Date: Mon, 6 Feb 1995 17:02:58 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Richards <paul> To: jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com (Joe Greco) Cc: syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au, hackers@FreeBSD.org, jdc@crab.xinside.com Subject: Re: sup: Ok, I'm gonna do it. Message-ID: <199502070102.RAA27730@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: <9502061154.AA14470@brasil.moneng.mei.com> from "Joe Greco" at Feb 6, 95 05:54:34 am
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In reply to Joe Greco who said > I, for one, appreciate the desire for a nicer install. However, as one of > the folks out here who must deal with older, donated, begged, or borrowed > equipment, I think it would be safe to say that I would oppose any changes > that locked us into requiring a VGA card/etc. I sorta-like sorta-dislike > the 2.0 dialog-based install - it can potentially be run over a serial line, > but still requires a cons25/pc3/whatever term type in order to function > correctly (maybe this is as easy to fix as allowing TERM type to be set?)... Kind of. There's not much space on the install floppy for a full termcap but there's a choice of cons25 and vt100 built into the sysisntall code whic should cover nearly every case. > > Sun punted on this problem by running their ASCII install from within a > window. Maybe it would be possible for us to go one step further: provide > an install that was smart enough to work either way? If the hardware can > support X, fine, run X, and install can use GUI widgets and the like. If > the hardware can't, run an ASCII install. Maybe it doesn't even have to be > pretty like the 2.0 install - just gathers the same data that the GUI would > be obtaining from the user. > I've got solutions to this problem but you won't see them for 2.1 and plans for 2.2 aren't even being considered yet. -- Paul Richards, FreeBSD core team member. Phone: +44 1222 874000 x6646 (work), +44 1222 457651 (home) Dept. Mechanical Engineering, University of Wales, College Cardiff. Internet: paul@FreeBSD.org, JANET(UK): RICHARDSDP@CARDIFF.AC.UK
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