Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 21:37:23 +0000 From: Howard Jones <howie@thingy.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why is sysinstall considered end-of-life? Message-ID: <45A55C93.3020402@thingy.com> In-Reply-To: <45A55416.4060203@netfence.it> References: <73387c420701071410p710a3436gdecda61d57643950@mail.gmail.com> <enrv50$vq3$1@sea.gmane.org> <45A55416.4060203@netfence.it>
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Andrea Venturoli wrote: > Apart from that, I used to be able to sysinsall a machine booting via > PXE. This doesn't work anymore in recent versions :-( > Or maybe it is just my incompetence, but then, if someone managed > this, I'd like to hear about it. This definitely works with 6.1-RELEASE, as I've just had the nice experience of taking delivery of a dozen Dell servers and had them all up and running with my own customisations and package selection in one afternoon with one keypress. They are installed as quick as I can press F12. > 2. it's way past what's currently considered "user friendly" > > Please don't get any graphics bloatware in the way. :-) Amen. Really, if you are put off by the installer, then once that has completed., the rest of the "management tools" (i.e. vi) are not going give you the warm fuzzies either. If you need the graphical management, and nice installer, isn't that what PCBSD is for? Having a graphical installer would be like having a super luxury limo with bar and pool, but which stops in the desert and leaves you by a phone box. Howie
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