Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:44:17 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller Message-ID: <D9C3049E-FFE4-4D60-B798-7310A519CC67@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:55 AM, "Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net wro= te: > Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind. >=20 > Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at l= east to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much spa= ce 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 Smith's g= disk. >=20 > Also, I can't see the function of the 64 KB boot partition with no file sy= stem, which does not boot for me, though I can boot the main partition using= grub2 from the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.org/). >=20 > Another concern is updating to the next beta (BETA3?) without trashing the= installed application software (from ports). So far, bsdinstaller hasn't o= ffered any possibility of upgrading an existing installation. I don't think= a user wants to rebuild all ports for every new beta or release candidate. Upgrading installs is nontrivial, depending on the install options. The fact= that sysinstall allowed this was a mistake. -Garrett
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