Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 23:34:01 +0930 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Cc: Vincent Hoffman <vince@unsane.co.uk>, Saifi Khan <saifi.khan@twincling.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: howto sidestep sysinstall during installation Message-ID: <200905112334.03387.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905111808560.6175@localhost> References: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905111045470.4982@localhost> <4A07E966.60503@unsane.co.uk> <Pine.LNX.4.64.0905111808560.6175@localhost>
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--nextPart16562802.83dnu1Fono Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tue, 12 May 2009, Saifi Khan wrote: > "Unknown giant" > i still wonder why a snapshot should have a dysfunctional installer ? > > stable slice and partition support is key to trying or helping > or contributing towards testing/coding for an evolving "unknown > giant". Oh well :) I think you're missing the point of a -current snapshot. It is _not_ designed for someone to come along and go "hey I'd like to=20 get into developing FreeBSD, I'll install it". It is there as a "system test" (ie make sure make release works) and to=20 provide a handy ISO for gurus if they need to bootstrap something. The fact the installer is broken should be reported as a bug though (ie=20 send-pr). > Check this out > http://www.twincling.org/node/237 > > If you scan this page for a minute, you will appreciate the > overall flow of installation of Gentoo Linux. Even if you > haven't tried the weekly Gentoo build, you may be encouraged to > try this out ! > > Putting out a monthly snapshot is nice and if the people are > going to not find info about 'Fixit#' and commands in the > legendary handbook, that is not very helpful. =46reeBSD doesn't work this way, you are trying to fit FreeBSD into your=20 Gentoo way of thinking. Obviously this causes pain, please stop. If you want to try FreeBSD, start with a release, if that works then you=20 can update to HEAD and install that way. =2D-=20 Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 5596 B766 97C0 0E94 4347 295E E593 DC20 7B3F CE8C --nextPart16562802.83dnu1Fono Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBKCDBT5ZPcIHs/zowRAnHQAKCFg47qNP41jCEOvkfv0Azs0Ry98wCgp193 sgZbwHl5RAI0QOWgZOaOgsU= =lSt+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart16562802.83dnu1Fono--
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