Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 22:31:39 +0200 (CEST) From: "Tobias Eriksson" <tobier@tobier.se> To: "Bruce Cran" <bruce@cran.org.uk> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall for just installing? Message-ID: <5255c46819fb6da0b7cba055a9990079.squirrel@squirrel-webmail.surftown.com> In-Reply-To: <4BFEA475.3090607@cran.org.uk> References: <e0e937d11b29a37fe3d1cee2514416a9.squirrel@squirrel-webmail.surftown.com> <4BFEA475.3090607@cran.org.uk>
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> On 27/05/2010 09:27, Tobias Eriksson wrote: >> I've been thinking a bit about sysinstall. >> What do we really want to do with it? >> See, the way I use sysinstall is just to install my system, I never use >> it >> after an install, so to me it seems pointless having it on there after I >> have my system up and going. Of course this is just me, maybe many out >> there use sysinstall daily. >> >> What I'm getting at is that maybe sysinstall should be more tailored to >> just installing: make it more straightforward to the user. Start with >> setting up the keyboard and language, then maybe the NIC menu as >> described >> in earlier posts, and then move on to partitioning and package >> installing. >> >> Is it just me that thinks like this, or do you have similar thoughts? >> > > It seems to be recommended to only use it for installing, and to use > other tools for post-configuration: for example the partitioning section > has been copied out into usr.sbin/sade. It should definitely be more > straightforward, without the baffling list of options and settings: for > example I had a discussion with someone recently who rightly thought > that users shouldn't have to go into the FixIt menu when they've already > loaded the LiveFS CD - it should be more or less automatic. > > Whether this gets fixed is another matter: apparently one of the > discussions at BSDCan was about having the PC-BSD installer be the > primary method for installing 9.0, with FreeBSD's sysinstall being > available if users need it. > > -- > Bruce Cran > Using the PC-BSD installer would be an option. However, if sysinstall would still be in the system, I would like to have the changes we discussed to be incorporated. Looks like I could have myself a project this summer :)
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