From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 18 16:44:23 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55ED0106564A for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:44:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f45.google.com (mail-pz0-f45.google.com [209.85.210.45]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E2598FC0A for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:44:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk33 with SMTP id 33so13968853pzk.4 for ; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:44:22 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:references:from:content-type:x-mailer:in-reply-to :message-id:date:to:content-transfer-encoding:mime-version; bh=lTadckLrUkn+ON53TJ6IYAOkkN53SgfaLtLoP3o0v7E=; b=L2ApLgpyo54oqCwkG9k2gped+xq+xdQnF7tTQF/C7HKnmWAtLjhzPCmxvBJYOy78oe 4LDIjRrEikNc6nYsPKuAThgE2lb+NEwUyUVYF4/lFBJ2CFpssdFF8+ztCZzGfktlKzB3 tt0h85RFtNX4TKxEOPDaNJpkxIi7CgqF+qtUk= Received: by 10.68.11.230 with SMTP id t6mr2690246pbb.522.1316364262230; Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:44:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.20.56] (c-24-6-49-154.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [24.6.49.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id f8sm57641155pbc.3.2011.09.18.09.44.20 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:44:21 -0700 (PDT) References: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> From: Garrett Cooper Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (8L1) In-Reply-To: <20110918095526.D866D1065670@hub.freebsd.org> Message-Id: Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:44:17 -0700 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 8L1) Subject: Re: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 16:44:23 -0000 On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:55 AM, "Thomas Mueller 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