Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:01:10 +0100 From: Andrea Venturoli <ml.diespammer@netfence.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sysinstall considered end-of-life? Message-ID: <45A55416.4060203@netfence.it> In-Reply-To: <enrv50$vq3$1@sea.gmane.org> References: <73387c420701071410p710a3436gdecda61d57643950@mail.gmail.com> <enrv50$vq3$1@sea.gmane.org>
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Ivan Voras wrote: Well, I'll make my statement too... > Two reasons AFAIK: > > 1. it simply doesn't even know how deal with the more modern features > like GEOM & RAID, more advanced authentication mechanisms (nsswitch), > and devices like sound cards (there are many more in this list...) Apart from that, I used to be able to sysinsall a machine booting via PXE. This doesn't work anymore in recent versions :-( Or maybe it is just my incompetence, but then, if someone managed this, I'd like to hear about it. > 2. it's way past what's currently considered "user friendly" Please don't get any graphics bloatware in the way. :-) ... just my two eurocents. bye av.
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