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Date:      Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:40:33 -0500
From:      Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>
To:        Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@crodrigues.org>
Cc:        svn-src-head@freebsd.org, Daniel O'Connor <doconnor@gsoft.com.au>, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r225937 - in head: . release release/amd64 release/i386 release/ia64 release/pc98 release/powerpc release/scripts release/sparc64 usr.sbin usr.sbin/sysinstall
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On 10/04/11 23:02, Craig Rodrigues wrote:
> Nathan,
>
> I took at look at this page:
>
> http://wiki.pcbsd.org/index.php/Creating_an_Automated_Installation_with_pc-sysinstall
>
> and compared it to the man page for sysinstall:
>
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=FreeBSD+8.2-RELEASE&arch=default&format=html
>
>
> pc-sysinstall pretty much does all of the same stuff as sysinstall,
> and even many of the variable names are the same.  pc-sysinstall
> seems far superior to sysinstall.
>
> In the timeframe before 10.0, do you think it is worth doing the following:
>
> (1)  import pc-sysinstall into FreeBSD
> (2)  make pc-sysinstall compatible with all the variables from the
>
> *or* if it is not worth doing (2)
>
> (3)  provide a document somewhere that guides users in migrating their
>        old install.cfg syntax to pc-sysinstall (or bsdinstall).
>
> bsdinstall and pc-sysinstall are really good improvements!

pc-sysinstall is already part of FreeBSD, and will be part of the 9.0 
release. A manual for migration would probably be a good idea.
-Nathan



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