From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 1 11:34:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.cioe.com (ns1.cioe.com [204.120.165.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF2C71529C for ; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 11:34:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from steve@ns1.cioe.com) Received: (from steve@localhost) by ns1.cioe.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA57517; Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:34:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from steve) Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 13:34:32 -0500 (EST) From: Steve Ames Message-Id: <199907011834.NAA57517@ns1.cioe.com> To: mjacob@feral.com Subject: Re: Lizard... Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG True... But such a configuration doesn't preclude the use of a more detailed listing on vty1 the way we do it now. With our current installation setup its similar to this already. Its text based and some of the menus are not exactly intuitive (No... I don't have a better suggestion just yet). If something goes wrong you don't really know what unless you look at the second vty (ALT-F2) and then (maybe) there is some good info there. I've had a lot of installs go awry with little information to explain to me what went wrong. Like you, I'd prefer a very primitive interface if it gave me lots more diagnostics. Joe Average, on the other hand, likes a spiffy, clean interface. We try to accomodate both types by having a simplistic install and then some detail output on a seperate VTY. This could still be done with an even spiffier graphical installation on the first VTY. Wonder if it utilizes the VGALIB? (Lizard that is) > Reminds me of SCO. I personally don't much like it- it makes it harder > than hell to figure out what's gone wrong when it doesn't work. > > On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Steve Ames wrote: > > > > > Everyone should take a peak at http://www.troll.no/announce/lizard.html > > if you haven't already. Definately take a look at the screenshots. > > > > Lizard is a fully graphical Linux installation for Caldera Systems > > Open Linux. IMO, having an easy, reliable and attractive installer > > is an excellent selling point. > > > > Just something to ponder... > > > > -Steve > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message