On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 9:49 PM, J.C. Roberts <list-...@designtools.org>
wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Apr 2009 21:34:55 -0600 Theo de Raadt
> <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote:
>
>> So OpenBSD 4.5 will be available soon, next weekend.
>>
>> I feel that I should urge people to avoid the new snapshots until
>> after they give 4.5 a try, because a few of us have been improving the
>> system installer a little bit. B It is night and day.
>>
>> Therefore; don't try to install a -current snapshot or you'll really
>> hate installing 4.5...
>
>
> I've already been spoilt by the new installer in -current (for 4.6).
> It's sweet! And from the commit logs, it's only gotten better in the
> last handful of days since I used it.
>
> The auto-partitioning will be real helpful for new folks.
One thing I did notice at least with the Apr 11th snapshot[1] is that
the installer skips the disklabel step. I am not sure if I like that.
--patrick
[1] OpenBSD 4.5-current (GENERIC) #18: Sat Apr 11 15:27:10 MDT 2009
dera...@macppc.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/macppc/compile/GENERIC
