From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 07:44:42 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 1CD511065677 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:44:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [83.235.67.32]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 935D88FC17 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 07:44:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from atlantis.dyndns.org (athedsl-4489043.home.otenet.gr [94.71.75.91]) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id n3N7idiQ024545; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:44:39 +0300 Message-ID: <49F01C67.30205@otenet.gr> Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:44:39 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090414) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Polytropon References: <714DFCFC-9547-497D-A2C7-0BA10B39B901@mac.com> <49EF82B2.2040807@gmail.com> <49EF98C6.2060902@virtualhost.nl> <49EFA169.4050903@otenet.gr> <20090423084637.eb58cbe1.freebsd@edvax.de> <49F01208.2080705@otenet.gr> <20090423090727.c3460e7d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20090423090727.c3460e7d.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 07:44:42 -0000 Polytropon wrote: > On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:00:24 +0300, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > >> The text installer should always be the default, IMHO. A GUI installer >> should be selectable i.e. from the boot options. >> I hope Ivan Voras finds the time to continue with the finstall project, >> it looked very promising: >> >> http://ivoras.sharanet.org/blog/tree/2009-02-19.what-happened-to-finstall.html >> > > As an option, yes; as a replacement... uhm, no, better not... > > > > >> The problem here is that sysinstall *does* allow you to go back and redo >> some steps, but then fails miserably and mysteriously >> [...] >> ...it does allow you to go back in a sort of way - but then fails many >> times to continue normally. >> > > I don't deny that fact that this observation is possible, but I > never found such a behaviour. Could you provide an example how > to create a situation where sysinstall fails as you mentioned it? > (It's a completely honest question.) > An example: pressing cancel on any dialog will almost certainly get you somewhere where you cannot continue or restart successfully. The label editor will not allow me to create any partitions other than the standard ones, as it keeps asking for mount points. You can select "Exit this menu (returning to previous one)" (I think cancel too) in the distributions list without making any selection at all, and it still goes on and install (what?). Pressing CTRL+C at most parts of sysinstall will give you a menu to abort or restart the installation program. On restart, most of the times it will fail creating (slices or partitions) or formating filesystems. These are just a few problems I remember now. Granted, if you do always follow the same ritual (as I do mostly) it works and I can simply ignore it, but others hate it...