Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:18:52 -0400 From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Drawing graphics on terminal Message-ID: <20030616191852.GA52694@ussenterprise.ufp.org> In-Reply-To: <20030616151024.0616e1e4.eaja@erols.com> References: <200306162015.06836.nakal@web.de> <20030616151024.0616e1e4.eaja@erols.com>
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In a message written on Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 03:10:24PM -0400, Eric Jacobs =
wrote:
> I don't think the advantage of a GUI-based installer would be
> "eye-candy". libdialog looks fine IMO. It would be to increase the
> ease of use, allow more flexibility in installations, and add more
> troubleshooting/diagnostic options (disabling/enabling/loading
> device drivers, etc.)
Some of this could be done in the current installer, if there wasn't
an effort to make it still fit on a floppy. Mind you, I'd like to see
the floppy based install stick around for a while, but I think FreeBSD
needs to embrace the CD reality.
A problem, as I see it, is that the only bootable ISO is the full
FreeBSD CD. For someone who wants to do a minimal net-install on
a CD only computer that's too much. What I think needs to be done
is the current installer enhanced (a few more tools for the emergency
holographic shell, more help, etc), and produced in ISO form, eg a
3 to maybe 10 meg ISO image you could burn on CD and use like a
floppy is used today.
This frees up the size restrictions on the installer, and lets people
without a floppy install easily, all without making anyone download
a 600M file to do so.
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