From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 05:47:38 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 B4D491065670 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:47:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (gate6.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:2001:8b0:151:1::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 344AE8FC1B for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:47:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost [IPv6:::1]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3N5hb1M029015; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:43:47 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk n3N5hb1M029015 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=infracaninophile.co.uk; s=200708; t=1240465428; bh=mTAKKmcl4ZD6sTWLKOnXfOnv7QCBv8jTcYm2sBCzUrw=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:MIME-Version:To:CC:Subject:References: In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Cc:Content-Type:Date:From:In-Reply-To: Message-ID:Mime-Version:References:To; z=Message-ID:=20<49F00004.50509@infracaninophile.co.uk>|Date:=20Thu ,=2023=20Apr=202009=2006:43:32=20+0100|From:=20Matthew=20Seaman=20 |Organization:=20Infracaninophile |User-Agent:=20Thunderbird=202.0.0.21=20(X11/20090420)|MIME-Versio n:=201.0|To:=20Manolis=20Kiagias=20|CC:=20Virtua lHost=20,=20=0D=0A=20Wojciech=20Puchar=20,=0D=0A=20questions@freebsd.org|Subj ect:=20Re:=20Modern=20FreeBSD=20Installer?|References:=20=09<714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0 BA10B39B901@mac.com>=09<49EF82B2.2040807@gmail.com>=09=09<49EF98C6.20609 02@virtualhost.nl>=20<49EFA169.4050903@otenet.gr>|In-Reply-To:=20< 49EFA169.4050903@otenet.gr>|X-Enigmail-Version:=200.95.6|Content-T ype:=20multipart/signed=3B=20micalg=3Dpgp-sha256=3B=0D=0A=20protoc ol=3D"application/pgp-signature"=3B=0D=0A=20boundary=3D"---------- --enig86AA057B8B91EC600B5763A0"; b=qJv6QmlpFH+pdL8hD+uhSi6AZTGoE/wfYbXOlRqVZusvaakI5o3108rrzU3e+4RpG wqQgTkeugQmmb7BQxMSn0r/HeTprfWDQq7FUdEJCUupQwe9xsu0fYVmnrSidSjoDBp Ujo79b/ggoxWlyPsRZ9g/xIEkFCvX7a2McO1dWRg= X-Authentication-Warning: happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk: Host localhost [IPv6:::1] claimed to be happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk Message-ID: <49F00004.50509@infracaninophile.co.uk> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:43:32 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman Organization: Infracaninophile User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090420) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manolis Kiagias References: <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com> <49EF82B2.2040807@gmail.com> <49EF98C6.2060902@virtualhost.nl> <49EFA169.4050903@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <49EFA169.4050903@otenet.gr> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig86AA057B8B91EC600B5763A0" X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 0.95.1 at happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean Cc: Wojciech Puchar , questions@freebsd.org, VirtualHost 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 05:47:39 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig86AA057B8B91EC600B5763A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Manolis Kiagias wrote: > Personally, I would like a text installer using a previous/next approac= h > that would give me options like: >=20 > - Install a Complete FreeBSD Base System =3D> Subchoices: install > everything or select base system components > - Install Additional Software Packages > - Configure other services > - Help >=20 > and that would allow someone to go back and forth between the pages So long as it maintains two other really useful features of the existing sysinstall: * scriptable installs -- ie. being able to preload a file containing answers to any or all installation choices. Ideally you should be able to PXE boot the installer over a network, whence it runs sysins= tall automatically to build a system without further operator interventio= n. * You answer all of the questions first, and only then does the instal= ler commit any irreversible changes -- and particularly not any operatio= ns that take appreciable lengths of time like creating filesystems or downloading voluminous install sets. The ability to whiz through sysinstall, set everything up and hit 'go', then deal with something else while the machine is chuntering away to its= elf is a real godsend. 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