Re: FreeBSD installers: -dvd1 usability (was: concerns about install freebsd)

On 2 October 2022 6:07:48 am AEDT, Graham Perrin <grahamperrin@freebsd.org> wrote:
 > On 30/09/2022 17:55, Ian Smith wrote:
 > > On 30 September 2022 5:25:39 pm AEST, David
 > Christensen<dpchrist@holgerdanske.com>  wrote:
 > >
 > > > … Having a -dvd1 ISO on a USB flash drive could be useful when 
 > > > installing without an Internet connection. …
 > >
 > > It should be.  It was broken on 12.3R and presumably before, due to
 > a bad symlink on the dvd1.iso, and needing so far three patches to
 > bsdconfig, if hoping to use that.
 > >
 > > Once fixed, it's a useful dialog(1) based interface to the included
 > pkg repo, reminiscent of sysinstall in its heyday, if you like KDE 5
 > or Gnome on top of your Xorg.
 > >
 > > For much too long a story on getting that working, see
 > >
 > https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/installing-freebsd-12-3-from-dvd1-usb-without-network.84838/
 > >
 > > I've yet to find out if it's been fixed on 13, and I'm still
 > _slightly_ hopeful of getting some committer help in fixing it for
 > 12.4, which enters code slush in a week.
 > 
 > FreeBSD bugs:
 > 
 > 195705 – Installer issues / bsdconfig
 > <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=195705>
 > 
 > 201485 – bsdconfig no pkg database found
 > <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=201485>
 > 
 > 266743 – Potentially misleading information about -dvd1.iso in
 > release 
 > documentation and the FreeBSD Handbook
 > <https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=266743>

Thanks Graham, much appreciated.

I've scanned those and reset my long-lost Bugzilla password and will try getting into that properly in the next day or so.

First off I'll send you some file listings off-list from the 11.3-R and 12.3-R dvd1/packages, seeking a 13.1-R list in return, so I can be sure what if anything has been changed, before wading in over my head  <&^}=

cheers, Ian