From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 25 01:03:16 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A64CB1065672; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:03:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bruce@cran.org.uk) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (muon.cran.org.uk [IPv6:2a01:348:0:15:5d59:5c40:0:1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35EDB8FC17; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:03:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from muon.cran.org.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD0B0E62C1; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:03:14 +0100 (BST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=cran.org.uk; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s=mail; bh=tmslXdQD1lPO QbWgnjO1X+SiClk=; b=T2fh8JtH2+X121vjBj5G15LFqyR+SsYBWNAIGuv5qYDm cyFboeQl/tH/Irp+btg/WT3wbxUwrQ+wzftdVzyGj4lzsh0Lrh5alYM53ALTSc5L jAE9Px7lTe8hRKXHRCIT1NGz3PlC3X0s6F0df+xg/tmh/RNQF99LC39RmTsW9MI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=cran.org.uk; h=message-id :date:from:mime-version:to:cc:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=mail; b=pxdLn/ zzoCy/n23K/40si4D93HCOlxOjjNRk6wBonRvdSROqD5ETg6vlZLv+CuBQEm9vLw Vkhzlq+6ac+GaJUSKntJzyuj3hzTZZPVMCQnDETLCpDRIPriu53347v+ywEV1kii 0yA+dYjXSaE03tZ1QME8FxqrJAnnY3j6n1qhk= Received: from [192.168.1.64] (188-222-18-231.zone13.bethere.co.uk [188.222.18.231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by muon.cran.org.uk (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9CE10E62BF; Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:03:14 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4E2CC0D0.4090309@cran.org.uk> Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:03:12 +0100 From: Bruce Cran User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110624 Thunderbird/5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ron McDowell References: <20110724162937.33865zm0kn4ztdwk@econet.encontacto.net> <4E2C8FBE.7040003@freebsd.org> <4E2CA4A7.7020100@fuzzwad.org> In-Reply-To: <4E2CA4A7.7020100@fuzzwad.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-current , Nathan Whitehorn , eculp Subject: Re: Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD and got a new and strange installer. X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:03:16 -0000 On 25/07/2011 00:03, Ron McDowell wrote: > 1) no "back" button/selection/mechanism on each screen. Rebooting > because I fat-fingered something on the previous screen is, well, > unacceptable. > 2) no "minimal" install. Most of my installs are single- or few-task > servers where I need a base os and a couple ports. > 3) I see no "post-install" uses on the new one. Sysinstall could be > used on an up-and-running system to do everything from adding a user > to changing a nameserver and more. Another potential problem is that the new version of libdialog that the new installer uses changes the way navigation is done: on Linux and in the previous version on FreeBSD it's possible to press to change focus to the buttons and different UI elements. That doesn't work any more. -- Bruce Cran