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Date:      Thu, 28 Aug 2014 11:34:08 +0400
From:      Slawa Olhovchenkov <slw@zxy.spb.ru>
To:        dteske@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org, 'Andrew Thompson' <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r270644 - stable/10/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts
Message-ID:  <20140828073408.GK2075@zxy.spb.ru>
In-Reply-To: <1e8b01cfc267$a266a650$e733f2f0$@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 07:27:37PM -0700, dteske@FreeBSD.org wrote:

> Now compare that to the following code:
> http://svnweb.freebsd.org/base/head/usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/zfsboot?view
> =markup
> 
> Read: There is a /usr/home already -- what's the issue?

May be best mount to /home and do symlink from /usr/home?
This is proposal. I think for ZFS install this is natural.

> > Other datasets have special atributes and removing datasets is simples
> > then creating and to easy to forget create their before use.
> 
> Perhaps; but if you're really deploying that many systems (to which it is
> a need that each be setup in the same [custom] manner), you really
> out to make a custom installer.

In some cases I do remote setup where install image supplayed for me.

> Just rip open the installer ISO, create the following file:
> 
> FILE: /etc/installerconfig
> ZFSBOOT_DATASETS="
> 	# your custom settings here -- see /usr/libexec/bsdinstall/zfsboot
> " # END-QUOTE

I see this but don't correlate with actual ZFS layout:

/usr in real not copressed, /usr/ports is compressed.
I don't see compression options for /usr/ports in ZFSBOOT_DATASETS, how it work?!

> Then repack the ISO and use that instead of the generic release media.

And do it for each new release?
What about "advanced options" with checkboxes for optional dataset?



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