From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 2 20:52:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D30816A4CE for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:52:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.206]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D33943D5C for ; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:52:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kjelderg@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id a36so844657rnf for ; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:52:37 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=NieV4Bn50vC/x7NwH7F9NHuAVkSwmC74z5jFOT+BFWvaXxR23/P10hS46XhZ5dhR1ZOnrLIqzF/2rGqMtL4C8J8Mw62L4QKrQDHnpCAnT1pDffA2tqljHtRX6cATbzfmphdy9asK2NRUa6ny9lb7lYeFVRlDpfFdRTfj/BZVZ7o= Received: by 10.38.77.68 with SMTP id z68mr1028173rna; Thu, 02 Dec 2004 12:52:36 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.15.38 with HTTP; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 12:52:36 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 20:52:36 +0000 From: Eric Kjeldergaard To: current@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <41AE3F80.1000506@freebsd.org> <41AE55D7.8020709@freebsd.org> <41AEA4B8.6080508@acm.org> <20041202075530.3b33db1b.flynn@energyhq.es.eu.org> <20041202190337.GY79646@cirb503493.alcatel.com.au> <8cb27cbf04120211553b4304bf@mail.gmail.com> <41AF75B1.6070306@sitetronics.com> Subject: Re: My project wish-list for the next 12 months X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Eric Kjeldergaard List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 20:52:38 -0000 > FWIW, I saw on another response to this thread that the installer should > be based on a Live CD. Ours is, and is used in the FreeSBIE project to > install FreeBSD to the disk, if desired. Ooh, ooh, do tell. I had no idea that one existed. Does it allow for simple base installs? In fact, does it have about the same featureset as sysinstall? Do I get a link? Please self-promote :) I'm sure I'm not alone in the desire for a GUI installer as an option (not a replacement, again...need to reiterate that I love the ability to install fBSD in 8 minutes on a 200mhz machine via a familiar ncurses interface) for desktop users. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised. -- If I write a signature, my emails will appear more personalised.