From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 11 05:00:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA04361 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 05:00:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id FAA04339 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 05:00:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) Received: from hrotti.ifi.uio.no (2602@hrotti.ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.15]) by ifi.uio.no (8.8.8/8.8.7/ifi0.2) with ESMTP id NAA27753; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 13:59:30 +0100 (MET) Received: (from dag-erli@localhost) by hrotti.ifi.uio.no ; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 13:59:29 +0100 (MET) To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: Robert Nordier , freebsd-hackers@hub.FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/5710: Can't install X from DOS using setup.exe References: <22626.887193433@time.cdrom.com> Organization: Gutteklubben Terrasse X-url: http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dag-erli/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 11 Feb 1998 13:59:28 +0100 In-Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard"'s message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:37:13 -0800" Message-ID: Lines: 17 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG "Jordan K. Hubbard" writes: > > o Agree on a structured text file format, and include a file > > on the CD-ROM which setup.exe can parse, in order to construct > > its menus > That'd be nice for sysinstall too, but it's probably a bit late in > the game to go for such an aggressive redesign. [moving this to hackers for obvious reasons] Shoot me for not paying attention, but what, if any, decision was taken concerning sysinstall? Is somebody already working on a rewrite? I was planning to have a long hard look at the source tonight, and have an idea or two about a new installation tool. -- * Finrod (INTJ) * Unix weenie * dag-erli@ifi.uio.no * cellular +47-92835919 * RFC1123: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe hackers" in the body of the message