Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2025 07:59:37 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 288725] bsdinstall partitioning: shell: on-screen hints that precede the command prompt Message-ID: <bug-288725-227@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=288725 Bug ID: 288725 Summary: bsdinstall partitioning: shell: on-screen hints that precede the command prompt Product: Base System Version: CURRENT Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Severity: Affects Only Me Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com Created attachment 262795 --> https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=262795&action=edit Screenshot: the initial view of the shell FreeBSD-15.0-CURRENT-amd64-20250801-0a3792d5c576-279199-disc1.iso <https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=bsdinstall&sektion=8&manpath=freebsd-current>; With the shell option in the partitioning dialogue: * an immediate exit leads to errors, that's expected * bsdinstall partedit (the on-screen hint) is interactive manual, UFS by default, with limited help * bsdinstall autopart "defaults to UFS", I cannot see how to use the autopart target with non-default ZFS. In the absence of a partitioning target (for the partitioning dialogue), it might be useful to have an additional on-screen hint for the zfsboot target of bsdinstall(8), however … -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.home | help
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