BSDInstall ISO images

Michael Ross michael.ross at gmx.net
Sun Jan 9 02:45:44 UTC 2011


Am 08.01.2011, 23:54 Uhr, schrieb Nathan Whitehorn  
<nwhitehorn at freebsd.org>:

> I've spent some time integrating bsdinstall into startup of install CDs,  
> mostly related to building useful live-CD-based installers. An i386  
> image can be found here (other architectures may follow, as my very slow  
> DSL line permits):
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/bsdinstall-i386-20110108.iso.bz2
>
> The source for this can be found at:
>
> svn://svn.freebsd.org/base/user/nwhitehorn/bsdinstall
>
> The bits related to live CD usage are the testsystem.sh and rc.local  
> files. Instead of running sysinstall as an init replacement, I have  
> written a small rc.local script that gives the user the option to either  
> start the installer, open a single-user-mode style shell, or to continue  
> to boot to a multi-user live CD. Also, instead of the md root used by  
> sysinstall, this just boots from the CD directly. This prevents the need  
> for sysinstall's media selection, since the distribution files are in  
> the mounted root file system.
>
> I would appreciate any comments or test results.
> -Nathan

Some quick results from toying around, mainly in the partition editor:

- I can't delete slices. Ever. "Device busy"

- I can't delete partitions ("Device busy") once they have been accessed,  
e.g. after interrupting the installation process ("Finished" Ctrl-C  
"Restart")

- Sometimes "Finished" shows the "You have cancelled... Restart?"-Dialog  
right away. Not sure how to reproduce.

- "Add Partition"-Dialog:
Having to change between Tab- and Cursor-Keys to navigate this dialog  
confuses me. I keep pressing Tab to go to the next field.
Shift-Tab closes the dialog entirely instead of navigating backwards.
"Label" has to be left blank, else "Invalid value". (plus, the  
errormessage could indicate which of the values is invalid)

- Adding additional users:
Crtl-C here cancels the whole installation process? After reboot:
First try: No mountroot, but system boots after specifying manually.
Second try (after installation from scratch): No mountroot, no /etc/fstab  
on disk.


Regards,

Michael


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