From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 28 19:22:24 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D70B41065670; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:22:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kob6558@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E724B8FC12; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wgbdr11 with SMTP id dr11so22417569wgb.31 for ; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:22:22 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=5sdy1xrq57IZ0Up4cezmvqXN0kuJhLyCyDqz6ktRBsY=; b=bP3erh6ifEk3e+azNxf70bMhZihbkg9npO+6q8wUB3qM5KseDbyirbjTKcxfvTcjcb mNBWO0/RuYFxb8m66n0eTsUPRdtnW3Al6Yn3C5NXQv/VIQ1bPERxp1/B9iemnuWb16FV Kt1Qd+3HyYSyXF9V7crfgwlWRmOeCIzJ+1ZX8= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.60.78 with SMTP id o14mr32540545wbh.9.1325100141377; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:22:21 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.158.129 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:22:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EFB18B7.8050207@unsane.co.uk> References: <4EF904F2.4020109@FreeBSD.org> <4EF953ED.9060905@fuzzwad.org> <4EF9B09A.4070103@freebsd.org> <4EFA1C9C.60601@FreeBSD.org> <4EFA7FD4.10600@freebsd.org> <4EFA8E01.6050101@FreeBSD.org> <4EFAB788.2040508@FreeBSD.org> <4EFB18B7.8050207@unsane.co.uk> Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:22:21 -0800 Message-ID: From: Kevin Oberman To: Vincent Hoffman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: Lawrence Stewart , Adrian Chadd , Doug Barton , Ron McDowell , freebsd-current Subject: Re: Removal of sysinstall from HEAD and lack of a post-install configuration tool X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 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, 28 Dec 2011 19:22:24 -0000 On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 5:25 AM, Vincent Hoffman wrote: > On 28/12/2011 06:30, Doug Barton wrote: > > On 12/27/2011 22:08, Adrian Chadd wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> Why not just list the things that sysinstall did that people like, and > >> extract out / reimplement those bits? > > That's sounds great. As soon as that's done, we can remove sysinstall > > from the base. Until those things exist, removing it is premature. > > > In that case can I suggest a wiki page or other viewable/editable list > of desirable features from sysinstall? > I only used it for the basic disklayout and component install so I'm not > in a position to start it off or I would. > > Vince > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > Why not just get the list from sysinstall? Distributions Install additional distribution sets Documentation installation Install FreeBSD Documentation set Packages Install pre-packaged software for FreeBSD Root Password Set the system manager's password Fdisk The disk Slice (PC-style partition) Editor Label The disk Label editor User Management Add user and group information Console Customize system console behavior Time Zone Set which time zone you're in Media Change the installation media type Mouse Configure your mouse Networking Configure additional network services Security Configure system security options Startup Configure system startup options TTYs Configure system ttys. Options View/Set various installation options HTML Docs Go to the HTML documentation menu (post-install) Load KLD Load a KLD from a floppy Several of these simply call other tools that will remain present, but several are internal to sysinstall. Fdisk and Label should be replaced by the gpart tools already in bsdinstall. A couple might be simply removed, but most are either useful or near essential, especially for new user. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.com