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 Message-ID: <4E8C6C61.7070200@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <CAG=rPVdC-Cpj7vkvFk%2BP6o0sfkP6xO2PmWaK8S474Yw0Lyu6aA@mail.gmail.com> References: <201110031513.p93FD9ev015593@svn.freebsd.org> <CAG=rPVfLzEcF=jtj71a9m%2BrFvj1xHHy%2BMfHwi2Y%2BZQiwhwmx3Q@mail.gmail.com> <D6E8DE41-67EB-4886-8EA1-2F60D3EF81A0@gsoft.com.au> <4E8B0982.8010508@freebsd.org> <CAG=rPVdC-Cpj7vkvFk%2BP6o0sfkP6xO2PmWaK8S474Yw0Lyu6aA@mail.gmail.com>
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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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