Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:22:49 -0500 From: Stephen Montgomery-Smith <stephen@math.missouri.edu> To: Lothar Braun <lothar@lobraun.de> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org, Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years Message-ID: <486D0AE9.5010906@math.missouri.edu> In-Reply-To: <486D04CE.6080101@lobraun.de> References: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com> <20080702235800.H47773@fledge.watson.org> <486C8700.5020100@lobraun.de> <20080703092511.T69986@fledge.watson.org> <486D04CE.6080101@lobraun.de>
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Lothar Braun wrote: > What about having two utilities for the installation process? Something > like a very small (non-gui/non-X) version of "sysinstall" that just > installs a base system and only has the functionality to > > - partition/label a disk > - configure the network (if needed for installation) > - install the base system (or parts of it) > - install a boot manager > > and a second utility "sysconf" that provides the other stuff like post > installation system configuration (sshd, mouse), installing packages, > etc. The second utility could have an X-based GUI without disturbing the > installation process of serial console users or people that don't like X > on their machines. > > Would that be a good idea? Why not leave "sysconf" as a curses based interface? To my mind, the difference between X-based and curses is cosmetic. (Plus one of "sysconf"s duties will be to install X, so it would be a bit self-referential.) Next, it seemed to me that the OP's main complaint was that he had to change the CD's about 40 times when installing packages. Why not just fix that?
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