From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 7 11:45:22 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 97DA0106566C for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:45:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from brucec@muon.cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 60C138FC12 for ; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:45:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix, from userid 1001) id A28A3E7173; Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:45:21 +0000 (GMT) Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:45:21 +0000 From: Bruce Cran To: Thomas Mueller Message-ID: <20101207114521.GA68479@muon.cran.org.uk> References: <4cfe1a85.d3rNX98SaYCaW7+Q%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4cfe1a85.d3rNX98SaYCaW7+Q%mueller6727@bellsouth.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: Bruce Cran , Polytropon , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installer program for FreeBSD-9.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Dec 2010 11:45:22 -0000 On Tue, Dec 07, 2010 at 11:29:09AM +0000, Thomas Mueller wrote: > While installation and update via web browser makes sense as an option, it must not be the only option. What if the user starts with a blank hard drive, nothing installed? Then one needs to be able to install from CD, DVD or USB drive. If the user starts with a blank HDD then the installer loads from the CD/DVD, starts the web server on the disc and the user browses to the machine as normal. -- Bruce Cran