On Wed, 23 Dec 2009 06:58:46 -0800 Randi Harper <ra...@freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2009 at 6:50 AM, Julian H. Stacey <j...@berklix.com> wrote: > > Peer Schaefer <peer.schae...@hamburg.de> wrote: > > > >> BTW, the Debian installer consists (a) of a modular, frontend agnostic > >> backend, and (b) different frontend "plugins", e.g. a curses-frontend or > >> a X/GTK+-frontend. This is a modular and very elegant approach (but > >> surely difficult to implement). > > > > Perhaps the way to go is a common table of target defaults eg > > /usr/src/usr.sbin/sysinstall/install.cfg > > Which could then be edited by all of > > Front end CLI (*) > > Front end curses GUI (*) > > (*) Maybe these 2 alternatives should be > > the first question the installer asks ? > > Front end X11 GUI (for later after main install complete > > - Shudder, Not that I'd use it, but someone > > would probably want to write one). > > vi - for editing, & writing back to new boot media, > > to auto install on multiple identical new machines. > > > I would sooner stab myself in the face. Editing disks in vi is fun apparently! :) > > > > All of 4.11, 7.1 & 8.0 man sysinstall contain: > > This product is currently at the end of its life cycle and > > will eventually be replaced. > > > Sure, once someone writes something everyone can agree upon. Until > then, sorry, you're stuck with sysinstall. :) What happened to the BSD installer? And finstall ... Ivan? Ivan *knock knock* ;) -- Tom Rhodes _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
