Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:36:47 +0800 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Damien Fleuriot <ml@my.gd> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Horrible installer Message-ID: <4F19279F.6060303@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4F180C83.9090100@my.gd> References: <BLU160-W54C133B8003EF140C41EF7AE860@phx.gbl> <4F180C83.9090100@my.gd>
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Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > On 1/19/12 3:25 AM, Allan McKinnon wrote: >> I finally got to install FreeBSD 9 onto my computer and noticed that the installer is now different. It seems to me that it forces you into doing extra steps that I was comfortable doing on my own. I really enjoyed the old installer because then I had complete control over how I tweaked my computer during and after the install. I am surprised that there is no gui present while installing FreeBSD because it feels more like Ubuntu or a windows install (somewhat). Please, please, please take this nightmare away and bring the beloved installer that was before FreeBSD 9. >> Thank you for listening. >> Allan _______________________________________________ > > > Erm, you have to realize the new installer was discussed at length here, > when 9.0 was still under development/beta/prerelease. > > Then would have been the best time to voice your frustration over the > new scheme. > > > > Alternatively, you could do like me and install entirely by hand: > > - boot an MFSBSD image (thanks mm@ ) > - partition your disks from there (see http://my.gd/bsd.htm for a rough > sketch on how to use gpart) > - fetch the 9.0 archives in .txz (tar.xz) format > - unpack archives with xz -d > - untar archived to the mountpoint with your new filesystems (eg: tar xf > base.tar -C /mnt) > - customize configuration files (rc.conf, fstab, root's password or SSH > key, sshd_config to allow root login temporarily) > > And then most of all, profit ;) > > > > I've been doing installs this way first with 8.x (using the install > scripts on the CDROM) then now with 9.x unpacking the .txz archives. > > I'm quite happy with it, the process is simple enough to document and > reproduce, and offers suitable customization options. > > We've developed a tiny web interface here that lets us customize the > size, type and label of our GPT partitions, hostname, IP address, root > password and SSH accounts/keys to deploy on such newly installed machines. > The interface spits the whole wall of commands to paste once logged in > to the MFSBSD image to install the new OS and configure it. > > Works like a charm really. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > so post your script so others can use it
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