Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 12:33:47 +0200 From: Daniel Tameling <tamelingdaniel@gmail.com> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Notes on improving the installer Message-ID: <aFPni7vBfEZquGcg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8634byieib.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca>
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Hi, a niche use case I ran into: if you need to use a proxy to access the internet, you need to export the proxy in a shell and start bsdinstall by hand.[1] It would be nice if this could be done inside the installer. Since this happened some time ago, I might be misremembering this, but I think that you notice only relatively late in the process if your internet connection isn't working. It might be nice to have a "test whether I can download the necessary stuff" button as early as possible. Best, Daniel [1]: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions/2024-May/005310.htmlhome | help
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