From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 19 01:51:53 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FDD8106564A; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:51:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from adsum.doit.wisc.edu (adsum.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.210]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1357E8FC13; Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:51:53 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0LIA00D047UG5H00@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:51:52 -0500 (CDT) Received: from comporellon.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.65.155]) by smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0LIA001T47UEB010@smtpauth1.wiscmail.wisc.edu>; Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:51:52 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:51:50 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-id: <4D840C36.4060407@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.65.155 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-12, Version=5.6.0.2009776, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2011.3.19.14228, SenderIP=76.210.65.155 References: <4D7E228A.4090906@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110305 Thunderbird/3.1.9 Cc: freebsd-current Current , freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Arch Subject: Re: HEADS UP: sysinstall is no longer the default installer X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2011 01:51:53 -0000 On 03/15/11 12:20, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Mar 14, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> I just committed (r219641) changes that make the release infrastructure (src/release/Makefile) use bsdinstall by default instead of sysinstall on install media. A big thank you is in order to everyone who provided advice, criticism, and testing for this project over the last few months! > Thanks Nathan, > > I checked ia64 and it works well enough. I may come back with a tweak > here and there after the dust settles, but so far it's more reliable > (and a while lot simpler) than sysinstall is. > > Great work! Thanks! The installer doesn't yet know (and I don't know) how to set up the EFI system partition on IA64, so I'll need some input (or code) from you on that point to get things totally up and running. -Nathan