Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 09:29:06 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> Subject: Re: Installing packages from 9.2 Release DVD Message-ID: <13CA24D6AB415D428143D44749F57D720FC424D5@LTCFISWMSGMB21.FNFIS.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOgwaMuS9GYVXGbH%2BF05R0nGsGgqoh8UY4iQCFRCPBis3c_9dA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAOgwaMuS9GYVXGbH%2BF05R0nGsGgqoh8UY4iQCFRCPBis3c_9dA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Oct 7, 2013, at 11:35 PM, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Dear All , >=20 > In sysinstall , there are menu items to install packages from release DVD= . >=20 > In bsdinstall , there is NO such package installation menu items . >=20 You've got the wrong tool. s/bsdinstall/bsdconfig/ > Another problem is there is no any available information about this subje= ct > in the Handbook installation pages ( at least I could not find any one one > ) . >=20 bsdconfig was just born in 9.2-R. Nobody has gotten around to documenting i= t. I'll be doing the first presentation on it at the vBSDcon [un]Conference co= ming up in a couple weeks (Oct 25-27th in Reston, VA; hosted by Verisign). > Is there any such available information link , and is there any possibili= ty > to include such information into Handbook pages and Release Notes templat= es > ? >=20 bsdconfig(8) was announced in the quarterly announcements and release highlights for FreeBSD 9.2-R. As for the handbook... it will take time for doc folks to assimilate it. > When there is no such information , people will use >=20 > pkg_add -r ... >=20 > statement although many packages are already in the release DVD which mea= ns > a large waste of band width . >=20 Only media type that bsdconfig(8) doesn't support is TAPE. However, bsdconf= ig supports a couple new types of media for accessing packages. Other than tha= t, your old friends of CD/DVD, FTP, HTTP, FTP via Proxy, NFS, and some new ones are all there. > ( Please consider less experienced people : Each year , many persons are > entering into an age to try FreeBSD without prior experience about FreeBSD > . Lack of necessary information about install is an important obstacle for > such new entries . ) >=20 I appreciate your feedback. Rest assured, less experienced peoples *were* considered. That's why I started work on bsdconfig(8) 3 years ago shortly after the dep= recation of sysinstall in base. The curses-UI-loving folks were not forgotten (less experienced or otherwis= e; a fancy TUI/GUI doesn't necessarily mean it has to be only usable to less ski= lled folks... take "bsdconfig startup" for example -- something not normally pos= sible with any other tool regardless of your skill level). --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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