Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2025 14:37:17 -0400 From: Joseph Mingrone <jrm@freebsd.org> To: Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Notes on improving the installer Message-ID: <86zfe6qko2.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjmAUZh_SRmBeP7%2BXuZqdTc=k7DMmAZ8m8sC_TEewUGkmw@mail.gmail.com> References: <8634byieib.fsf@asn.ftfl.ca> <CAFYkXjmAUZh_SRmBeP7%2BXuZqdTc=k7DMmAZ8m8sC_TEewUGkmw@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, 2025-06-17 at 19:17, Tomek CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM Joseph Mingrone <jrm@freebsd.org> wrote: >> Yesterday at the Kitchener-Waterloo hackathon, we spent a few hours >> reviewing the FreeBSD installer and identifying areas for improvement. >> We've documented our observations and suggestions on the wiki: >> https://wiki.freebsd.org/ImproveInstaller >> Feedback and contributions are welcome. >> Joe > Hey Joe! Its totally unfriendly to (side)install FreeBSD on a drive > with existing operating systems everything needs to be done by hand in > that case while this is probably most common scenario for new users > :-) > I reported this on bugzilla as feature request some time ago.. should > I add note on wiki too? :-) > https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=241296 > Thanks :-) > Tomek Hi Tomek, Yes, if you're up for adding your and David's thoughts to the wiki page that would be helpful. There is a GSoC project that /could/ solve some of these problems if that work could be integrated into the installer. Joe [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQKkBAEBCgCOFiEEVbCTpybDiFVxIrrVNqQMg7DW754FAmhRtd1fFIAAAAAALgAo aXNzdWVyLWZwckBub3RhdGlvbnMub3BlbnBncC5maWZ0aGhvcnNlbWFuLm5ldDU1 QjA5M0E3MjZDMzg4NTU3MTIyQkFENTM2QTQwQzgzQjBENkVGOUUQHGpybUBmcmVl YnNkLm9yZwAKCRA2pAyDsNbvnnJED/9ZucNvuIssaVOuBAgZm95/wK4gaN5j8jzC iYVjmu6qtPFdGUvHvEytlm1r+Xlm0/TXWeHL9E3pbnLamQ1hWmoCU8TA7hR/8nT6 oxjEHl4BAwUPF6i9N/FCK64jsVT47q05bdV2cUNfllDX3ihIFoT3NtFAa/daiqQZ xDGT+wlXJ7YCtCLTP3pVe3Smeu+DWinp0Y+I1ay8magwli+tSYVbftHU+w7tEL4I zsYseqC8EmHTF3Qgbx/BYSOsCxIdXC2jHXUoXN/MKxUi0Vv6ruC26kLd13Cqe67X BUmNEc6TYRIsd007Rt31mTnTjK8IG6NFYRXQ0cgc+AUX9kCQzhsRmyElEojY4d/K gqrGujyoLd+QbkfI+D9BSw5AnqtzqOVCQ+5H8zRSYoLiBOuQrQ29CVbuSEKm8prq kmpAA5T+Y0U7FuZFJPmePXJ37yco3/Z13KI+cozcnsb6bThBDc+XfgXd4fX8lsuR qxP7yjt7khi4OGv5yq8RLR9WfbyqF34CgjWsspOfQFy14pMExkmy+DFkQH7PdCuA UKqc3YiRPIlNpjvdyy69IS3b3f8YLmyGU/HkvF5wISg2plRG4QlFfJxQKVbSCt5W XEXpRDQD6pBaRDQPXqeOHx1BgU/V4ThtN8yjPLvgUFUel3bDBRb2bN+guNtiwUKb qCvLDsyC1A== =fqX2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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