Post #3785395

I needed to revert back to #FreeBSD 12.0. In the beginning, I tried using FreeBSD 15.0, manually mounting /mnt, and extracting base.txz from /usr/freebsd-dist. And... it just figures: according to Claude.ai starting with FreeBSD 15 the *.txz files were moved to being online only. Really, folks? Because from what I've experienced -- freebsd's installer does not work well with a lot of laptop and PC SSDs. The installer when one uses the manual part of their installation when typing gpart [...] and then set the label does not let you set "/". That's not nothing. It's some kind of constraint I cannot yet see. What I mean is, that something from nothing is a real headache even for some of us experienced Open Source users. Are we reinventing the wheel in a specific digital area again, FreeBSD devs? This is turning into a headache. I'm trying to run both Linux / FreeBSD as a dual boot system. I don't know if that's possible with hardware made after 2018. What I mean by that is... It's recommended online that I disable the fast boot process on my machine and to also turn off Secure Boot. I don't know what else I'm doing wrong. This installation challenge of my own making where FreeBSD's installer doesn't "see" what is already there is somewhat puzzling.