Date: Tue, 24 May 2022 14:53:20 +0000 From: "artur.brzozowski" <artur.brzozowski@protonmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: bsdinstall(8) with custom partitioning Message-ID: <4fDtJCiiNGxs1TYSGQzBvR_zMyAhipp08QAfVLHXqoMfqO5hTzw-M_gVPPWjaZSgnte8Xy3GxjafsZoIALt9ks3I-u2XeHneP98k1GJYZek=@protonmail.com>
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Hello. I am writing a custom installer script using bsdinstall(8). Included therein is a chunk that prepares a specific disk layout (partitions, encryption, mount points). As I understand from the manual, the preamble's PARTITIONS and DISTRIBUTIONS should be enough to get the system installed before the script chroot part. I don't think PARTITIONS supports creating layouts as intricate as mine. For instance, I want to have a separate EFI partition and boot pool encryption and to achieve that, I first need to create an EFI partition, then create an encrypted partition with an additonal (bsd) partition scheme that contains / (and the /boot inside). Meanwhile, _scriptedpart_ target section of bsdinstall(8) manual doesn't mention a word of GELI encryption outside of ZFS setup (I use UFS). In simple terms, I know what I want the system to look like, I know where to mount what in order to have it install properly and would like bsdinstall(8) to accept this personal partitioning (as if with selecting "Shell" partitioning option in the installer and exiting it when done). Is there a way to do that? Something akin to telling bsdinstall(8) that: "/ partition is mounted <here>, you do the usual rest and then move on to the chroot section of the script"? Best wishes, Artur
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