From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Aug 15 14:58:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from post.mail.nl.demon.net (post-11.mail.nl.demon.net [194.159.73.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4684E37BC50 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 14:58:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.demon.nl) Received: from [212.238.54.101] (helo=freebie.demon.nl) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 3.14 #4) id 13Ooio-0004GM-00; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 21:58:11 +0000 Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.demon.nl (8.9.3/8.9.3) id XAA26305; Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:58:10 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:58:10 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Vincent Bruijnes Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /stand/sysinstall cannot find any disks ? Message-ID: <20000815235810.A26285@freebie.demon.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from vinxs_@hotmail.com on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 11:48:33PM +0200 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.1-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 11:48:33PM +0200, Vincent Bruijnes wrote: > I think it's advisable to put in the handbook, not to use sysinstall if some > of you think it's crap cause the manual isn't as consistent as it should be > on some places. Like making a new world is not always that good explained > like it can or maybe should be. > Besides, can you tell me why sysinstall doesn't function? I usually do > always manually as a die hard but i'm interested in the reason why if anyone > of you has time to explain me. Jordan can explain this much better than I can but the background is that sysinstall started as a short-term hack to provide an installer. But it survived and the code has become a kind of a nightmare because it has been changed and provided with bells 'n whistles that make it even harder to maintain. I only use it to install the system onto the HD so I cannot really judge how well it works for other things. Hope this sheds some light, -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message