From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jan 21 17:23:40 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D11B21065680 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:23:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com (mail-tul01m020-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9CCE78FC1D for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:23:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by obcwo16 with SMTP id wo16so2713782obc.13 for ; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:23:40 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.5.198 with SMTP id u6mr2149686obu.14.1327166620153; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:23:40 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.60.13.70 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:23:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20120121071331.GA32682@hemlock.hydra> References: <4F180C83.9090100@my.gd> <4F19279F.6060303@a1poweruser.com> <201201202243.01861.koggybsd@comcast.net> <45C8C855-AA1F-4F9E-A274-29F6D92E5DB8@fisglobal.com> <20120121071331.GA32682@hemlock.hydra> Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:23:40 -0800 Message-ID: From: Michael Sierchio To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQmSE8BtNyqkKVglfSHmy3QQLmKsOxyq7KKQTVzDADDET0I760EFmhavQWj8QqcgtCO8Byq4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: * Re: Horrible installer X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:23:40 -0000 On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Chad Perrin wrote: > ... On the other hand, bsdinstall does get the job done, at least for my > purposes. =A0It just does so in a way that feels a bit more > straightjacketed, and it rubs me personally a bit the wrong way. =A0... >From my perspective, it replaces something that clearly had at least a decimal order of magnitude more time and effort put into it, and it again makes FreeBSD look like a hobbyist's OS. As you point out, once installed, it has its merits. ;-) - M