From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 26 15:45:36 2009 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 326DF106564A for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:45:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: from qw-out-2122.google.com (qw-out-2122.google.com [74.125.92.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC5E78FC19 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:45:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tajudd@gmail.com) Received: by qw-out-2122.google.com with SMTP id 3so1419623qwe.7 for ; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:45:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=9lUpht4CJPtOeaMP7PcW5ptGIfIDVugjcchfkzAyr5E=; b=xw8xCB/PsV+cVULS92267/BvOdbZGbyyiVxwM+Gj7HCkzCNn5qTYbCA6OdXCrBFv6Y 9QZsL7haqjwMr6LjrkLLLRGN4nSheYQJwTHhwErj170sUHbJjT1bt87ySeWtA8CpYO8U 2KHCPc/86ZyhkW6S8L6VBE6kUaOutTN9BJHZI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=QmWBe91d6zB5QxjeHuu3P4xz9FQ+0smTS72QNDj206V4Sl3Ts3fWe7qB4LBdJ4cal6 X6forq0kSCEc9tAkoJQTZx5hRgaYHNZCpkjHhTsTi6kgQg59ldHR2ZjSES+1x0PYGjiN r2EHKenYeD6wU8UuWLKE7sRzy3VrJz59XGGv4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.220.99.205 with SMTP id v13mr8067504vcn.105.1240760735160; Sun, 26 Apr 2009 08:45:35 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20090426085354.c7de58d4.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20090426085354.c7de58d4.freebsd@edvax.de> From: Tim Judd Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 09:45:20 -0600 Message-ID: To: Polytropon Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List 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: Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:45:36 -0000 > > > > 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