From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 15 14:55:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from gershwin.tera.com (gershwin.tera.com [207.224.230.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9425F37BC5E for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:55:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kline@tao.thought.org) Received: from tao.thought.org (tao.sea.tera.com [207.108.223.55]) by gershwin.tera.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA21292; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:55:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from kline@localhost) by tao.thought.org (8.9.3/8.7.3) id OAA93767; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:55:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:55:40 -0700 From: Gary Kline To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Gary Kline , Antonio Bemfica , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: /stand/sysinstall cannot find any disks ? Message-ID: <20000815145540.A93616@tao.thought.org> References: <20000815104433.B91711@tao.thought.org> <43777.966375330@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <43777.966375330@localhost>; from jkh@zippy.osd.bsdi.com on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 02:35:30PM -0700 X-Organization: Thought Unlimited. Public service Unix since 1986. Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 02:35:30PM -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Exactly! So since the automated build|install procedures > > do not target a new /stand/sysinstall, it should be part of > > whatever cheat-sheet of instructions you write down and type > > out to follow during your next up-rev. > > Or, far better, it should be reinvented as a proper mechanism which is > more conducive to updating. Everything about sysinstall and /stand > right now basically sucks and needs to be shot rather than > documented. :) > In some ways it makes sense to have a standalone tree off root, but reinvesting these things ought to be up there in your prio queue;) What about moving the sysinstall utility to somewhere logical in the hierarchy: say, /usr/sbin? gary -- Gary D. Kline kline@tao.thought.org Public service Unix To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message