Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 09:48:29 +0000 From: Antony T Curtis <antony.t.curtis@ntlworld.com> To: supraexpress@globaleyes.net Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The case for FreeBSD Message-ID: <1107856109.84971.6.camel@pcgem.rdg.cyberkinetica.com> In-Reply-To: <20050208034855.D211E43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20050208034855.D211E43D45@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 21:48 -0600, supraexpress@globaleyes.net wrote:
> One of the main "stumbling blocks" to using FreeBSD is the installation
> process. I have had "lots of fun" (not!) with NetBSD's line-mode/shell-script
> "installer" and confusing companion installation instructions, in the past; I
> only tried OpenBSD once and don't remember anything about its installation
> process, but I seem to recall that it was similar to NetBSD's; FreeBSD's
> 'DOS-like menu' system is a travisty and IS PROBABLY THE ONE THING THAT TURNS
> OFF MORE PROSPECTIVE FBSD USERS THAN ANYTHING ELSE - I know - I have heard!
<snip>
In my opinion, I like FreeBSD's installer. So simple, no distracting
graphics, or hard-to-read text, no need for a mouse. If I was to develop
an installer for an operating system, it would be pretty similar to
sysinstall.
Perhaps the only thing that could be made better is a much simpler
step-by-step install for newbies - reduce the number of options
available and cater for the common install senerios so that the install
can be done on a clean drive with half a dozen keystrokes - but I would
definitely keep the current sysinstall for the admin who knows what s/he
wants!
--
Antony T Curtis, BSc. UNIX, Linux, *BSD, Networking
antony.t.curtis@ntlworld.com C++, J2EE, Perl, MySQL, Apache
IT Consultancy.
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