From owner-freebsd-current Wed Dec 15 4:34:26 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from smtp1.vnet.net (smtp1.vnet.net [166.82.1.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC6A01526C for ; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 04:34:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rivers@dignus.com) Received: from dignus.com (ponds.vnet.net [166.82.177.48]) by smtp1.vnet.net (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id HAA08550; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:34:17 -0500 (EST) Received: from lakes.dignus.com (lakes.dignus.com [10.0.0.3]) by dignus.com (8.9.2/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA15893; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:34:16 -0500 (EST) Received: (from rivers@localhost) by lakes.dignus.com (8.9.3/8.6.9) id HAA51317; Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:34:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 07:34:16 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers Message-Id: <199912151234.HAA51317@lakes.dignus.com> To: adams@digitalspark.net, dcs@newsguy.com Subject: Re: sysinstall: is it really at the end of its lifecycle? Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd@sasknow.com, peter.jeremy@alcatel.com.au In-Reply-To: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Adam Strohl wrote: > On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > > > Hey, I like CUI. I'd rather install with a CUI than a GUI, all other > > things being equal. And besides some quirks here and there, I really > > like sysinstall. > > Its nice, but its not where it should be. > > > But the fact is that when we get featured in a magazine article, > > user-friendly install == GUI. No GUI, it's not an user-friendly install. > > End of review. You can kick and scream all you want, that's the way it > > is. Either we live by these rules, or we loose. > > A VESA GUI based sysinstall replacement would probably be small enough to > fit on a floppy, yet still have the friendlyness that a new user/reviewer > would look for. > > If we follow jkh's outline, making another "front end target" for the > script shouldn't be that hard. You have X, VESA Syscons, and Text > Syscons. > > The script says "ok, prompt user for ", under X it opens a window, > under Text some ASCII dialog, and under VESA a little window. > This is important to note... 25% of all the installs I do are on MGA (remember monochrome graphics adapter - a hercules card.) So, I would not be in favor of any replacement that required a VESA or VGA platform... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message