From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jul 20 19:34:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAF8A37B608 for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:34:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stuyman@confusion.net) Received: from confusion.net (user-2ive7bk.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.29.116]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA02721; Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:34:22 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3977B5F9.B7E560C1@confusion.net> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:31:21 -0400 From: Laurence Berland Organization: B.R.A.T.T. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: John Baldwin Cc: "Dan O'Connor" , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, simara@mail.cyberlink.com.pe Subject: Re: FreeBSD Grafical Installation References: <200007210135.SAA35940@pike.osd.bsdi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG John Baldwin wrote: > [snip] > > Don't worry, we aren't idiots. :) It's a general framework and scipting > toolkit that allows you write scripts that use Qt in X and Turbo Vision > dialogs in the console. However, more backends can be easily added. As > for sysinstall's replacement itself, we are moving towards having a lot > of the installation process scriptable so that it can be automated to whatever > degree you prefer. > > -- > > John Baldwin Are we talking something like a better version of RedHat's Kickstart? Or something even more scriptable? -- Laurence Berland <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message