Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 18:24:42 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: papowell@astart.com Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Scripting bsdinstall Message-ID: <CANCZdfqEhH0QM9rGsCUqfhZF1dvnsaLgTm9UXUHjz%2BC-5Qaqcw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <72fa9e36-4460-c09c-25a8-b8157bacccdb@astart.com> References: <CALH631=S0d9kmYRNrG5PVg9rqUF80Ko_Z5DsP=9dGKQKodW5Hg@mail.gmail.com> <96ecfc02-04f6-7222-4582-3740c505c7e5@FreeBSD.org> <CALH631mswuj3xXJ8O96PKCBZUpBUWJ%2Bg0CsP0Cr7GTi1BbLS9w@mail.gmail.com> <CALH631n23WTeJgZma3Mi5i6-8fvymCA9sVh4hD1JVsMt6hDrMw@mail.gmail.com> <3d8f953e-0bdf-4939-b127-668f73635d2b@comcast.net> <CALH631nCwYOT3xaf1duf-aJTMdR433Gtsh-rKv2OBjk7daxShA@mail.gmail.com> <a151f21d-eb12-40f5-ab01-1b826500d11a@comcast.net> <72fa9e36-4460-c09c-25a8-b8157bacccdb@astart.com>
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On Thu, Dec 26, 2019, 6:21 PM Patrick Powell <papowell@astart.com> wrote: > On 2019-12-25 04:48, Mike Remski wrote: > > On Wednesday, December 25, 2019 7:43:26 AM EST, Gleb Popov wrote: > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 25, 2019 at 4:37 PM Mike Remski <mremski@comcast.net> > wrote: > >> On Wednesday, December 25, 2019 4:31:50 AM EST, Gleb Popov wrote: > >>> On Sun, Dec 22, 2019 at 9:47 PM Gleb Popov <arrowd@freebsd.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 4:51 PM Matthew Seaman <matthew@freebsd.org> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> ... > >>> > >>> I had to do all these "bsdinstall" invocations in the preamble > >>> because I > >>> wanted to set up partitions in my way. It turned out that the value of > >>> PARTITIONS variable is directly passed to "bsdinstall scriptedpart", > >>> so my > >>> installerscript got reduced to > >>> > >>> DISTRIBUTIONS="base.txz kernel.txz lib32.txz" > >>> PARTITIONS="ada0 gpt { 512K freebsd-boot , 2G freebsd-ufs / , 4G > >>> freebsd-swap , 8G freebsd-ufs /var , 4G freebsd-ufs /tmp , auto > >>> freebsd-ufs > >>> /usr }" > >>> > >>> #!/bin/sh > >>> > >>> sysrc ifconfig_DEFAULT=DHCP > >>> > >>> It now works, and even the second part gets properly executed. > >>> > >>> However, no boot loader gets installed. Skimming through "bsdinstall > >>> bootconfig" source reveals that it only supports installing boot > >>> files for > >>> UEFI loader. What should I do in case of BIOS? > >> In bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot there are a couple things that look > >> related to what you want. GPART_BOOTCODE, GPART_BOOTCODE_PART and > >> GPART_BOOTCODE_PARTONLY, plus GPART_SET_ACTIVE and > >> GPART_SET_PMBR_ACTIVE. I know you are using UFS, but it may help > >> figure out what you need. > >> > >> Thanks for these, but I ended up adding > >> > >> gpart bootcode -b /boot/pmbr -p /boot/gptboot -i 1 ada0 > >> > >> to the second part of the script. It should be noted that it wasn't > >> working without "-b /boot/pmbr" part. > > > > Ahh. I think at one time you needed to do them as separate gpart > > commands then you needed to have both options on the same command. > > Glad you got it working. > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > As a highly interested outside observer, is it possible to put this > accumulated wisdom into a document and put it on a FreeBSD Web Site? > > Scripting FreeBSD installs seems to be a lost, or at least, arcane Art. > Or heaven forbid, a script.... Warner > -- > Patrick Powell Astart Technologies > papowell@astart.com 1509 Hollow Ct., > Network and System San Diego, CA 92019 > Consulting Cell 858-518-7581 FAX 858-751-2435 > Web: papowell at astart dot com > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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