Some issues in the 20251124 16-CURRENT snapshot

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From: Tom Jones <thj_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2025 16:00:38 UTC

Hi,

I pulled down  FreeBSD-16.0-CURRENT-amd64-20251124-nullhash-nullcount-mini-memstick.img 
to use for a test install and have hit some issues.

1. dhclient-script fails to start:

Trying to get an address with dhclient leads to errors and a screen full of:

dhclient[4273]: exiting
dhclient[4273]: execve( (/sbin/dhclient-script, ...): Input/output error

2. the pkg base install path fails

The ncurses view obscures the message, but I caught

"FreeBSD-base has no meta file"

I worked around the dhclient issue by setting an address manually, but I have working connectivity to freebsd.org at the packages install step.

3. the installer isn't restartable

In some cases if there has been any error I'll get a message dialog asking if I want to restart the installer because an error occured. The only solution is to reboot and try again.

If I have created a zfs pool from the installer, the zfs install step can't see any available disks and I have to restart.

An install using distribution sets is working (well so far, downloading is taking a long time).

- Tom