From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 13:53:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A855A106566C for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:53:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olivares14031@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 759138FC13 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:53:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iadk27 with SMTP id k27so6801923iad.13 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:53:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=C4uGFPlkQmqLSRCazc1CviLlPu+SnCS9BQjNFzVk8GA=; b=Q5Su8DPmkyeayJssb2ApmtZ1gPvqKwuWXFWbFWOyLYJqBlqNipxZMTtC1yeLNO96jB l4iJ5lUn9czHADgKDy9KrYPhPrtJJzcEIAUgtRriyhO2GZMCBaDC8neCs46tOvxLIp7l afzEjlIzmN2NhtzmJotoRPR6xQ8eId4qWfbGE= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.137.1 with SMTP id w1mr2597065ict.29.1316354012135; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:53:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.177.199 with HTTP; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:53:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 08:53:32 -0500 Message-ID: From: Antonio Olivares To: "Thomas Mueller List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:53:33 -0000 On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:55 AM, <"Thomas Mueller 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