[Bug 263233] bsdinstall: 'ZFS Configuration' has become a confusing heading for encryption-related stages of installation of FreeBSD

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 05:40:44 UTC 
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=263233

            Bug ID: 263233
           Summary: bsdinstall: 'ZFS Configuration' has become a confusing
                    heading for encryption-related stages of installation
                    of FreeBSD
           Product: Base System
           Version: CURRENT
          Hardware: Any
               URL: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-src/tree/main/usr.s
                    bin/bsdinstall
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Some People
          Priority: ---
         Component: bin
          Assignee: bugs@FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: grahamperrin@gmail.com

From <https://www.tumfatig.net/images/2017/Vultr-FreeBSD-ZFS-root-17.png> in
2017: 

> ZFS Configuration
> 
> Enter a strong passphrase, …

The same wording is used in the current installer for FreeBSD. 

Anyone who knows of OpenZFS support for encryption might, naturally, assume
that it's a passphrase for OpenZFS encryption. 

Not so. 

Similarly, from
<https://www.tumfatig.net/images/2017/Vultr-FreeBSD-ZFS-root-19.png>: 

> ZFS Configuration
> 
> Initializing encryption on selected disks, …

There's less potential for confusion, because OpenZFS encryption does not apply
at the disk level, but only slightly less (because not all people will make the
distinction). 

Generally: 

* need to review the appropriateness of 'ZFS Configuration' as a heading.

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