Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:45:20 -0600 From: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? Message-ID: <ade45ae90904260845i1ca41193u64fab600a5b1ce25@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090426085354.c7de58d4.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <BLU0-SMTP493F2C64E33D39A37EF75DD8740@phx.gbl> <ade45ae90904251645s350689fdj31164457172f6630@mail.gmail.com> <20090426085354.c7de58d4.freebsd@edvax.de>
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<snip> > > > > I've also thought about the concept of a web-ui installer, even if it's > run > > from the local machine. The benefit of a webui installer is that you can > > give the disk to someone, tell them to put it up on a publically > available > > IP address and just sit back and let it run. but I ramble on.... > > I'm not sure I understood this correctly... Do you suggest > something like running a (minimalistic) web server from the > machine where FreeBSD is about to be installed, and then > have either a HTTP connection from localhost or from a > distant machine (where someone else can do the install)? > Yes. To both. lynx or maybe opera depending on if it's a console install or X install. Otherwise could be used from remote so the people unfamiliar with this OS (let's think datacenter) can pop in a disk, assign an IP (maybe within the lynx/opera browser), and offer up a password to secure the remote install. I like this idea, but it's my plaything when it comes to actually making a prototype when I decide if I want to move further into it or bail on it. The idea just sounded nice. --TJ
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