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Date:      Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:23:36 -0700
From:      Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Sysinstall is still inadequate after all of these years
Message-ID:  <486D2738.7020709@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <784966050807021123l267aa20en39eb513c12c90ad2@mail.gmail.com>

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Mike Makonnen has some very interesting ideas on this topic:
http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2007-December/081400.html

FWIW, I think that there are 3 basic requirements for a new installer:

1. It should be library-based and therefore be capable of supporting 
at least a few different UIs (see above).
2. At least one of those UIs should be functional over a standard 
serial console.
3. It should be scriptable.

hth,

Doug

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