From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 8 00:23:28 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FD271065676 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:23:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from thenetnow.com (constellation.thenetnow.com [65.39.193.155]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 244748FC21 for ; Thu, 8 Jan 2009 00:23:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gpeel@thenetnow.com) Received: from hpeel.ody.ca ([216.240.12.2] helo=GRANTPC) by constellation.thenetnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.63 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1LKigJ-000MFk-AA; Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:23:27 -0500 Message-ID: From: "Grant Peel" To: "Kurt Buff" , "Gonzalo Nemmi" References: <4C17D6F9D67D4A79814EB2EBA8004034@GRANTPC><200901072114.18255.gnemmi@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 19:23:20 -0500 Organization: The Net Now Internet Services MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5512 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sysinstall X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Grant Peel List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:23:29 -0000 Cool to see the thread take this twist, but the original question still remains: How doe one install FreeBSD without the sysinstal utility? -Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Buff" To: "Gonzalo Nemmi" Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 6:51 PM Subject: Re: Sysinstall > On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: >> On Wednesday 07 January 2009 8:50:39 pm Grant Peel wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I keep reading in the man pages and elsewhere that 'sysinstall' is >>> greatly >>> in need of 'Death'. >>> >>> How would one do a fresh install of FBSD without it? >>> >>> Is there a replacement in the works? >>> >>> -Grant >> >> Actually, the more use it, the more I like it .. >> >> The only con that I find is that I don't whether it's possible to install >> Postfix instead of Sendmail by default, thus getting completely rid of >> Sendmail on my FreeBSD installs. But that probably something that I'm >> missing. >> >> Regards >> -- >> Blessings >> Gonzalo Nemmi > > In the curses-based sysinstall of later versions of FBSD (7+, I think > - haven't done 6 in a while) I do indeed select postfix to install, or > no MTA at all, then add postfix later. Depends on my mood... > > Kurt > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >