Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 10:52:23 -0400 From: "Jud" <judmarc@fastmail.fm> To: "Jonathan McKeown" <jonathan@hst.org.za>, "freebsd-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD installer (was Re: Newbie Experience #2) Message-ID: <1157986343.20359.270635157@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <200609111626.33353.jonathan@hst.org.za> References: <004001c6d5a0$43ab6ef0$0c01a8c0@DELL8400> <1157982973.13127.270627049@webmail.messagingengine.com> <200609111626.33353.jonathan@hst.org.za>
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On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:26:33 +0200, "Jonathan McKeown" <jonathan@hst.org.za> said: > On Monday 11 September 2006 15:56, Jud wrote: > > everyone who uses FreeBSD knows that a "better" (meaning, > > at least to many folks, more simplified and graphical) > > installer would be nice > > Perhaps as an option. The problem is that you need to install a graphical > environment to run a graphical installer. Simplicity means different > things > to different people, too. [snip] > Now the only time my servers get a screen/keyboard connected is to > configure > the BIOS when they are first unpacked. Otherwise the basic install is > done > from the serial boot CD with my laptop as a serial terminal, up to the > point > where I can ssh to the box and start customising, adding packages etc. > From > my point of view it doesn't get simpler than that. Yes, I meant "at least to many folks" literally - there are many people for whom a graphical installer would be overcomplication. I personally like the "The BSD Installer" <URL: http://www.bsdinstaller.org/>; it just happens to suit the way I install a system in that it makes available most of what I tweak and I don't use most of what it hides. I wish the Summer of Code project to adapt it for FreeBSD installation (<URL: http://wikitest.freebsd.org/BSDInstaller>; were more alive than it appears to be. Jud -- "I'd take the awe of understanding over the awe of ignorance any day." - Douglas Adams
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