From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 28 15:21:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 464F51065672; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:21:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 160498FC0A; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:21:40 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LHC00A082O42R00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:21:40 -0600 (CST) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net (adsl-75-50-89-165.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [75.50.89.165]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LHC004W52O2VV20@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:21:40 -0600 (CST) Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:21:38 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <20110228145633.00005f7d@unknown> To: Bruce Cran Message-id: <4D6BBD82.2080800@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=75.50.89.165 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-14, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.2.28.151514, SenderIP=75.50.89.165 References: <4D6BB5E3.6020408@freebsd.org> <20110228145633.00005f7d@unknown> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101214 Thunderbird/3.1.7 Cc: freebsd-current Current , freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Arch Subject: Re: Request for review/testing: switching the default installer X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 15:21:41 -0000 On 02/28/11 08:56, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:49:07 -0600 > Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> - There is only one CD image produced, which is always also a live CD > It would be really useful if a netinstall ISO could be made too - > people still have slow Internet connections where having a bootonly > disc is nice. For example Debian's 35 MB business-card CD is great when > you can only download at 50 kB/s. Yes, I agree. The netinstall stuff is only really useful once the FTP mirrors start carrying the new distribution format, so it isn't hooked up yet. I've been keeping track of (and minimizing) the tools used by the installer, which should help select what things should do on this disk and in case we also want to produce some super-minimal TFTP-able MFS root in the future. -Nathan