Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 09:39:38 -0400 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, tajudd@gmail.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? Message-ID: <20090427133937.GA24963@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EA95@WADPEXV0.waddell.com> References: <70C0964126D66F458E688618E1CD008A0793EA95@WADPEXV0.waddell.com>
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On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 02:28:53AM -0500, Gary Gatten wrote: > I'm trying to ignore this thread, but as an infrequent installer, I think it would be nice for those of us with limited experience to have a context sensitive help to explain the various install options, such as: what it is/does, how much disk space, how many/which dependancies, estimated install time, etc. I don't care if its TUI or GUI - just something to help me make the various selections at install time. With my luck such a thing is already there and I just don't know about it, but thought I'd throw it out. I would go for this. I have done hundreds of installations and still find times that I want more information in the middle of things. That is especially true if I try to add some packages at install time. But, I agree that we must not give up on a 'text based' installer that is the most generally usable, even if some other options might be made available. The text based installer could also be massaged a bit to make it a little easier to understand as well, without losing its functionality. Read Jordan Hubbard's white paper whose URL was posted a few days ago. It clarifies things a lot. http://people.freebsd.org/~jkh/package-and-install.txt Probably even more could be said, but that gives an essential frame of reference. ////jerry > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org <owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> > Cc: Tim Judd <tajudd@gmail.com>; FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Sun Apr 26 19:00:07 2009 > Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? > > On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:52:56 -0400, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote: > > Last week I have installed Solaris 10 ( 2008-10 ) on a PC ( x86 ) > > having an Intel main board . It did not recognize Philips 220WS LCD ( > > 1680 x 1050 ) monitor and selected itself a text-mode install and also > > booted in text mode. > > > > I moved its hard disk to a PC with an Asus main board having an > > attached CRT Philips 109B6 ( maximum resolution : 1920 x 1440 ) > > monitor . Since boards were different , Solaris 10 could not boot . I > > started an upgrade installation . During that time it become necessary > > to leave PC for a while assuming that installation will wait . With > > its count down and start by itself in its GUI mode . it started to > > install automatically . > > > > At the end , the install become useless because its default detections > > were not what parts were there ( I think it used previously detected > > parts without checking the present parts except monitor and perhaps > > some others , I do not know exactly .) . > > That's why there should be at least the option of a text-mode install > (and it should probably be the default, as Polytropon wrote). I also > hate it when an installer fails to autodetect my video adapter and ends > up showing me a useless blank screen or, even worse, an equally useless > 'out of range' monitor message! > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > > <font size="1"> > <div style='border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'> > </div> > "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient > and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that > any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email > and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have > received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by > return email and delete this email from your system." > </font> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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