Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 14:44:11 -0800 From: Jay Chandler <chandler@chapman.edu> To: Howard Jones <howie@thingy.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why is sysinstall considered end-of-life? Message-ID: <45A56C3B.4070908@chapman.edu> In-Reply-To: <45A55C93.3020402@thingy.com> References: <73387c420701071410p710a3436gdecda61d57643950@mail.gmail.com> <enrv50$vq3$1@sea.gmane.org> <45A55416.4060203@netfence.it> <45A55C93.3020402@thingy.com>
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Howard Jones wrote: > 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. > > I've been trying to script an install for FreeBSD since I just had a bunch of servers dropped on me-- may I ask how you did yours? -- Jay Chandler Network Administrator, Chapman University 714.628.7249 / chandler@chapman.edu Today's Excuse: Our POP server was kidnapped by a weasel.
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