Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 12:52:28 +0200 From: Sten Daniel Soersdal <netslists@gmail.com> To: John Walthall <vistua@sdf.lonestar.org> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: OT: Re: fast rate of major FreeBSD releases to STABLE Message-ID: <465962EC.7040508@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20070518150912.GA19343@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> References: <3aaaa3a0705170830g46487cc7occc8a51b82a9118b@mail.gmail.com> <1179420667.87418.22.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <20070517181006.GB69514@icarus.home.lan> <20070518150912.GA19343@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG>
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John Walthall wrote: > On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 11:10:06AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: >> As someone who has had to show many people "how" to use the FreeBSD >> installer, I can confirm what Chris is referring to. >> >> Here's some of the generic end-user complaints I've heard (and some >> of which I have); > [...] > > And let's not forget the infamous geometry bug! For me, at least sysinstall has always, 100% of the time, incorrectly detected my disc geometry. > > Sysinstall is adequate, nothing more, nothing less. I don't mean though, to belittle the efforts of the developers; these days people are going to expect it to be polished on the order of YaST, which is ridiculous. Sysinstall is functional. > > Although irritated, variously, by every one of these issues, I am most concerned about the geometry bug, it looks lackadaisical. > > It is worth noting however, that of all the BSD's I have tried, FreeBSD has the best installer. NetBSD's installer isn't half bad, but doesn't have the scope of sysinstall, and is much less valuable as a configuration tool. OpenBSD's installer is Spartan; like the rest of OpenBSD, only more-so. I should not like ever to use OpenBSD's nightmarish installer again. > > If people have trouble with sysinstall-the-configuration-tool, perhaps they might examine sysutils/webmin? > Off topic! What can i do to see the correct geometry on my disks?? -- Sten Daniel Soersdal
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