From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 22 20:48:49 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 AE339106566B for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:48:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-gx0-f172.google.com (mail-gx0-f172.google.com [209.85.217.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 595198FC12 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:48:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: by gxk20 with SMTP id 20so380942gxk.19 for ; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:48:48 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=WVfMiRp47AhxjLXRB8ZdhYdF8/wvVRS9cjpBhasxtTQ=; b=cU51EHQBdRYcC9kBLx4A38380e2f1l40Pl4ul3A/nqfe8uRnMC/6PIkWhc9xhmLb0U HaoQzBoS1OY1JoXY7J1K6hodLuvFlQE+REPpjZm0mkpfaETHfV4u1X2o3k/4c48+lU5r OQ/K+chwoQz5h+QF2S1CU79aIMvLz2iqw1mGQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=fQ58ykOEn49xaCr++KHCYEKICSpfSmRPHn0k0e8iVPR13YnWr9XIAX1QwnmXZRwTuF P3m85D8M8ZawioyA0IPGf96SrP1opjHDw6J7+lH8JqpiX9zQNbeBc3ZBgOT39xvXLtnw p7e7XyVSKvFZdJKUBKZjgF129UpoyP2L9itXA= Received: by 10.90.56.16 with SMTP id e16mr229720aga.26.1240433328067; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:48:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?216.16.29.53? (host-53.216-16-29.iw.net [216.16.29.53]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 38sm469687aga.79.2009.04.22.13.48.47 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:48:47 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <49EF82B2.2040807@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:48:50 -0500 From: Adam Vandemore User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: questions@FreeBSD.org References: <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: 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 20:48:50 -0000 Chuck Swiger wrote: > 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...? Indeed, I fear my dues may be late. > >> ...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. Once upon time, there was a Summer of Code projects set to develop a graphical installer for FBSD 7.x. I don't know what happened to it, but also agree there is no need for such a thing. Sysinstall may appear intimidating but it's really quite easy to use once you're used to it. -- Adam Vandemore Systems Administrator IMED Mobility (605) 498-1610