Use installboot -p; OK visa

Use fdisk's -b to create boot partitions instead of -e scripts.

Build, boot and install tested by visa@

ok visa@

convert macppc, octeon, and loongson to use MI installboot, removing
special case scripting in install.md.
(macppc still requires manual steps for HFS bootmode)
tested by krw, visa, gkoehler

kernel no longer has to be placed into the boot area, because
we have proper bootblocks.
ok visa

Add octeon bootloader to the set of files that get copied
to the boot partition.

To use the bootloader, the firmware has to be configured to load
file "boot" instead of "bsd".

OK deraadt@

Make the installer use the multiprocessor kernel if there is more
than one core available.

When bsd.mp is used, bsd.sp is not copied to the boot partition.
Old installations might not have enough space for all bsd.mp, bsd.sp
and bsd.rd.

OK deraadt@, krw@, pirofti@

Bump the default size of the MSDOS partition from 16MB to 32MB.
16MB is too small to hold bsd, bsd.mp and bsd.rd simultaneously.

Noticed by and OK stsp@
OK deraadt@

Whitespaces ...

Move files created by root during install/upgrade in a subdir of
/tmp with proper permissions so that unprivileged programs can not
tamper with them.

positive feedback from deraadt
OK halex

If manual disklabel editing is requested during install, don't emit
verbiage explaining what disklabels are.

If you don't know, you should be using (A)uto!

ok rpe@ halex@

Change patterns in case-blocks from a*|A* to [aA]*

OK halex@ krw@

Introduce a new function disk_has() to inspect a disk if it has a
partition-table of a certain type and optionally if it has a partition
of a certain type.

Use disk_has() in the install.md script to replace all the various
"fdisk <disk> | grep <pattern>" commands greatly simplifying things.

positive feedback from sthen@
"time to get it really tested" deraadt@
OK krw@

If (O)penBSD is not offered as a partitioning option, do not accept
'O*|o*' as a valid response. Ignore it as we do other invalid input.

armv7 is special case to be handled separately.

Noticed by kettenis@.

ok deraadt@ rpe@

Fix commas in "Use (W)hole disk MBR..." question.

OK jmc@ krw@

Remove the $FSTABFLAG variable and use -F directly. The installer
uses disklabel UIDs unconditionally for a while already.

OK krw@
"looks good" deraadt@

Replace
[[ -n $(foo | grep 'bar') ]]
with
foo | grep -q 'bar'

OK halex@ krw@

Replace identical code in the MD scripts of the installer with a new
MI function disklabel_autolayout() which now handles all aspects of
the disklabel auto-layout and autopartitioning case for the root disk.
Remove get_disklabel_template() and merge it with the new function.

"move forward" deraadt@

Add the new template file based autopartitioning feature of disklabel(8)
to the OpenBSD installer. It is available during unattended installation.
The template file is fetched from an url, provided as answer to a new
question in the response file:

URL to autopartitioning template for disklabel = url

Original diff from and OK henning@
'no objection' krw@

Fix spacing in md_congrats()

Remove AUTOROOT variable which is a leftover of r1.183 of install.sub

diff from Philipp e1c1bac6253dc54a1e89ddc046585792 at osteo dot net

ok krw@ halex@

expand instructions for manually configuring the MBR.

create a small MSDOS partition from where u-boot will load the kernel.

feedback/ok halex@ krw@

fix wrapped line that snuck in an extra \n in a question.

add ramdisk installer for octeon, still has some rough edges and needs some
manual fiddling, but works good enough to perform an install on the CAM-0100.

Use fdisk's -b to create boot partitions instead of -e scripts.

Build, boot and install tested by visa@

ok visa@

convert macppc, octeon, and loongson to use MI installboot, removing
special case scripting in install.md.
(macppc still requires manual steps for HFS bootmode)
tested by krw, visa, gkoehler

kernel no longer has to be placed into the boot area, because
we have proper bootblocks.
ok visa

Add octeon bootloader to the set of files that get copied
to the boot partition.

To use the bootloader, the firmware has to be configured to load
file "boot" instead of "bsd".

OK deraadt@

Make the installer use the multiprocessor kernel if there is more
than one core available.

When bsd.mp is used, bsd.sp is not copied to the boot partition.
Old installations might not have enough space for all bsd.mp, bsd.sp
and bsd.rd.

OK deraadt@, krw@, pirofti@

Bump the default size of the MSDOS partition from 16MB to 32MB.
16MB is too small to hold bsd, bsd.mp and bsd.rd simultaneously.

Noticed by and OK stsp@
OK deraadt@

Whitespaces ...

Move files created by root during install/upgrade in a subdir of
/tmp with proper permissions so that unprivileged programs can not
tamper with them.

positive feedback from deraadt
OK halex

If manual disklabel editing is requested during install, don't emit
verbiage explaining what disklabels are.

If you don't know, you should be using (A)uto!

ok rpe@ halex@

Change patterns in case-blocks from a*|A* to [aA]*

OK halex@ krw@

Introduce a new function disk_has() to inspect a disk if it has a
partition-table of a certain type and optionally if it has a partition
of a certain type.

Use disk_has() in the install.md script to replace all the various
"fdisk <disk> | grep <pattern>" commands greatly simplifying things.

positive feedback from sthen@
"time to get it really tested" deraadt@
OK krw@

If (O)penBSD is not offered as a partitioning option, do not accept
'O*|o*' as a valid response. Ignore it as we do other invalid input.

armv7 is special case to be handled separately.

Noticed by kettenis@.

ok deraadt@ rpe@

Fix commas in "Use (W)hole disk MBR..." question.

OK jmc@ krw@

Remove the $FSTABFLAG variable and use -F directly. The installer
uses disklabel UIDs unconditionally for a while already.

OK krw@
"looks good" deraadt@

Replace
[[ -n $(foo | grep 'bar') ]]
with
foo | grep -q 'bar'

OK halex@ krw@

Replace identical code in the MD scripts of the installer with a new
MI function disklabel_autolayout() which now handles all aspects of
the disklabel auto-layout and autopartitioning case for the root disk.
Remove get_disklabel_template() and merge it with the new function.

"move forward" deraadt@

Add the new template file based autopartitioning feature of disklabel(8)
to the OpenBSD installer. It is available during unattended installation.
The template file is fetched from an url, provided as answer to a new
question in the response file:

URL to autopartitioning template for disklabel = url

Original diff from and OK henning@
'no objection' krw@

Fix spacing in md_congrats()

Remove AUTOROOT variable which is a leftover of r1.183 of install.sub

diff from Philipp e1c1bac6253dc54a1e89ddc046585792 at osteo dot net

ok krw@ halex@

expand instructions for manually configuring the MBR.

create a small MSDOS partition from where u-boot will load the kernel.

feedback/ok halex@ krw@

fix wrapped line that snuck in an extra \n in a question.

add ramdisk installer for octeon, still has some rough edges and needs some
manual fiddling, but works good enough to perform an install on the CAM-0100.

convert macppc, octeon, and loongson to use MI installboot, removing
special case scripting in install.md.
(macppc still requires manual steps for HFS bootmode)
tested by krw, visa, gkoehler

kernel no longer has to be placed into the boot area, because
we have proper bootblocks.
ok visa

Add octeon bootloader to the set of files that get copied
to the boot partition.

To use the bootloader, the firmware has to be configured to load
file "boot" instead of "bsd".

OK deraadt@

Make the installer use the multiprocessor kernel if there is more
than one core available.

When bsd.mp is used, bsd.sp is not copied to the boot partition.
Old installations might not have enough space for all bsd.mp, bsd.sp
and bsd.rd.

OK deraadt@, krw@, pirofti@

Bump the default size of the MSDOS partition from 16MB to 32MB.
16MB is too small to hold bsd, bsd.mp and bsd.rd simultaneously.

Noticed by and OK stsp@
OK deraadt@

Whitespaces ...

Move files created by root during install/upgrade in a subdir of
/tmp with proper permissions so that unprivileged programs can not
tamper with them.

positive feedback from deraadt
OK halex

If manual disklabel editing is requested during install, don't emit
verbiage explaining what disklabels are.

If you don't know, you should be using (A)uto!

ok rpe@ halex@

Change patterns in case-blocks from a*|A* to [aA]*

OK halex@ krw@

Introduce a new function disk_has() to inspect a disk if it has a
partition-table of a certain type and optionally if it has a partition
of a certain type.

Use disk_has() in the install.md script to replace all the various
"fdisk <disk> | grep <pattern>" commands greatly simplifying things.

positive feedback from sthen@
"time to get it really tested" deraadt@
OK krw@

If (O)penBSD is not offered as a partitioning option, do not accept
'O*|o*' as a valid response. Ignore it as we do other invalid input.

armv7 is special case to be handled separately.

Noticed by kettenis@.

ok deraadt@ rpe@

Fix commas in "Use (W)hole disk MBR..." question.

OK jmc@ krw@

Remove the $FSTABFLAG variable and use -F directly. The installer
uses disklabel UIDs unconditionally for a while already.

OK krw@
"looks good" deraadt@

Replace
[[ -n $(foo | grep 'bar') ]]
with
foo | grep -q 'bar'

OK halex@ krw@

Replace identical code in the MD scripts of the installer with a new
MI function disklabel_autolayout() which now handles all aspects of
the disklabel auto-layout and autopartitioning case for the root disk.
Remove get_disklabel_template() and merge it with the new function.

"move forward" deraadt@

Add the new template file based autopartitioning feature of disklabel(8)
to the OpenBSD installer. It is available during unattended installation.
The template file is fetched from an url, provided as answer to a new
question in the response file:

URL to autopartitioning template for disklabel = url

Original diff from and OK henning@
'no objection' krw@

Fix spacing in md_congrats()

Remove AUTOROOT variable which is a leftover of r1.183 of install.sub

diff from Philipp e1c1bac6253dc54a1e89ddc046585792 at osteo dot net

ok krw@ halex@

expand instructions for manually configuring the MBR.

create a small MSDOS partition from where u-boot will load the kernel.

feedback/ok halex@ krw@

fix wrapped line that snuck in an extra \n in a question.

add ramdisk installer for octeon, still has some rough edges and needs some
manual fiddling, but works good enough to perform an install on the CAM-0100.

kernel no longer has to be placed into the boot area, because
we have proper bootblocks.
ok visa

Add octeon bootloader to the set of files that get copied
to the boot partition.

To use the bootloader, the firmware has to be configured to load
file "boot" instead of "bsd".

OK deraadt@

Make the installer use the multiprocessor kernel if there is more
than one core available.

When bsd.mp is used, bsd.sp is not copied to the boot partition.
Old installations might not have enough space for all bsd.mp, bsd.sp
and bsd.rd.

OK deraadt@, krw@, pirofti@

Bump the default size of the MSDOS partition from 16MB to 32MB.
16MB is too small to hold bsd, bsd.mp and bsd.rd simultaneously.

Noticed by and OK stsp@
OK deraadt@

Whitespaces ...

Move files created by root during install/upgrade in a subdir of
/tmp with proper permissions so that unprivileged programs can not
tamper with them.

positive feedback from deraadt
OK halex

If manual disklabel editing is requested during install, don't emit
verbiage explaining what disklabels are.

If you don't know, you should be using (A)uto!

ok rpe@ halex@

Change patterns in case-blocks from a*|A* to [aA]*

OK halex@ krw@

Introduce a new function disk_has() to inspect a disk if it has a
partition-table of a certain type and optionally if it has a partition
of a certain type.

Use disk_has() in the install.md script to replace all the various
"fdisk <disk> | grep <pattern>" commands greatly simplifying things.

positive feedback from sthen@
"time to get it really tested" deraadt@
OK krw@

If (O)penBSD is not offered as a partitioning option, do not accept
'O*|o*' as a valid response. Ignore it as we do other invalid input.

armv7 is special case to be handled separately.

Noticed by kettenis@.

ok deraadt@ rpe@

Fix commas in "Use (W)hole disk MBR..." question.

OK jmc@ krw@

Remove the $FSTABFLAG variable and use -F directly. The installer
uses disklabel UIDs unconditionally for a while already.

OK krw@
"looks good" deraadt@

Replace
[[ -n $(foo | grep 'bar') ]]
with
foo | grep -q 'bar'

OK halex@ krw@

Replace identical code in the MD scripts of the installer with a new
MI function disklabel_autolayout() which now handles all aspects of
the disklabel auto-layout and autopartitioning case for the root disk.
Remove get_disklabel_template() and merge it with the new function.

"move forward" deraadt@

Add the new template file based autopartitioning feature of disklabel(8)
to the OpenBSD installer. It is available during unattended installation.
The template file is fetched from an url, provided as answer to a new
question in the response file:

URL to autopartitioning template for disklabel = url

Original diff from and OK henning@
'no objection' krw@

Fix spacing in md_congrats()

Remove AUTOROOT variable which is a leftover of r1.183 of install.sub

diff from Philipp e1c1bac6253dc54a1e89ddc046585792 at osteo dot net

ok krw@ halex@

expand instructions for manually configuring the MBR.

create a small MSDOS partition from where u-boot will load the kernel.

feedback/ok halex@ krw@

fix wrapped line that snuck in an extra \n in a question.

add ramdisk installer for octeon, still has some rough edges and needs some
manual fiddling, but works good enough to perform an install on the CAM-0100.

Add octeon bootloader to the set of files that get copied
to the boot partition.

To use the bootloader, the firmware has to be configured to load
file "boot" instead of "bsd".

OK deraadt@

Make the installer use the multiprocessor kernel if there is more
than one core available.

When bsd.mp is used, bsd.sp is not copied to the boot partition.
Old installations might not have enough space for all bsd.mp, bsd.sp
and bsd.rd.

OK deraadt@, krw@, pirofti@

Bump the default size of the MSDOS partition from 16MB to 32MB.
16MB is too small to hold bsd, bsd.mp and bsd.rd simultaneously.

Noticed by and OK stsp@
OK deraadt@

Whitespaces ...

Move files created by root during install/upgrade in a subdir of
/tmp with proper permissions so that unprivileged programs can not
tamper with them.

positive feedback from deraadt
OK halex

If manual disklabel editing is requested during install, don't emit
verbiage explaining what disklabels are.

If you don't know, you should be using (A)uto!

ok rpe@ halex@

Change patterns in case-blocks from a*|A* to [aA]*

OK halex@ krw@

Introduce a new function disk_has() to inspect a disk if it has a
partition-table of a certain type and optionally if it has a partition
of a certain type.

Use disk_has() in the install.md script to replace all the various
"fdisk <disk> | grep <pattern>" commands greatly simplifying things.

positive feedback from sthen@
"time to get it really tested" deraadt@
OK krw@

If (O)penBSD is not offered as a partitioning option, do not accept
'O*|o*' as a valid response. Ignore it as we do other invalid input.

armv7 is special case to be handled separately.

Noticed by kettenis@.

ok deraadt@ rpe@

Fix commas in "Use (W)hole disk MBR..." question.

OK jmc@ krw@

Remove the $FSTABFLAG variable and use -F directly. The installer
uses disklabel UIDs unconditionally for a while already.

OK krw@
"looks good" deraadt@

Replace
[[ -n $(foo | grep 'bar') ]]
with
foo | grep -q 'bar'

OK halex@ krw@

Replace identical code in the MD scripts of the installer with a new
MI function disklabel_autolayout() which now handles all aspects of
the disklabel auto-layout and autopartitioning case for the root disk.
Remove get_disklabel_template() and merge it with the new function.

"move forward" deraadt@

Add the new template file based autopartitioning feature of disklabel(8)
to the OpenBSD installer. It is available during unattended installation.
The template file is fetched from an url, provided as answer to a new
question in the response file:

URL to autopartitioning template for disklabel = url

Original diff from and OK henning@
'no objection' krw@

Fix spacing in md_congrats()

Remove AUTOROOT variable which is a leftover of r1.183 of install.sub

diff from Philipp e1c1bac6253dc54a1e89ddc046585792 at osteo dot net

ok krw@ halex@

expand instructions for manually configuring the MBR.

create a small MSDOS partition from where u-boot will load the kernel.

feedback/ok halex@ krw@

fix wrapped line that snuck in an extra \n in a question.

add ramdisk installer for octeon, still has some rough edges and needs some
manual fiddling, but works good enough to perform an install on the CAM-0100.

Make the installer use the multiprocessor kernel if there is more
than one core available.

When bsd.mp is used, bsd.sp is not copied to the boot partition.
Old installations might not have enough space for all bsd.mp, bsd.sp
and bsd.rd.

OK deraadt@, krw@, pirofti@

Bump the default size of the MSDOS partition from 16MB to 32MB.
16MB is too small to hold bsd, bsd.mp and bsd.rd simultaneously.

Noticed by and OK stsp@
OK deraadt@

Whitespaces ...

Move files created by root during install/upgrade in a subdir of
/tmp with proper permissions so that unprivileged programs can not
tamper with them.

positive feedback from deraadt
OK halex

If manual disklabel editing is requested during install, don't emit
verbiage explaining what disklabels are.

If you don't know, you should be using (A)uto!

ok rpe@ halex@

Change patterns in case-blocks from a*|A* to [aA]*

OK halex@ krw@

Introduce a new function disk_has() to inspect a disk if it has a
partition-table of a certain type and optionally if it has a partition
of a certain type.

Use disk_has() in the install.md script to replace all the various
"fdisk <disk> | grep <pattern>" commands greatly simplifying things.

positive feedback from sthen@
"time to get it really tested" deraadt@
OK krw@

If (O)penBSD is not offered as a partitioning option, do not accept
'O*|o*' as a valid response. Ignore it as we do other invalid input.

armv7 is special case to be handled separately.

Noticed by kettenis@.

ok deraadt@ rpe@

Fix commas in "Use (W)hole disk MBR..." question.

OK jmc@ krw@

Remove the $FSTABFLAG variable and use -F directly. The installer
uses disklabel UIDs unconditionally for a while already.

OK krw@
"looks good" deraadt@

Replace
[[ -n $(foo | grep 'bar') ]]
with
foo | grep -q 'bar'

OK halex@ krw@

Replace identical code in the MD scripts of the installer with a new
MI function disklabel_autolayout() which now handles all aspects of
the disklabel auto-layout and autopartitioning case for the root disk.
Remove get_disklabel_template() and merge it with the new function.

"move forward" deraadt@

Add the new template file based autopartitioning feature of disklabel(8)
to the OpenBSD installer. It is available during unattended installation.
The template file is fetched from an url, provided as answer to a new
question in the response file:

URL to autopartitioning template for disklabel = url

Original diff from and OK henning@
'no objection' krw@

Fix spacing in md_congrats()

Remove AUTOROOT variable which is a leftover of r1.183 of install.sub

diff from Philipp e1c1bac6253dc54a1e89ddc046585792 at osteo dot net

ok krw@ halex@

expand instructions for manually configuring the MBR.

create a small MSDOS partition from where u-boot will load the kernel.

feedback/ok halex@ krw@

fix wrapped line that snuck in an extra \n in a question.

add ramdisk installer for octeon, still has some rough edges and needs some
manual fiddling, but works good enough to perform an install on the CAM-0100.