Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:50:54 -0800 From: Carl Johnson <carlj@peak.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New BSD Installer Message-ID: <87d39m2tgx.fsf@oak.localnet> In-Reply-To: <4F35743B.4020302@os2.kiev.ua> (Alex Samorukov's message of "Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:47:07 %2B0100") References: <4F355A5B.9080007@rewt.org.uk> <4F35743B.4020302@os2.kiev.ua>
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Alex Samorukov <ml@os2.kiev.ua> 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 parts then to revert it to outdated and unmaintained code.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
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