Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:03:12 +0100 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: Ron McDowell <rcm@fuzzwad.org> Cc: freebsd-current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org>, eculp <eculp@encontacto.net> Subject: Re: Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD and got a new and strange installer. Message-ID: <4E2CC0D0.4090309@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4E2CA4A7.7020100@fuzzwad.org> References: <20110724162937.33865zm0kn4ztdwk@econet.encontacto.net> <4E2C8FBE.7040003@freebsd.org> <4E2CA4A7.7020100@fuzzwad.org>
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On 25/07/2011 00:03, Ron McDowell wrote: > 1) no "back" button/selection/mechanism on each screen. Rebooting > because I fat-fingered something on the previous screen is, well, > unacceptable. > 2) no "minimal" install. Most of my installs are single- or few-task > servers where I need a base os and a couple ports. > 3) I see no "post-install" uses on the new one. Sysinstall could be > used on an up-and-running system to do everything from adding a user > to changing a nameserver and more. Another potential problem is that the new version of libdialog that the new installer uses changes the way navigation is done: on Linux and in the previous version on FreeBSD it's possible to press <Tab> to change focus to the buttons and different UI elements. That doesn't work any more. -- Bruce Cran
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