Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:53:32 -0500 From: Antonio Olivares <olivares14031@gmail.com> To: "Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller Message-ID: <CAJ5UdcPiHGMMA8%2B7sxYkF0mBj0XWvz5E2o46=4swKS_Vwy1W-A@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind. > > Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at= least to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much = space the user wants to allocate, it might be better to offer a roadmap to = help guide the user to allocating space for FreeBSD using gpart or Rod Smit= h's gdisk. > > Also, I can't see the function of the 64 KB boot partition with no file s= ystem, which does not boot for me, though I can boot the main partition usi= ng grub2 from the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.org/). > > Another concern is updating to the next beta (BETA3?) without trashing th= e installed application software (from ports). =A0So far, bsdinstaller hasn= 't offered any possibility of upgrading an existing installation. =A0I don'= t think a user wants to rebuild all ports for every new beta or release can= didate. > This also concerns me. I wanted to ask, if one updates 9.0-BETA 2 through ports, if it was the same as a possible BETA-3? and the big question, if updating, does one have to build all the ports? or when one updates BETA-2, do we really have BETA-3 already? What I would question, is that the choices are offered, but one has to use (+) or (-) keys instead of the up arrow/down arrow to select the packages. When I installed it on an amd64 bit machine, I wanted to select src/ and kernel + base, but I did not know how to change, later I found out that + or - keys would change the selections, I pressed enter and then I could not go back to previous screen. With sysinstall I knew how to go back and forth between the screens, but with bsdinstall it is completely revamped. > > Tom Regards, Antonio
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