From owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 18 14:00:24 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 19E2A106564A for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C51C38FC27 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id q0IE0NKA074747 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:23 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.5/8.14.5/Submit) id q0IE0NAA074746; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:23 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:23 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <201201181400.q0IE0NAA074746@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Tomek CEDRO Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE06A106564A for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from red.freebsd.org (red.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::22]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BDB6B8FC12 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from red.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q0IDsBVE041523 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:11 GMT (envelope-from nobody@red.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by red.freebsd.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q0IDsBLm041509; Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:11 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <201201181354.q0IDsBLm041509@red.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:54:11 GMT From: Tomek CEDRO To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: misc/164281: bsdinstall selection X-BeenThere: freebsd-bugs@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Bug reports List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:00:24 -0000 >Number: 164281 >Category: misc >Synopsis: bsdinstall selection >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Jan 18 14:00:23 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Tomek CEDRO >Release: 8.2-RELEASE >Organization: >Environment: FreeBSD hexagon.. 8.2-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE-p3 #0: Tue Sep 27 18:45:57 UTC 2011 root@amd64-builder.daemonology.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 >Description: Please add "sysinstall" option on the installer splash screen (next to the Shell and LiveCD), or add bsdinstall as preferred installation method in sysinstall. bsdinstall is not as versatile as sysinstall, it changes habits of users, its buggy and some features are missing - this is a tool for quick fresh installation on a new machine but can do serious damages to existing multisystem machines (i.e. changing the partitioning style to GPT, does not have option to format/noformat partitions, selecting filesystem, etc)... >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: