Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:27:20 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Horrible installer (was: Re: FreeBSD 9) Message-ID: <20120123202720.GB21884@hemlock.hydra> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201231921180.15400@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <BLU160-W54C133B8003EF140C41EF7AE860@phx.gbl> <4F180C83.9090100@my.gd> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201231921180.15400@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 07:25:03PM +0100, Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > And IMHO sysinstall should not exist, while good documentation about > installing BY HAND should be there. I agree with the part of that sentence following the comma. That is all. > > Someone that cannot install it him/herself will not be able to ever > manage it after so why waste time. > > Do not forget that FreeBSD is for unix users, contrary to linux > which is for windoze haters. > > > Again i propose removing sysinstall altogether. Automation is good, provided it does not eliminate useful options and flexibility. You seem unaware of this fact in the general case, for some reason. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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