From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 27 00:17:08 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 E537F1065677 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:17:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr [150.140.141.169]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 562F18FC08 for ; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:17:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr (unknown [10.1.0.143]) by poseidon.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5827AEB5EDC; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:17:07 +0300 (EEST) Received: from localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ECD74509B; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:17:07 +0300 (EEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at ceid.upatras.gr Received: from mail.ceid.upatras.gr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (europa.ceid.upatras.gr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id MVr6kLOcVR1J; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:17:07 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (adsl28-228.kln.forthnet.gr [77.49.155.228]) by mail.ceid.upatras.gr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7785C4503F; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:00:08 +0300 (EEST) Received: from kobe.laptop (kobe.laptop [127.0.0.1]) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n3R007js028978; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:00:08 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by kobe.laptop (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n3R007lc028977; Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:00:07 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) From: Giorgos Keramidas To: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk References: <20090426001855.GA89151@owl.midgard.homeip.net> <87zle3mii0.fsf@kobe.laptop> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:00:07 +0300 In-Reply-To: (Mehmet Erol Sanliturk's message of "Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:52:56 -0400") Message-ID: <87y6tnhsoo.fsf@kobe.laptop> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.92 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: Tim Judd , FreeBSD Questions Mailing List Subject: Re: Modern FreeBSD Installer? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:17:09 -0000 On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:52:56 -0400, Mehmet Erol Sanliturk wrote: > Last week I have installed Solaris 10 ( 2008-10 ) on a PC ( x86 ) > having an Intel main board . It did not recognize Philips 220WS LCD ( > 1680 x 1050 ) monitor and selected itself a text-mode install and also > booted in text mode. > > I moved its hard disk to a PC with an Asus main board having an > attached CRT Philips 109B6 ( maximum resolution : 1920 x 1440 ) > monitor . Since boards were different , Solaris 10 could not boot . I > started an upgrade installation . During that time it become necessary > to leave PC for a while assuming that installation will wait . With > its count down and start by itself in its GUI mode . it started to > install automatically . > > At the end , the install become useless because its default detections > were not what parts were there ( I think it used previously detected > parts without checking the present parts except monitor and perhaps > some others , I do not know exactly .) . That's why there should be at least the option of a text-mode install (and it should probably be the default, as Polytropon wrote). I also hate it when an installer fails to autodetect my video adapter and ends up showing me a useless blank screen or, even worse, an equally useless 'out of range' monitor message!