From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 10 23:00:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3350C106566B for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:00:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) Received: from redcondor2.peak.org (redcondor2.peak.org [69.59.192.56]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077068FC08 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:00:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: from zmail-mta01.peak.org ([207.55.16.111]) by redcondor2.peak.org ({6c724cae-de34-4c5f-b615-3072b86419fa}) via TCP (outbound) with ESMTP id 20120210225058075 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:50:58 +0000 X-RC-FROM: X-RC-RCPT: Received: from birch.localnet (unknown [207.55.106.132]) by zmail-mta01.peak.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9A4A449168B for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (oak.localnet [192.168.193.34]) by birch.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id 107C6556E8 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from oak.localnet (localhost.localnet [127.0.0.1]) by oak.localnet (Postfix) with ESMTP id A153FD1A7 for ; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from carlj@localhost) by oak.localnet (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id q1AMosF0055903; Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from carlj@peak.org) X-Authentication-Warning: oak.localnet: carlj set sender to carlj@peak.org using -f From: Carl Johnson To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <4F355A5B.9080007@rewt.org.uk> <4F35743B.4020302@os2.kiev.ua> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:54 -0800 In-Reply-To: <4F35743B.4020302@os2.kiev.ua> (Alex Samorukov's message of "Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:47:07 +0100") Message-ID: <87d39m2tgx.fsf@oak.localnet> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: Re: New BSD Installer X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:00:59 -0000 Alex Samorukov writes: > On 02/10/2012 06:56 PM, Joe Holden wrote: >> Guys, >> >> This should really be reverted to sysinstall until the new installer >> is at least in a state where it consistently works... the most >> important part of a new users experience is the installer and the >> few new installs I have done lately I've just installed 8.2 and >> upgraded from there as the new installer is terribly buggy. >> > Hi, > > I am highly against reverting. Old installer is not GPT aware and in > fact is unmaintained for a very long time. > > About ftp - its probably needs to be handled better, but most of the > user i think using cd/dvd image, so it is not an issue. And new > installer is written on shell, so i think its better to fix broken > parts then to revert it to outdated and unmaintained code. The major problem I saw is that I couldn't find any mention of the packages on the CD/DVD in any of the menus. Is there really no way of installing them, or did I manage to overlook it? I ran through it twice and ended up using sysinstall both times to install the packages. -- Carl Johnson carlj@peak.org