FreeBSD installers: -dvd1 usability (was: concerns about install freebsd)
Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 19:07:48 UTC
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>