Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:06:44 +1000 From: Norberto Meijome <freebsd@meijome.net> To: Jonathan McKeown <jonathan@hst.org.za> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD installer (was Re: Newbie Experience #2) Message-ID: <20060912010644.4547c1ad@localhost> 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> wrote:
> 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.
absolutely. but you don't need to "install" anything to "run" a graphical
installer. And, ideally, you wouldn't be forced to have only the graphical
installer option, you'd still be able to use the good old ncurses or hack your
own -serial one :)
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