From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 19 09:15:08 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD446106564A for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:15:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8106E8FC16 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:15:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Rno5L-00054e-6E for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:15:07 +0100 Received: from np-19-75.prenet.pl ([79.139.19.75]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:15:07 +0100 Received: from inquiz by np-19-75.prenet.pl with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:15:07 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: inquiz Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:05:09 +0000 (UTC) Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 79.139.19.75 (Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:9.0.1) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/9.0.1) Subject: Re: FreeBSD 9 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:15:08 -0000 Allan McKinnon live.com> writes: > ... > I really enjoyed the old installer because then I had complete control over > how I tweaked my computer during and after the install. I agree. The new installer got rid of dependencies and is scriptable - very good ! But the new installer looks primitive now. There were e.g. error messages that were incomprehensive, or did not return user to the beginning of a particular step or allow to continue, instead just interrupted the installation - a sign of untested software. That's not good for "an introduction to OS" which every installer is to a user. Perhaps the dev should take a look at PC-BSD installer for an inspiration. Please make changes soon, for 9.1 release if possible. inquiz