From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 4 11:27:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03AE816A4CE for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 11:27:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from tower.berklix.org (bsd.bsn.com [194.221.32.7]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1BFF43D48 for ; Wed, 4 May 2005 11:27:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from js.berklix.net (p549A4362.dip.t-dialin.net [84.154.67.98]) (authenticated bits=0) by tower.berklix.org (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j44BQk8o013273; Wed, 4 May 2005 13:26:47 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (fire.jhs.private [192.168.91.41]) by js.berklix.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j44BQhmv001251; Wed, 4 May 2005 13:26:44 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@flat.berklix.net) Received: from fire.jhs.private (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fire.jhs.private (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j44BQhsu005072; Wed, 4 May 2005 13:26:43 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from jhs@fire.jhs.private) Message-Id: <200505041126.j44BQhsu005072@fire.jhs.private> To: Brian Candler In-Reply-To: Message from Brian Candler of "Wed, 04 May 2005 09:53:41 BST." <20050504085341.GB780@uk.tiscali.com> Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 13:26:43 +0200 From: "Julian H. Stacey" cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: Travis Poppe cc: tlp@liquidx.org Subject: Re: BSD Installer as a replacement for sysinstall? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 May 2005 11:27:57 -0000 Brian Candler wrote: > Message-id: <20050504085341.GB780@uk.tiscali.com> > On Tue, May 03, 2005 at 06:32:42PM -0600, Travis Poppe wrote: > > For quite some time I've been looking forward to seeing sysinstall go > > and be replaced with a new system that's user interface agnostic. This > > would allow developers to create a user interface of their choice > > without having to muck around with the internals of the installer. It > > seems that one of the major reasons this hasn't happened yet is simply > > due to lack of development. > > > > Correct me of I'm wrong, but as far as I know, this is what BSD > > Installer (the DragonFly team's installer) currently does. > > I'm very interested in seeing improvements to the installation and > management utilities, but I think many of the current problems are .......... [ Some good point Brian (but I'll omit a `me too' reiteration of bits). ] If anyone's going to be comparing installers, & recoding things, they may want to also look at the http://www.pcbsd.org installer for ideas. A friend who downloaded their .iso tried it & thought the the installer would be a lot easier / more atractive for recruiting newbies. It's under a GNU licence though. - Julian Stacey Net & Sys Eng Consultant, Munich http://berklix.com Mail in Ascii (Html=Spam). Ihr Rauch = mein allergischer Kopfschmerz.