From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 23 22:54:58 2012 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 4CE98106566B for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:54:58 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bkyleadkins@cox.net) Received: from eastrmfepi102.cox.net (eastrmfepi102.cox.net [68.230.241.198]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2BBD8FC1F for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:54:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eastrmimpo209.cox.net ([68.230.241.224]) by eastrmfepo201.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.01.04.00 201-2260-137-20101110) with ESMTP id <20120123221802.UJPR4752.eastrmfepo201.cox.net@eastrmimpo209.cox.net> for ; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:18:02 -0500 Received: from [192.168.224.228] ([68.230.163.179]) by eastrmimpo209.cox.net with bizsmtp id RAJ21i0063sZ49g02AJ2a7; Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:18:02 -0500 X-CT-Class: Clean X-CT-Score: 0.00 X-CT-RefID: str=0001.0A020206.4F1DDC9A.00DB,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-CT-Spam: 0 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=hUCJ0Gz5LjRqF1xLPeCnm9rLnz3DdW5ICkn8EI10KF4= c=1 sm=1 a=PHlfsSZWg_kA:10 a=G8Uczd0VNMoA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=wjdNVev4dbuXI5Ug46e58g==:17 a=I6FhtcCzAAAA:8 a=6I5d2MoRAAAA:8 a=GRW7schGiLlLZLVqQxwA:9 a=rlzHK3xa026Nju_lLqcA:7 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 a=SV7veod9ZcQA:10 a=wjdNVev4dbuXI5Ug46e58g==:117 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Authentication-Results: cox.net; auth=pass (PLAIN) smtp.auth=bkyleadkins@cox.net References: <4F180C83.9090100@my.gd> From: "B. Kyle Adkins" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: iPad Mail (9A405) In-Reply-To: Message-Id: <5BFFDD9D-06BA-403D-9784-A430B9F55840@cox.net> Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:18:01 -0500 To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Mime-Version: 1.0 (1.0) Subject: Re: Horrible installer (was: Re: FreeBSD 9) 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: Mon, 23 Jan 2012 22:54:58 -0000 I'm very new to FreeBSD but it seems to me that the installer is pretty much= ok. My only wish is that there might be a little more info upfront somewh= ere, preferably in the installer somewhere, about setting up for a dual boot= . I couldn't find in the handbook, (that may be my fault, don't know, but i= finally googled the info i needed, after thinking that I had inadvertently c= ommitted my Windows slice into the abyss. maybe that was a good thing, but.= ... =20 IMO though, the installer should be as lightweight and spare as possible, th= at is, if the engineering dudes are writing it. I would rather see them doi= ng their fantastic work on the OS, not on the installer anyway. Seems to m= e that a full-featured GUI installer would be a good project for the communi= ty? (ok, yeah they could have left sysinstall alone, but so what???) If yo= u had to depend on sysinstall on a daily basis, i could see having issues wi= th the change, but then again, if you are using it that often a custom insta= ll script....something... would be better anyway. from my point of view, I would rather learn how to do this by hand, because t= hen i would come out learning a lot more, and knowing more about my own sys= tem. Probably be next on my agenda. since this is my first contact with the community, I would like to thank the= development folks properly for the awesome work that they do, and to those w= ho contribute to this list. Kyle Adkins Sent from my iPad On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:27 AM, Mark Felder wrote: > All of these complaints can go directly to /dev/null >=20 > Just as you don't get to express your opinion about the government if you d= on't vote, you don't get to express your opinion about -RELEASE changes when= you didn't run the STABLE/RC/BETAs. You had your chance to help improve Fre= eBSD for everyone, assuming your concerns really are valid and far-reaching.= You opted out. No longer the core team's problem. >=20 > Closed: WORKSFORME > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g"