Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 16:32:07 -0700 From: Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> To: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r225937 - in head: . release release/amd64 release/i386 release/ia64 release/pc98 release/powerpc release/scripts release/sparc64 usr.sbin usr.sbin/sysinstall Message-ID: <CAG=rPVfoYL7_3hUDG5xt30k8Qf1zZtcDz0qoYVO-wFfTO5kpaw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAGH67wQL-A_sxfVgweOD=F1iDETJu2iq9dGk3_3jGBgkqDVt4Q@mail.gmail.com> References: <201110031513.p93FD9ev015593@svn.freebsd.org> <CAG=rPVfLzEcF=jtj71a9m%2BrFvj1xHHy%2BMfHwi2Y%2BZQiwhwmx3Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAGH67wQL-A_sxfVgweOD=F1iDETJu2iq9dGk3_3jGBgkqDVt4Q@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi, If pc-sysinstall can be a drop-in replacement for sysinstall in "SCRIPT SYNTAX" mode, even better. sysinstall needs to go... while people do use it, it has a lot of problems that aren't getting fixed, and it is clear that bsdinstall is the future for FreeBSD installation. Nathan is doing a good thing by forcing the issue by removing it....there is too much brokenness in sysinstall that is not getting fixed, and the sooner we can move to bsdinstall/pc-sysinstall, the better. Since the sysinstall removal is happening only in HEAD/10.0, we have some time to fix the issues before 10.0 is released. -- Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org> = wrote: >> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org= > wrote: >>> Author: nwhitehorn >>> Date: Mon Oct =A03 15:13:09 2011 >>> New Revision: 225937 >>> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225937 >>> >>> Log: >>> =A0Farewall, sysinstall! You served us well for many years, but 10.0 is= one >>> =A0digit beyond your time. >> >> >> Hi, >> >> Wow, finally someone brave enough to put =A0the stake through the heart >> of sysinstall. :) >> >> In the sysinstall man page, the "SCRIPT SYNTAX" documents how >> to create a script file which can be passed as an argument to sysinstall >> so that instead of running in an interactive menu system, >> installation/configuration commands are run in batch mode. >> >> I have seen some places write customized FreeBSD installers >> use this feature for doing unattended customized installs of FreeBSD. >> >> Can bsdinstall be used as a drop-in replacement for >> sysinstall when run with the "SCRIPT SYNTAX" batch mode? >> If not, how much code would need to be added to bsdinstall? =A0Or, is th= ere >> some other utility, such as something from the PC-BSD suite of scripts, >> that can be used as a drop-in replacement for sysinstall in "SCRIPT >> SYNTAX" mode? > > bsdinstall AFAIK isn't designed to do this. pc-sysinstall is a much > better method to accomplish this task. > > That being said, pc-sysinstall integration is probably coming sometime > in the next 1-2 years.. > > -Garrett > --=20 Craig Rodrigues rodrigc@crodrigues.org
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