Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2012 08:41:53 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apropos Removal of sysinstall Message-ID: <4F05B6B1.8090501@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <B034A253-CFF5-4B37-BEF5-FFFA6F0D882D@bsdimp.com> References: <4EFC1260.1060503@luddite.com.au> <CAESiWkk-5QVVbjvi8eNoZSam_vd1ruLMBezQBjawQC7iGK3z1w@mail.gmail.com> <4EFCD252.7080209@cran.org.uk> <B034A253-CFF5-4B37-BEF5-FFFA6F0D882D@bsdimp.com>
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On 01/04/12 14:56, Warner Losh wrote: > On Dec 29, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > >> On 29/12/2011 18:39, Renato Botelho wrote: >>> IIRC, PCBSD installer can install a regular FreeBSD on ZFS. >> It can do, but you're left with a /very/ basic installation - the hostname, network interfaces etc. aren't configured, which could be a problem for some people. >> >> If I thought there would be any support for it, I'd try and find time to plug in the sade(4) rewrite into sysinstall - it has a rather nice UI and supports ZFS. > The base of the PC-BSD installer is in the system as pc-sysinstall... There were plans to merge bsdinstall with it that never came to fruition. pc-sysinstall handles the hard part of the system install on a huge number of combinations. > > Just FYI. For those interested in this, there is a brief list of the kinds of things that need to be done and hurdles along the way on the wiki at: http://wiki.freebsd.org/PCBSDInstallMerge -Nathan
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