i386/81674: Install root option of 4.11 boot floppies points to / instead of /mnt

[H.P. Stroebel]

>Number:         81674
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       Install root option of 4.11 boot floppies points to / instead of /mnt
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 30 15:30:01 GMT 2005
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     H.P. Stroebel
>Release:        4.11
>Organization:
>Environment:
Kernel from Boot-Floppies
(uname not available while installing)    
>Description:
In a install from the two boot floppies (on a machine without CD-ROM) the option "Install Root" points to /. This is the / of the install system itself.
Distributions fetched by FTP will be extracted into the / filesystem (Ramdisk?), which will soon overflow, causing the installation procedure to fail.

As the first (and in this case only) HDD is being mounted on /mnt, the "Install root" option should point by default to this mountpoint, so that the distributions will get extracted to the harddisk.
The help file instead tells to leave the "install root" untouched in most cases.
>How-To-Repeat:
Do a standard or custom ftp install using the 4.11 boot floppies kern and mfsroot.
See "install root" on the options screen pointing to /, and an HDD mounted to /mnt.
>Fix:
Change "install root" option to /mnt (if this doesn`t trigger other problems) or add a hint to the helpfile.
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