download the various *.xx files that make up the dists.
Getting one file is easier than having to (recursively) download a
bunch of files.
If Sysinstall then had a "Install from ISO image on DOS partition"
option at install time, this would be useful even if the user doesn't
have a CD writer. Sysinstall would have to mount the DOS partition,
then use the vn device to map to the ISO image (can you do that to
files on DOS partitions?), and then mount the vn device as a CD image.
Sounds plausible.
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