bin/164281: bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as installer option

Mon Jan 23 15:30:12 UTC 2012

The following reply was made to PR bin/164281; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>
To: <bug-followup at FreeBSD.org>, <cederom at tlen.pl>
Cc: Devin Teske <devin.teske at fisglobal.com>
Subject: Re: bin/164281: bsdinstall(8): please allow sysinstall as installer option
Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:26:42 -0800

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 I am actively working on this PR.

 Note, however, that the prompt to select "sysinstall" as an alternative opt=
 ion to "bsdinstall" cannot be done at the installer splash screen as the OP=
  suggests as both bsdinstall and sysinstall boot into markedly different en=
 vironments.

 Whereas bsdinstall boots directly into the ISO-9660 filesystem structure, s=
 ysinstall instead expects to boot into an mfsroot structure loaded into mem=
 ory by loader(8).

 Therefore, the choice must be presented to the user in the boot-loader menu=
  where the decision can appropriately affect the boot process to boot into =
 the appropriate structure.

 Here's some pictures showing the option present in the boot loader (see opt=
 ion #8):

 http://www.twitpic.com/89l2ub/full
 http://www.twitpic.com/89l4n6/full

 Note, also, that this is a significant development effort. However, it's al=
 so worth noting that this has been planned since before 9.0-RC1 and was dis=
 cussed at-length on the -sysinstall@ mailing-list in 2010/2011.
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 Devin

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 <html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode:=
  space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am actively working on t=
 his PR.<div><br></div><div>Note, however, that the prompt to select "sysins=
 tall" as an alternative option to "bsdinstall" cannot be done at the instal=
 ler splash screen as the OP suggests as both bsdinstall and sysinstall boot=
  into markedly different environments.</div><div><br></div><div>Whereas bsd=
 install boots directly into the ISO-9660 filesystem structure, sysinstall i=
 nstead expects to boot into an mfsroot structure loaded into memory by load=
 er(8).</div><div><br></div><div>Therefore, the choice must be presented to =
 the user in the boot-loader menu where the decision can appropriately affec=
 t the boot process to boot into the appropriate structure.</div><div><br></=
 div><div>Here's some pictures showing the option present in the boot loader=
  (see option #8):</div><div><br></div><div><a href=3D"http://www.twitpic.co=
 m/89l2ub/full">http://www.twitpic.com/89l2ub/full</a></div><div><a href=3D"=
 http://www.twitpic.com/89l2ub/full"></a><a href=3D"http://www.twitpic.com/8=
 9l4n6/full">http://www.twitpic.com/89l4n6/full</a></div><div><br></div><div=
 ><a href=3D"http://www.twitpic.com/89l4n6/full"></a>Note, also, that this i=
 s a significant development effort. However, it's also worth noting that th=
 is has been planned since before 9.0-RC1 and was discussed at-length on the=
  -sysinstall@ mailing-list in 2010/2011.</div><div>--&nbsp;</div><div>Devin=
 <br>
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