From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 23 06:25:02 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 011421065675 for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:25:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de (mx01.qsc.de [213.148.129.14]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B59B98FC2C for ; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:25:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r55.edvax.de (port-92-196-27-202.dynamic.qsc.de [92.196.27.202]) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 682569D49; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:24:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from r55.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r55.edvax.de (8.14.2/8.14.2) with SMTP id n3N6Osks001536; Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:24:54 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 08:24:54 +0200 From: Polytropon To: Fritz Message-Id: <20090423082454.3454039d.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Polytropon List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 06:25:02 -0000 On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:27:39 -0700, Fritz wrote: > As a big fan (and paying subscriber) of FreeBSD it pains > me to ask this question: When are you going to build > a modern installer for FreeBSD? It has already been done. The modern installer is called "sysinstall". It covers many actions: It does not only install the operating systen, it furthermore helps installaing applications and configuring the system, its services, network settings, security and so on. It can be used from a serial console, from the text mode, and from an X terminal. It's very straight forward. For maximum easiness of operations, it's controlled via the keyboard. As I mentioned, this can be a local keyboard, or one of a serial terminal (a real terminal in hardware or a connected terminal emulator). At the moment, this modern installer is available in the english language, which is the main communications language of the FreeBSD operating system. English language is a mandatory language for any serious IT bizniz, so it's no problem at all. If you think the FreeBSD installer lacks a specific functionality, then feel free to report to the mailing list or contact the FreeBSD developers. > I looked at the list of projects and didn't see it there ... did > I miss something? Obviously. :-) -- Polytropon >From Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...