Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2000 23:58:10 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> To: Vincent Bruijnes <vinxs_@hotmail.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /stand/sysinstall cannot find any disks ? Message-ID: <20000815235810.A26285@freebie.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <F245QBeaxOoYOYF9eVb000011c5@hotmail.com>; from vinxs_@hotmail.com on Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 11:48:33PM %2B0200 References: <F245QBeaxOoYOYF9eVb000011c5@hotmail.com>
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On Tue, Aug 15, 2000 at 11:48:33PM +0200, Vincent Bruijnes wrote: > I think it's advisable to put in the handbook, not to use sysinstall if some > of you think it's crap cause the manual isn't as consistent as it should be > on some places. Like making a new world is not always that good explained > like it can or maybe should be. > Besides, can you tell me why sysinstall doesn't function? I usually do > always manually as a die hard but i'm interested in the reason why if anyone > of you has time to explain me. Jordan can explain this much better than I can but the background is that sysinstall started as a short-term hack to provide an installer. But it survived and the code has become a kind of a nightmare because it has been changed and provided with bells 'n whistles that make it even harder to maintain. I only use it to install the system onto the HD so I cannot really judge how well it works for other things. Hope this sheds some light, -- Wilko Bulte wilko@freebsd.org Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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