Hi, this thread has gone a long way.
Ted Unangst wrote:
improvements to the installer are welcome. suggestions that the installer could use javascript to write cookies are not an improvement.
I actually like the OpenBSD installer quite a bit! it is easy on the machine, works and I have no issues with a command-line installer which asks questions. It has the added bonus that can be run on over a console and also on machines with little RAM! I know of cretain free OS where the installer requires MORE ram than the actual installed operating system, even if it has a text "pseudo" gui mode.
I only have a minor complaint: the network has to be set-up if one uses stuff from the network (or performs an upgrade without having the FULL cd) . I need to drop to shell, configure the network card, exit and then just procede with e.g. upgrade.
At first I was a little confused that I had to do that and how I would re-enter the process. Which is of course quite easy: just ctrl-d for a new login!
An explanatory sentence would help. I wouldn't change the workflow itself because it is easy.
Riccardo
