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====== BSD Installer 2009 ======
This page will help serve all of the needed features and todo items for integrating the BSD Installer v2.0 into the %%FreeBSD%% distribution.

pfSense has used the BSDInstaller for years and it has served us well.   It is time to give back to the %%FreeBSD%% community at large so we have decided to pick up the work involved in bringing BSD Installer to %%FreeBSD%% as a viable replacement for Sysinstall.

(this page is currently a work in progress as we identify the missing bits)

===== What is BSD Installer =====
BSD Installer is a complete installer with a seperated backend and frontend technology.   Communication between the various frontends (QT, Curses, %%WebCGI%%, TTY) use the libdfui protocool (name pending change to cater to all communities).    BSD Installer V2 is written using C libraries and Lua to make it very easy to make changes to the installer.  Libraries being used by the BSD Installer currently: %%LibAura%%, %%LibDFUI%% and %%LibInstaller%%.

===== Interested developers =====

| Scott Ullrich |  sullrich@gmail.com  ||  BSD Installer / pfSense developer  ||
| Ermal Luçi |  ermal.luci@gmail.com  ||  pfSense / %%FreeBSD%% developer  ||
| Kris Moore |  kris@pcbsd.org  ||  PC-BSD developer  ||

===== Items that need to change in FreeBSD's tree currently =====

| Make release integration |  Modify make release and make rerelease to generate a liveCD containing a full installer and packages  ||

===== Needed Features missing that are present in Sysinstall =====

| User management |  Add/delete/edit users  ||
| Distributions |  Install additional distribution sets?  ||
| Startup |  Configure startup options  ||
| TTys |  Configure system TTys  ||
| Security |  Security options  ||
| Mouse |  Configure mouse  ||
| Network |  Configure various networking services  ||
| Fixit |  Invoke fixit utilities. http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/technotes/fixit.html  ||

===== Needed Features missing that are present in PC-BSD's installer =====

| ZFS Support |  ZFS Support for root partitions  ||

===== Features that are desirable but are not present in sysinstall, finstall or PC-BSD's installer =====

| Restore/Clone |  Option to restore from user specified system backup, I.E. Tar Archive  ||

===== Entirely new features =====

| GPT |  GPT support  ||
| Kernel selection |  Ability to select various Kernel on installation such as XEN, kernel containing GDB, etc.  ||

===== Usability improvements =====

| Add to me here | Content goes here ||

===== Completed Items =====

| Rename %%LibDFUI%% -> %%LibBSDIUI%% |  May 11, 2009  ||

===== External links to sites that have plentiful information =====
Link to snapshots that contain %%FreeBSD%% 8 and BSD Installer.  Built every 6-7 hours https://web.archive.org/web/20091226171206/http://snapshots.pfsense.org/FreeBSD_8_0/?C=M;O=D

Link to BSDInstaller v2.0 https://web.archive.org/web/20060511175654/http://cvs.bsdinstaller.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/installer/src/backend/lua/

Link to Installer REPO (moved to Git recently) ''%%https://rcs.pfsense.org/projects/bsdinstaller%%'' (This link is broken)

Link to BSDInstaller Wiki where you can find Design Goals, <del>%%LibDFUI%%</del> BSDIUI information and more https://web.archive.org/web/20120219133823/http://wiki.bsdinstaller.org/wikka.php?wakka=BSDInstaller

Link to mailing list where we will be discussing Installer integration ''%%http://lists.pcbsd.org/mailman/listinfo/installer%%'' (This link is broken)

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