From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 20:34:21 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F327910656A7 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:34:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout016.mac.com (asmtpout016.mac.com [17.148.16.91]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0B8E8FC1D for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:34:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from [17.116.226.245] by asmtp016.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0KII00JEFRT32J30@asmtp016.mac.com> for questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:34:16 -0700 (PDT) Message-id: <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com> From: Chuck Swiger To: Fritz In-reply-to: Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:34:13 -0700 References: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.930.3) Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD 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: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:34:21 -0000 On Apr 22, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Fritz wrote: > Hi, > > As a big fan (and paying subscriber) Interesting-- I wasn't aware that the FreeBSD project had a paid subscription model...? > ...of FreeBSD it pains me to ask this question: When are you going > to build > a modern installer for FreeBSD? > > I looked at the list of projects and didn't see it there ... did > I miss something? If you're asking for an installer which requires bitmapped graphics and won't work over a serial terminal or the like, well, I hope the answer is never. Some people have tried before and/or might still be working on a replacement, but thus far, nobody has written one which is widely regarded as better than sysinstall. You might find this interesting to read: http://people.freebsd.org/~jkh/package-and-install.txt Regards, -- -Chuck