Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:45:46 -0500 From: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> To: Randi Harper <randi@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: why BSDs got no love Message-ID: <20091223104546.787e0bdf.trhodes@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <e277d6c80912230658k45c946ddga3ea807704d7dc61@mail.gmail.com> References: <4B31D6F9.6040608@infracaninophile.co.uk> <200912231450.nBNEoP1q063542@fire.js.berklix.net> <e277d6c80912230658k45c946ddga3ea807704d7dc61@mail.gmail.com>
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On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:58:46 -0800 Randi Harper <randi@freebsd.org> wrote: > On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Julian H. Stacey <jhs@berklix.com> wrote: > > Peer Schaefer <peer.schaefer@hamburg.de> wrote: > > > >> BTW, the Debian installer consists (a) of a modular, frontend agnostic > >> backend, and (b) different frontend "plugins", e.g. a curses-frontend = or > >> a X/GTK+-frontend. This is a modular and very elegant approach (but > >> surely difficult to implement). > > > > Perhaps the way to go is a common table of target defaults eg > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0/usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg > > Which could then be edited by all of > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Front end CLI =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (*) > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Front end curses GUI =A0 =A0(*) > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(*) =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Maybe these = 2 alternatives should be > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0the firs= t question the installer asks ? > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Front end X11 GUI (for later after main install complete > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0- Shudde= r, Not that I'd use it, but someone > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0woul= d probably want to write one). > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0vi - for editing, & writing back to new boot media, > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0to auto install on multiple identical ne= w machines. >=20 >=20 > I would sooner stab myself in the face. Editing disks in vi is fun apparently! :) >=20 >=20 > > All of 4.11, 7.1 & 8.0 man sysinstall contain: > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0This product is currently at the end of its life cycle a= nd > > =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0will eventually be replaced. >=20 >=20 > Sure, once someone writes something everyone can agree upon. Until > then, sorry, you're stuck with sysinstall. :) What happened to the BSD installer? And finstall ... Ivan? Ivan *knock knock* ;) --=20 Tom Rhodes
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