So, I downloaded a boot only 15-ALPHA boot.iso and tried it in a bhyve VM. I just did my regular install, put in little openbox install, and a few other things. It seems to be pretty normal
On install you can choose standard or packages marked as experimental. I chose packages and they installed smoothly. Nothing to really mention.
Two minor surprises, neither a big deal but could catch you if you're not paying attention. I give my VMs a static address. When it came time to configure networking, I usually hit enter, and and then asked do I want to use DHCP and enter no. In this case, when the networking dialog box comes up, the first (and default) choice is auto, and if you just hit enter, it will use DHCP to configure. Not a big deal, at the end, when you're given the chance to pick things to configure, you can go back to networking and redo it.
The second is that when it comes time to enter the root password (and for all I know, this only happens if you choose pkg rather than standard install), rather than the console, you have a little TUI dialog box. If you put in a password and hit enter, it goes to a new dialog. You have to hit the down arrow to get to the second line of the dialog box to enter the password twice. Not sure what happens if you miss this, and this can also probably be fixed at the end.
Unlike the most recent snapshots of PRE-RELEASE that I tried, all packages seem readily available. At present /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf points to latest.
And those who have run pkgbasify won't be surprised to find that there is a /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf, so that one can use pkgbase to update.
So, I haven't tried anything at all complex on it, but the basics seem to work.
On install you can choose standard or packages marked as experimental. I chose packages and they installed smoothly. Nothing to really mention.
Two minor surprises, neither a big deal but could catch you if you're not paying attention. I give my VMs a static address. When it came time to configure networking, I usually hit enter, and and then asked do I want to use DHCP and enter no. In this case, when the networking dialog box comes up, the first (and default) choice is auto, and if you just hit enter, it will use DHCP to configure. Not a big deal, at the end, when you're given the chance to pick things to configure, you can go back to networking and redo it.
The second is that when it comes time to enter the root password (and for all I know, this only happens if you choose pkg rather than standard install), rather than the console, you have a little TUI dialog box. If you put in a password and hit enter, it goes to a new dialog. You have to hit the down arrow to get to the second line of the dialog box to enter the password twice. Not sure what happens if you miss this, and this can also probably be fixed at the end.
Unlike the most recent snapshots of PRE-RELEASE that I tried, all packages seem readily available. At present /etc/pkg/FreeBSD.conf points to latest.
And those who have run pkgbasify won't be surprised to find that there is a /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD-base.conf, so that one can use pkgbase to update.
So, I haven't tried anything at all complex on it, but the basics seem to work.
