From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 03:25:23 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 AE3201065676 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:25:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8118A8FC21 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:25:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from mohawk7.intra.net (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF1235C26; Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:11:01 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <49EFDB8A.80506@hdk5.net> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:07:54 -1000 From: Al Plant User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.11) Gecko/20071128 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chuck Swiger 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: Fritz , 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: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:25:23 -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...? > >> ...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 > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Aloha, I have used the text base Sysinstall since 2.* FreeBSD. It is extremely flexible especially with ports. Keeps your system lean of code. Gui installs have a tendency to hide things you need to tweak or alter to suit a specific need. I find it fast and efficient the way it is. Thanks to our faithful coders for all their work. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* - 8.* + < email: noc@hdk5.net > "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol