From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 16 16:31:31 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B46CAD5D for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 16:31:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm23-vm5.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (nm23-vm5.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [216.39.63.141]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FF3918AF for ; Sat, 16 May 2015 16:31:30 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=prodigy.net; s=s2048; t=1431793721; bh=JIDEnaXnU283v7OxikeuAoYS0aeWzabshbUxGtR3KyM=; h=Cc:From:To:In-Reply-To:Subject:Date:References:From:Subject; b=HF7UWUSU0j5WqMaNuKEveBXlqov49vNrVkNMz+AJRbtrlmOLm73ULd5ssSrysWKkePJ+RSdaWDigRFRTckx1Q9okNAJiLh49cVz1wu6CZ0VWTzUqG+9WDZ5ryQ06rrw5MpLKbQ8M8zQpGBmSIa9vNYLOS7PMr3e0wtRhyyZrzzyAwS5kbN9h7j031WHNZtlQwNomtHVe28RMIiy6TFVK2vbslEJZla7GPBrKKrozPy4fHNMaBO80/3sCnoARwt+r+Kk9Ds5q3fk2simg4/KCNA11tORu4IUqb1vj7yK2DLsl9ojUw3TNFwBAL+cArk0T7KJ8mLXV61FwY7YUzS6vFQ== Received: from [216.39.60.172] by nm23.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 16:28:41 -0000 Received: from [98.138.226.242] by tm8.access.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 16:28:41 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 16 May 2015 16:28:41 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 432892.27642.bm@smtp113.sbc.mail.ne1.yahoo.com X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 X-YMail-OSG: lQgVhRUVM1kmc2ECUalH2C2wHs5w2nEyPvPUEYJA.I60ta3 gNuePBxKV0bIL6alHW27igw6RbRceAgutnTVD.n.h5UTTdfdBzicJxM17IUd _JZg5MW1ljhQ986Vl5VphAKgIK29c78cXEVDGb.be_ABBqsYXBWGbHlV2vsO 95yCoU0hbdy.0XGecY7gY4F.1wLhmz0zLpltWGzc.rMBlDs7XMhDo3wlt8p6 taQDC9HnjQA3tL3MzLmbMbQS_hkXNG1mvjSYWd2ydBcWCl_rlGAh2D.LAme6 JCMGEdt1fzIRNdxrQHhgRxaHsfLXNQ_iV6Zf2Hd2v3_lgtIZLbw.tBYit20h R05wxKxQ.f4vgZluvZDJ8STembV7np39Zc1y8ZJiBvS263xSo.kKYamJs1JA fcl3tZc0QugwA3m9hgVxKPekRoZ5rzli_XcMhr1r4TziBBGm.MBd.D2lxgxR KpnViEQ1sTl4lpNz7JCXSVEyM5dZPYUgdhmTaiyH0K3CSNOOPWB1S.bFoPF2 fdmjq9XPc0dhCUDsK5ISp.SQVdmWlmb32d_6gyzC5x1E9BnVQ X-Yahoo-SMTP: 46rcWa.swBDnY9zvhIrsU2awgPSTQgUKFFrFJjEU8wwG Cc: Ben Woods , "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Message-Id: From: Jeffry Killen To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20150516102245.81a698d1.freebsd@edvax.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Re: configuration script? Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 09:28:39 -0700 References: <20150516102245.81a698d1.freebsd@edvax.de> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 16 May 2015 16:31:31 -0000 On May 16, 2015, at 1:22 AM, Polytropon wrote: > On Fri, 15 May 2015 21:12:30 -0700, Jeffry Killen wrote: >> Thank you; The old gui tool was called sysconfig(?). But I will >> give the >> new one a tryout. > > It was called sysinstall. You can compare the difference > in appearance and functionality by having a loot at the > corresponding handbook chapters: > > Up to FreeBSD 8 -> sysinstall > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/using-sysinstall.html > > FreeBSD 9 and later -> bsdinstall > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/using-bsdinstall.html > > Even though it's still possible to do configuration tasks > right after installation (and still being in "installation > mode"), most users seem to prefer booting the newly installed > system and then continuing configuring it, or adding software > via ports or pkg. > > Regarding ports and the new pkg system, I recommend having > a look at the relevant chapters: > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/pkgng-intro.html > > https://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/ports-using.html > > It's different from using CVS and pkg_add et al., but it will > accomplish the same functional results, and more. And easier. :-) > Yes, you're right, now I remember, it's sysinstall. Thank you for the info, advice JK