From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 6 22:13:21 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51CC8106566B for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:13:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1487C8FC08 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:13:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-195-8-222.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.8.222]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id F2F733D72E; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:13:19 +0100 (CET) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id oB6MDJVo001614; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:13:19 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:13:19 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Bruce Cran Message-Id: <20101206231319.f368e2ec.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20101206103126.400dc085@core.draftnet> References: <4cfcb63c.7mrjI+NXXOf2oMKR%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> <20101206103126.400dc085@core.draftnet> Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer program for FreeBSD-9.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:13:21 -0000 On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:31:26 +0000, Bruce Cran wrote: > There's a plan to replace sysinstall with pc-sysinstall, the > PCBSD installer in 9.0. Currently the backend has been committed and > people are working on a web interface frontend to allow people to do > installations via a web browser. Does this imply that the installation requires running X plus a web browser, or a "hard to use" text mode web browser? Or is this intended to be used for remote installation only? Will the installer therefore be unusable for specific settings (headless, serial, text)? > Meanwhile I'm hoping to find some time to improve sysinstall now that > we don't support installation from floppies: I know there are some big > improvements that can be made while not taking on the work of a complete > rewrite. I agree that sysinstall could benefit from some improvements, especially the incorporation of the "new partitioning methods", involving labels, ufsids, GEOM, GPT and PMBR, keeping the traditional methods MBR, fdisk, bsdlabel and newfs available for those systems that the user INTENDEDLY wants to install with those methods (e. g. older hardware). -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...