Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 22:01:40 -0500 From: Mike Jakubik <mikej@rogers.com> To: JoaoBR <joao@matik.com.br> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fresh install on gmirror'ed disks? Message-ID: <4407B194.5050609@rogers.com> In-Reply-To: <200603022333.52835.joao@matik.com.br> References: <44077E79.2080708@rogers.com> <20060302233120.GA31584@hugo10.ka.punkt.de> <4407A2E5.5060507@rogers.com> <200603022333.52835.joao@matik.com.br>
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JoaoBR wrote: > On Thursday 02 March 2006 22:59, Mike Jakubik wrote: > >> Thats what i figured. Its sad that the fbsd installer is so behind the >> linux ones, in terms of setting up raid and lvm during install. >> > > I'm sorry that such things make you sad but do you mind to explain why this is > "behind" ? > > 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. > 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. If you don't know what RAID is, you shouldn't be in IT.home | help
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