bsdinstall: Only show menu if there are more items to be installed

Obtained from: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")

(cherry picked from c

bsdinstall: Only show menu if there are more items to be installed

Obtained from: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications, LLC ("Netgate")

(cherry picked from commit 95f0da5be1e3456c930f5f9538cbc099c65f2014)

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Fix scripted installation from media without local distfiles.

The bsdinstall script target did not have the infrastructure to fetch
distfiles from a remote server the way the interactive installer d

Fix scripted installation from media without local distfiles.

The bsdinstall script target did not have the infrastructure to fetch
distfiles from a remote server the way the interactive installer does
on e.g. bootonly media. Solve this by factoring out the parts of the
installer that deal with fetching missing distributions into a new
install stage called 'fetchmissingdists', which is called by both the
interactive and scripted installer frontends.

In the course of these changes, cleaned up a few other issues with
the fetching of missing distribution files and added a warning if
fetching the MANIFEST file, which is used to verify the integrity of
the distribution files. We should at some point add cryptographic
signatures to MANIFEST so that it can be fetched safely if not present
on the install media (which it is for bootonly media).

Initial patch by: Vinícius Zavam
PR: 255659, 250928
Reviewed by: dteske
MFC after: 4 weeks
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D27121

(cherry picked from commit 40923b0c81cc2c151388ec5ead59f4bed89ac432)

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bsdinstall: riscv-specific tweaks

Make the installer more useful, by allowing it to create a bootable
installation. Also, enable the menu option for ZFS-on-root.

Like arm64, RISC-V boots by UEFI on

bsdinstall: riscv-specific tweaks

Make the installer more useful, by allowing it to create a bootable
installation. Also, enable the menu option for ZFS-on-root.

Like arm64, RISC-V boots by UEFI only, so arm64's partedit
implementation is renamed and shared among the two platforms.

Reviewed by: gjb

(cherry picked from commit 7b08a307e88bb1abe17d13d11288392a8e4739ce)

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bsdinstall: Provide help text for partitioning options

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

bsdinstall: Provide help text for partitioning options

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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bsdinstall: Change "default" (first) Partitioning method to ZFS

Reported by: Ruben Schade (during his talk at linux.conf.au)
Approved by: philip
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2

bsdinstall: Change "default" (first) Partitioning method to ZFS

Reported by: Ruben Schade (during his talk at linux.conf.au)
Approved by: philip
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D23173

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Fix dialog autosizing in bsdinstall auto error messages

Sponsored by: Smule, Inc.

Add the ThinkPad X1 (sandybridge) to the bsdinstall blacklist

MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: FOSDEM IllumOS Table

Add installer support for PS3 and PowerNV systems, also laying the
foundation for invoking efibootmgr as part of new-style EFI booting on
x86. On PS3 and PowerNV, which are booted using Linux kexec f

Add installer support for PS3 and PowerNV systems, also laying the
foundation for invoking efibootmgr as part of new-style EFI booting on
x86. On PS3 and PowerNV, which are booted using Linux kexec from petitboot
rather than by loader(8), install the kernel and the rest of /boot to a
FAT partition and set up the appropriate petitboot configuration file
there.

The new bootconfig installer stage can do platform-dependent modifications
more complex than partition layout and installation of boot blocks and can
be used to (as here) set up some special configuration files, run efibootmgr,
or boot0cfg.

MFC after: 1 month

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bsdinstall: remove EOL whitespace

bsdinstall: support Auto ZFS mode for ARM64

Reported by: Shawn Webb
MFC after: 3 days

bsdinstall: Make sure chroot filesystems are umounted after use

* DISTDIR_IS_UNIONFS is set every time BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR is mounted inside
BSDINSTALL_CHROOT. Use this flag to decide if it needs t

bsdinstall: Make sure chroot filesystems are umounted after use

* DISTDIR_IS_UNIONFS is set every time BSDINSTALL_DISTDIR is mounted inside
BSDINSTALL_CHROOT. Use this flag to decide if it needs to be umounted
* BSDINSTALL_CHROOT/dev is mounted when 'bsdinstall mount' is called, there is
no need to mount it again when user goes to shell after installation

Reviewed by: allanjude
Obtained from: pfSense
MFC after: 1 week
Sponsored by: Rubicon Communications (Netgate)
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8573

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Add new System Hardening menu and options to bsdinstall.

This patch add new 'hardening' file responsible for new bsdinstall
'System Hardening' menu allowing users to set some sane and carefully
pick

Add new System Hardening menu and options to bsdinstall.

This patch add new 'hardening' file responsible for new bsdinstall
'System Hardening' menu allowing users to set some sane and carefully
picked system security options (like random process id's, hiding
other users/groups processes and others).

All options are OFF by default in this patch due to POLA principle
with intention to turn change some of them to ON by default in future.

Reviewed by: adrian, allanjude, bdrewery, nwhitehorn
Approved by: adrian, allanjude
MFC after: 7 days

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Add more machines to the bsdinstall workaround blacklist

Apply the LenovoFix (fake partition in pMBR is 2nd rather than 1st)
and GPT Active fix (mark the fake pMBR partition active) to respective
ha

Add more machines to the bsdinstall workaround blacklist

Apply the LenovoFix (fake partition in pMBR is 2nd rather than 1st)
and GPT Active fix (mark the fake pMBR partition active) to respective
hardware that is confirmed to require such to boot correct.

Submitted by: Sam Fourman Jr. <[email protected]> (ThinkPad W520)
Submitted by: Matthias Apitz <[email protected]> (Latitude E6330)
Approved by: re (gjb)
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.

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bsdinstall: Suggest the GPT+Active workaround on Dell T5810

The Dell Precision Tower 5810 fails to boot from GPT in Legacy/BIOS mode
without the Active flag in the Protective MBR. Suggest the worka

bsdinstall: Suggest the GPT+Active workaround on Dell T5810

The Dell Precision Tower 5810 fails to boot from GPT in Legacy/BIOS mode
without the Active flag in the Protective MBR. Suggest the workaround
during installation.

Since an increasing number of Dell systems exhibit this behavior,
I imagine all Dells past a certain date will do so. I would like
to suggest the workaround for all Dells with a BIOS date of, say,
2014 or later, but I would need to test a variety of systems before
committing such a change.

Reviewed by: allanjude, dteske
MFC after: 5 days
Relnotes: We should probably suggest using GPT+Active on "recent" Dells.
Sponsored by: Dell Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D4075

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Merge ^/projects/release-install-debug:

- Rework MANIFEST generation and parsing via bsdinstall(8).
- Allow selecting debugging distribution sets during install.
- Rework bsdinstall(8) to fetch remo

Merge ^/projects/release-install-debug:

- Rework MANIFEST generation and parsing via bsdinstall(8).
- Allow selecting debugging distribution sets during install.
- Rework bsdinstall(8) to fetch remote debug distribution sets
when they are not available on the local install medium.
- Allow selecting additional non-GENERIC kernels during install.
At present, GENERIC is still required, and installed by default.

Tested with: head@r293203
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

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Add a number of models to the bsdinstall GPT hack blacklist

PR: 194359
Approved by: bapt (mentor)
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.or

Add a number of models to the bsdinstall GPT hack blacklist

PR: 194359
Approved by: bapt (mentor)
MFC after: 2 weeks
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3525

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Ensure the local MANIFEST is always used when verifying remote
distribution sets.

MFC after: immediately
Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation

Add the Dell E7240 laptop and Intel DP965LT motherboard to the list for the GPT active workaround

PR: 194359
Requested by: sbruno, hiren
Approved by: marcel
MFC after: 3 days
Relnotes: yes
Sponsore

Add the Dell E7240 laptop and Intel DP965LT motherboard to the list for the GPT active workaround

PR: 194359
Requested by: sbruno, hiren
Approved by: marcel
MFC after: 3 days
Relnotes: yes
Sponsored by: ScaleEngine Inc.
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3139

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Add support for two workarounds for known issues booting GPT in legacy mode on some hardware

For Lenovo laptops with buggy bios (x220, t420, t520):
Write the 0xee entry into the second slot in the

Add support for two workarounds for known issues booting GPT in legacy mode on some hardware

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

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ZFS support isn't actually experimental anymore, so no need to scare
people.

Rename the choices in the partitioning methods dialog to reflect current
reality. In particular, draw a connection between the auto ZFS script and
the auto UFS one, since they fulfill similar functio

Rename the choices in the partitioning methods dialog to reflect current
reality. In particular, draw a connection between the auto ZFS script and
the auto UFS one, since they fulfill similar functions. I'm not sure the
auto ZFS code is actually experimental anymore, so it might be worth
changing that label still.

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Make the default choice for the chroot shell at the end be "No". This allows
just pressing enter repeatedly to successfully install a reasonable system.

Give a brief message as to what error was encountered to help the user along.

Reviewed by: nwhitehorn
MFC after: 2 weeks

Move the installer's keymap solution introduced by SVN r259468. The new
location of /etc/rc.local on the install media is more appropriate as it
knows serial vs. non-serial and can also do the change

Move the installer's keymap solution introduced by SVN r259468. The new
location of /etc/rc.local on the install media is more appropriate as it
knows serial vs. non-serial and can also do the change earlier (so that
even the initial Install dialog can benefit from the change).

MFC after: 3 days

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In bsdinstall_log, it's rather confusing to see the following sequence:
DEBUG: Running installation step: hostname
rm: /tmp/bsdinstall_etc/fstab: No such file or directory

The two lines are unre

In bsdinstall_log, it's rather confusing to see the following sequence:
DEBUG: Running installation step: hostname
rm: /tmp/bsdinstall_etc/fstab: No such file or directory

The two lines are unrelated, and the rm is spurious. Let's add `-f' to
that rm(1) so it doesn't confuse us when debugging an install.

MFC after: 3 days

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