Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 10:43:35 +1000 From: "Petrus" <petrus4@tpg.com.au> To: <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: why BSDs got no love Message-ID: <001001ca85c4$762faa80$0301a8c0@jim4fb89194d83> References: <4B31D6F9.6040608@infracaninophile.co.uk><200912231450.nBNEoP1q063542@fire.js.berklix.net><20091225015252.GW2100@over-yonder.net> <2fd864e0912250624s7f51b127r991342baf8487100@mail.gmail.com>
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>I think what we're looking at here is that sysinstall should probably > be replaced... but it works well enough that it doesn't *have* to be The virtue of sysinstall, however, is that it is console based. I for one would rather endure sysinstall's idiosyncracies, if it still means that I'm going to be able to reliably install on whatever ancient, eldritch hardware I happen to have with me at the time. If someone wants to write something X based, with hardware detection a la Ubuntu, and all the proverbial bells and whistles and flashing lights, then by all means; (and I think they already have, with finstall) but I think FreeBSD absolutely needs to keep a console-based installer as a fallback for old hardware.
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