From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 10 16:18:48 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2ABFA106566C for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:18:48 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iw0-f182.google.com (mail-iw0-f182.google.com [209.85.214.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CD18FC08 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:18:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iwn35 with SMTP id 35so4058523iwn.13 for ; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:18:47 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=s1nSPWOQSbfuEytrPq4crFx6AMQVj5aFPL35mWydiV0=; b=StrXg2GknJOx+c+V1BIaxX9DtF4wM3rLNjmORbY6hBviAsi7jxBy9QlArc8SPZv1kp S7ld92zWYnPKzwNNbblbYODpLycDbD8lun0peLG1yuFyqcL+jOvg5wwztFW3+qOUElj+ oi5TS33lZnaSfs5/4yOFnmZmVF/nDPYWtkBNU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=GzBQ28eP5dJhWWhUW2NM3xd8pQMy2kJoZtV5Fr/WByJfGKfEdlRZw1DRLSUFLi4ysK cJNJ3gh7qkBDbr1vV0PKQsnvXCiOaTZg0Jurca7j4E8YUIRoJYmVfHg9V2KyuI660mNO Bm52CrczgZuNbJ9Qq6f6dWCmj9Hlb0cRMo2KI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.3.135 with SMTP id 7mr3720457ico.21.1278778727023; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:18:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.231.214.145 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:18:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20100710061608.000026db@unknown> References: <20100710061608.000026db@unknown> Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 09:18:46 -0700 Message-ID: From: Garrett Cooper To: Bruce Cran Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Proposal for new `post-install userland configuration utility' X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2010 16:18:48 -0000 On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Bruce Cran wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 16:26:30 -0700 > Garrett Cooper wrote: > >> 1. The utility would be presented to the end-user in the motd like is >> done today with sysinstall. > > Could we run it automatically at the first boot? So, the installation > process may be: > > Boot install CD. It partitions disks, installs the minimal > distribution set and does network and user configuration. Yes, that's the idea that I had in mind for sysinstall, because it does a lot more than it needs to today. > Reboot. post-install utility runs, gives user the option of which > distributions to install, followed by packages (or ports?) and does > further configuration. Sure. Honestly the installed packages should be better customized for smart defaults, because that was one of the pain points brought up in BSDCan, and it would solve the general problem with installing the package(s). > I'm thinking of something like how Debian works > (http://mikeoverip.wordpress.com/2009/03/11/debian-5-lenny-step-by-step-installation-with-screenshots/), > though I'm not sure it does have a reboot step before configuration. It doesn't. Thanks, -Garrett