From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 6 22:20:38 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 7A57D106566B for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:20:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0A11B8FC16 for ; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:20:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2275FE7170; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:20:37 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from :to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=kg4p08RnbyIM CNCNY7C5lbR4yRc=; b=iIswowspK3C75bNw6T0IfEK/q++REyP9bkznxwWipkph +15A/nc9NBUO6+v5Wu4pIS3j5lhAQ58pKPPEzTmMq4CZtMQDYl75Acz6buEp1lhH emUw8e5Pq0qO1T+EgI9ehQAIzDXh9ec/liEKyXTxojdMcD0RamIVXxkf6yH8gJU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=date:from:to :cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=LBp/+5 tTHhnJFZO0VwNzUEUmfe/B7jjSP66HqvcaRtTidnhHzvuzy+JWLXf73pjmJUh5IA AkdR6duZ73En8gBjNSsgtqe1vt/pWSTVNJRLusbyRh+JjEeT7BOwTRIynugQOoSs TEFdEI2JUFdyUu+1mwYPM9uMxDdeSFIYPMj/g= Received: from core.draftnet (client-86-25-14-189.oxfd.adsl.virginmedia.com [86.25.14.189]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id BBA58E6025; Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:20:36 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 22:20:07 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Polytropon Message-ID: <20101206222007.4876c00a@core.draftnet> In-Reply-To: <20101206231319.f368e2ec.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <4cfcb63c.7mrjI+NXXOf2oMKR%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> <20101206103126.400dc085@core.draftnet> <20101206231319.f368e2ec.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.7 (GTK+ 2.22.1; amd64-portbld-freebsd9.0) 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 List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2010 22:20:38 -0000 On Mon, 6 Dec 2010 23:13:19 +0100 Polytropon wrote: > 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)? There's a discussion including the announcement at http://markmail.org/message/nlmq7yquevkpmb47 . But yes, I think you will need to use some sort of web browser unless someone writes a different frontend. -- Bruce Cran