From owner-freebsd-config Wed Jan 29 12:04:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA18225 for config-outgoing; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:04:54 -0800 (PST) Received: from dns.pinpt.com (dns.pinpt.com [205.179.195.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id MAA18218 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:04:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from journeyman (gatemaster.pinpt.com [205.179.195.65]) by dns.pinpt.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id MAA27731; Wed, 29 Jan 1997 12:03:18 -0800 Date: Wed, 29 Jan 97 11:53:19 Pacific Standard Time From: "Sean J. Schluntz" Subject: Re: Commerical applications To: Marc van Kempen Cc: config@FreeBSD.ORG, imp@village.org X-Mailer: Chameleon ATX 6.0, Standards Based IntraNet Solutions, NetManage Inc. X-Priority: 3 (Normal) References: <199701291108.MAA02713@nietzsche.bowtie.nl> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-config@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > I'm not trying to say that there shouldn't be an install program for > people that want to use FreeBSD in text mode, just that the install > program in this particular case would not have to be so sophisticated > (and thus would take a lot of time to maintain and keep up to date). > > My assumption here is that people that want to do this will be more > knowledgeable about Unix and computers than people that expect a GUI > install program. > > If this assumption is true then we can drop the character interface > program and make the install program run in a 16 color Xserver with > a nice GUI interface. > Comments?? > > Marc. Greetings Mark, how about if I suggest something like this (This may have already been suggested and dismissed or something.) Using one of the wonderful existing languages (I don't want to start a war on this one.) you create a text and a graphical shell that would both read from one main script file to tell it what to do. You could have two main boot disks, both with the same script (for ease of maintanence) but one would have the graphic interface and one would have the text interface. This would require a little more work because you would: A: Have to create an 'Interperater Shell' to read the script in both text and graphical mode. B: You would have to have two seperate boot disks. -Sean ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sean J. Schluntz Manager, Support Services ph. 408.997.6900 x222 PinPoint Software Corporation fx. 408.323.2300 6155 Almaden Expressway, Suite 100 San Jose, CA. 95120 http://www.pinpt.com/ Local Time Sent: 01/29/97 11:53:19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------