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bsdinstall: Provide help text for partitioning options

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Includes commentary of when ZFS works well by default (>= 8GB RAM),
and where to go for information on ZFS tuning if required.

Also hoist the options text to the top of script as variables
(will help with future international translations).

Reviewed by:	philip, dteske, karels, imp, emaste
Approved by:	rgrimes
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23224
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Ben Woods 2020-01-27 22:45:49 +00:00
parent 2e08f5b4ce
commit 595373dd64
1 changed files with 28 additions and 11 deletions
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usr.sbin/bsdinstall/scripts/auto
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@ -41,13 +41,25 @@ f_include $BSDCFG_SHARE/dialog.subr
hline_arrows_tab_enter="Press arrows, TAB or ENTER"
hline_arrows_tab_space_enter="Press arrows, TAB, SPACE or ENTER"
msg_abort="Abort"
msg_an_installation_step_has_been_aborted="An installation step has been aborted. Would you like\nto restart the installation or exit the installer?"
msg_auto_ufs="Auto (UFS)"
msg_auto_ufs_desc="Guided UFS Disk Setup"
msg_auto_ufs_help="Menu options help choose which disk to setup using UFS and standard partitions"
msg_auto_zfs="Auto (ZFS)"
msg_auto_zfs_desc="Guided Root-on-ZFS"
msg_auto_zfs_help="To use ZFS with less than 8GB RAM, see https://wiki.freebsd.org/ZFSTuningGuide"
msg_exit="Exit"
msg_freebsd_installer="FreeBSD Installer"
msg_gpt_active_fix="Your hardware is known to have issues booting in CSM/Legacy/BIOS mode from GPT partitions that are not set active. Would you like the installer to apply this workaround for you?"
msg_lenovo_fix="Your model of Lenovo is known to have a BIOS bug that prevents it booting from GPT partitions without UEFI. Would you like the installer to apply a workaround for you?"
msg_an_installation_step_has_been_aborted="An installation step has been aborted. Would you like\nto restart the installation or exit the installer?"
msg_manual="Manual"
msg_manual_desc="Manual Disk Setup (experts)"
msg_manual_help="Create customized partitions from menu options"
msg_no="NO"
msg_restart="Restart"
msg_shell="Shell"
msg_shell_desc="Open a shell and partition by hand"
msg_shell_help="Create customized partitions using command-line utilities"
msg_yes="YES"
############################################################ FUNCTIONS
@ -281,42 +293,47 @@ if f_interactive; then
esac
fi
PMODES="\
\"Auto (UFS)\" \"Guided Disk Setup\" \
Manual \"Manual Disk Setup (experts)\" \
Shell \"Open a shell and partition by hand\""
PMODES="
'$msg_auto_ufs' '$msg_auto_ufs_desc' '$msg_auto_ufs_help'
'$msg_manual' '$msg_manual_desc' '$msg_manual_help'
'$msg_shell' '$msg_shell_desc' '$msg_shell_help'
" # END-QUOTE
CURARCH=$( uname -m )
case $CURARCH in
amd64|arm64|i386) # Booting ZFS Supported
PMODES="\"Auto (ZFS)\" \"Guided Root-on-ZFS\" $PMODES"
PMODES="
'$msg_auto_zfs' '$msg_auto_zfs_desc' '$msg_auto_zfs_help'
$PMODES
" # END-QUOTE
;;
*) # Booting ZFS Unspported
*) # Booting ZFS Unsupported
;;
esac
exec 3>&1
PARTMODE=`echo $PMODES | xargs dialog --backtitle "FreeBSD Installer" \
--title "Partitioning" \
--item-help \
--menu "How would you like to partition your disk?" \
0 0 0 2>&1 1>&3` || exit 1
exec 3>&-
case "$PARTMODE" in
"Auto (ZFS)") # ZFS
"$msg_auto_zfs") # ZFS
bsdinstall zfsboot || error "ZFS setup failed"
bsdinstall mount || error "Failed to mount filesystem"
;;
"Auto (UFS)") # Guided
"$msg_auto_ufs") # Guided UFS
bsdinstall autopart || error "Partitioning error"
bsdinstall mount || error "Failed to mount filesystem"
;;
"Shell") # Shell
"$msg_shell") # Shell
clear
echo "Use this shell to set up partitions for the new system. When finished, mount the system at $BSDINSTALL_CHROOT and place an fstab file for the new system at $PATH_FSTAB. Then type 'exit'. You can also enter the partition editor at any time by entering 'bsdinstall partedit'."
sh 2>&1
;;
"Manual") # Manual
"$msg_manual") # Manual
if f_isset debugFile; then
# Give partedit the path to our logfile so it can append
BSDINSTALL_LOG="${debugFile#+}" bsdinstall partedit || error "Partitioning error"