Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 05:45:44 -0300 From: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> To: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? Message-ID: <200603030545.45427.joao@matik.com.br> In-Reply-To: <4407B194.5050609@rogers.com> References: <44077E79.2080708@rogers.com> <200603022333.52835.joao@matik.com.br> <4407B194.5050609@rogers.com>
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On Friday 03 March 2006 00:01, Mike Jakubik wrote: > > Because most Linux distributions have had this feature for a while now. > It's no secret that our installer blows. It gets the job done for a > basic install, provided you know its quirks, and thats it. > I don't think that having or not a raid option at install time is classifyi= ng=20 the installer as behind nor I think it is important. Freebsd's installer=20 probably lacks a nice look but on the other side it is clear and direct and= =20 you get without lots of questions and blabla the system up and running in=20 5-10 minutes what certainly is straight forward and not behind.=20 > > What would be the advantage to have raid as OS install option? > > Certainly such option confuse average users which probably do not know > > what raid is. > > I think the advantage is clear. You don't have to waste time installing > the OS, then going through a complex procedure to setup RAID, and > reinstalling again, i think that would confuse average users more. > Besides, FreeBSD is a server operating system, and is not intended for > average users.=20 > The only advantage I can see is when you really want raid at install time a= nd=20 that definitly is not usual.=20 Even if *your* opinion is that Freebsd is not intended for average users it= is=20 used by thousends of them.=20 Setting up raid with gmirror on FBSD is as easy as dd'ing an image to a flo= ppy=20 disk so I do not see where you wast your time - still less since you do not= =20 need to reinstall the OS again. So who is confused here is you. > If you don't know what RAID is, you shouldn't be in IT. well well, "if you don't know shut up" is definitly a wise comment and help= s=20 people learning ... this thought is so far behind as when people still walk= ed=20 on all four.=20 Jo=E3o A mensagem foi scaneada pelo sistema de e-mail e pode ser considerada segura. Service fornecido pelo Datacenter Matik https://datacenter.matik.com.br
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