For Lenovo laptops with buggy bios (x220, t420, t520):
Write the 0xee entry into the second slot in the pmbr instead of the first
For some Dell and HP models:
The BIOS gives a warning message when booting in legacy mode from a GPT partitioned disk where the 0xee partition in the pmbr is not flagged active
For models known to have this problem, mark the pmbr active during installation
Use smbios data to identify machines known to be affected by any of the above, and offer the user the option to apply the workaround
In bsdinstall's ufs auto mode (autopart partition wizard):
Allow users to select which type of partition table to use
Keep current defaults: MBR for BIOS, GPT for UEFI
This allows users to choose GPT for legacy boot if they wish
PR: 184910
PR: 194359
Reviewed by: Michael Dexter
Approved by: marcel
MFC after: 3 days
X-MFC-With: r285594
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3091
A variable was misspelled resulting in chmod executing on the installer instead of on the target chroot
PR: 191402
Submitted by: Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com>
Approved by: brueffer
MFC after: 3 days
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3061
Off by default, build behaves normally.
WITH_META_MODE we get auto objdir creation, the ability to
start build from anywhere in the tree.
Still need to add real targets under targets/ to build packages.
Differential Revision: D2796
Reviewed by: brooks imp
A new loader.conf(5) option of geom_eli_passphrase_prompt="YES" will now
allow you to enter your geli(8) root-mount credentials prior to invoking
the kernel.
See check-password.4th(8) for details.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2105
Reviewed by: imp, kmoore
Discussed on: -current
MFC after: 3 days
X-MFC-to: stable/10
Relnotes: yes
Summary:
Add "GELI Passphrase:" prompt to boot loader.
A new loader.conf(5) option of geom_eli_passphrase_prompt="YES" will now
allow you to enter your geli(8) root-mount credentials prior to invoking
the kernel.
See check-password.4th(8) for details.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2105
Reviewed by: (your name[s] here)
MFC after: 3 days
X-MFC-to: stable/10
Relnotes: yes
Test Plan:
Drop a head copy of check-password.4th into /boot and then apply the patch
(only the patch to /boot/check-password.4th is required; no other changes are
required but you do have to have a HEAD copy of check-password.4th to
apply the patch).
NB: The rest of your /boot files can be up to 2 years old but no older.
NB: The test won't work unless your kernel has the following change
https://svnweb.freebsd.org/base?view=revision&revision=273489
Now, put into /boot/loader.conf:
geom_eli_passphrase_prompt="YES"
and reboot.
You should be prompted for a GELI passphrase before the menu (if enabled),
just after loading loader.conf(5).
NB: It doesn't matter if you're using GELI or not. However if you are using
GELI and a sufficiently new enough release (has SVN r273489) and you entered
the proper passphrase to mount your GELI encrypted root device(s), you should
notice that the boot process did not stop (you went from loader all the way to login).
Reviewers: cperciva, allanjude, scottl, kmoore
Subscribers: jkh, imp
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2105
bsdconfig's f_package_add doesn't seem to support using the pkg repo from /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf, it also tries to run the commands on the installer image, not in the destination chroot
Instead, manually bootstrap pkg in the chroot, and then install the requested packages (in the chroot)
Doesn't use pkg -c, because pkg is not installed on the installer image
PR: 196250
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2026
Approved by: bapt
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
assume that GPT means UEFI boot, resulting in the installation of
uninstallable systems. This needs a little more work before MFC, in
particular based on disk size (> 2 TB + BIOS + MBR is not workable). That
will come soon.
Previously we used gnop(8) to fake 4K sector size disks but ZFS now has a
sysctl to control this when creating new top level vdev's so use that
instead.
Differential Revision: D566
MFC after: 1 month
Sponsored by: Multiplay
new dpv(3) wrapper to dialog(3) dialog_gauge(). The dpv(3) library provides
a more flexible and refined interface similar to dialog_mixedgauge() however
is implemented atop the more generalized dialog_gauge() for portability.
Noticeable improvements in bsdinstall's distextract will be a status line
showing data rate information (with support for localeconv(3) to format
numbers according to $LANG or $LC_ALL conversion information), i18n support,
improved auto-sizing of gauge widget, a ``wheel barrow'' to keep the user
informed that things are moving (even if status/progress has not changed),
improved color support (mini-progress bars use the same color, if enabled,
as the main gauge bar), and several other improvements (some not visible).
dpv stands for "dialog progress view" (dpv was introduced in SVN r274116).
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D714
Discussed on: -current
Reviewed by: julian
MFC after: 3 days
X-MFC-to: stable/10
Relnotes: Improved installer feedback from bsdinstall distextract
less obsolete information. Also move the entropy command down the list --
the list is ordered by likelihood of use rather than alphabetically.
MFC after: 1 week
