Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2011 17:15:36 -0500 From: eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> To: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD and got a new and strange installer. Message-ID: <20110724171536.148015fc381jjog0@econet.encontacto.net> In-Reply-To: <4E2C8FBE.7040003@freebsd.org> References: <20110724162937.33865zm0kn4ztdwk@econet.encontacto.net> <4E2C8FBE.7040003@freebsd.org>
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Quoting Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>: > On 07/24/11 16:29, eculp wrote: >> I have been hearing about a new installer but I obviously have not =20 >> payed enough attention, I am afraid. I started running freebsd at =20 >> 2.0 and never really had a problem with understanding the =20 >> installation program. There is always a first time, I guess. >> >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201105/ >> >> When booting I seem to get a screen that makes me remember =20 >> installer screens of the 1980s. (They were not exactly intuitive.) >> >> I somehow got the idea that the new installer was graphic. Maybe =20 >> something like PCBsd that is not bad at all. I use it on all our =20 >> employees computers. Actually, after seeing this, I would love to =20 >> have the old installer back. Is their an option for that? >> >> Does this new ASCII installer have a "how to" with a bit of =20 >> information on the flow of the installation. >> >> Thanks, > > Can you please describe what you didn't like about it, and what you =20 > would prefer be changed? "Reminiscent of the 1980s" is not really =20 > helpful, especially given that the new installer in fact looks very =20 > much like sysinstall, which you seemed to like. > -Nathan I do not get a menu that I can understand or relate to any of the =20 installations that I have done previously. I will give it another try =20 and try to explain what I don't understand. Thanks, ed P.S. Is their no documentation on what to expect? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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