Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 13:51:32 +0200 From: Sander Vesik <sander.vesik@gmail.com> To: Johnson David <DavidJohnson@siemens.com> Cc: "freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org" <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: SPAM: Score 3.7: Re: Instead of freebsd. com, why not... Message-ID: <dcb2c27a05021703513a47d3ac@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641B13@mvaexch01.acuson.com> References: <9C4E897FB284BF4DBC9C0DC42FB34617641B13@mvaexch01.acuson.com>
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On Wed, 16 Feb 2005 13:26:38 -0800, Johnson David <DavidJohnson@siemens.com> wrote: > From: Anthony Atkielski [mailto:atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr] > > > >> Improving workflow isn't about making stuff simple, it's about making > stuff > >> more efficient. > > > > What needs to be made more efficient with FreeBSD? The installation > > process seemed pretty user-friendly to me. > > This is about efficiency, not user friendliness. The Windows installer is > pretty damned friendly, but it's still one of the most inefficient > installers I've ever run across. > > There's a whole bunch of little stuff to fix in sysinstall. The navigation > between sysinstall pages is not optimal. Aborting an install usually means a > reboot, even if you haven't reached the "commit" stage. Many necessary tasks > (network interface, root password) are stuck in the optional post-install > stage. There are various inconsistancies here and there. > It would be particularily nice to have a Solaris flar archive style capability for cloning setups. > There's also the whole issue of managing installs on multiple machines. > FreeBSD does not do this well. Remote, scripted, and unattended installs > would be awesome. Something on the order of Solaris' JumpStart would be > wonderful. This too of course, prefrably with integration with the above ;-) > > David
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