From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 11 15:47:10 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0ED616A403 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:47:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from diri.bris.ac.uk (diri.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.112]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEE3A43D69 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:46:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by diri.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GMnzn-00029H-CR for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:46:57 +0100 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.184.33]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GMny0-0003pM-Fr for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:45:04 +0100 Received: from mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost.men.bris.ac.uk [127.0.0.1]) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8BFiegk001277 for ; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:44:40 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from shterenl@localhost) by mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id k8BFidrK001276 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:44:39 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk: shterenl set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:44:39 +0100 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060911154439.GA1247@mech-aslap33.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <000001c6d520$292f6700$0c01a8c0@DELL8400> <20060911053240.30d8117d.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> <20060912010120.1aeb2c28@localhost> <20060911113856.7d6cb435.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060911113856.7d6cb435.wmoran@collaborativefusion.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Spam-Score: -0.9 X-Spam-Level: / Subject: Re: Newbie Experience 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, 11 Sep 2006 15:47:10 -0000 On 2006 Sep 11, Bill Moran wrote: > In response to Norberto Meijome : > > > Any other related projects to improve the installer? I *KNOW* it isn't the most > > important part of the system, but every bit counts, and I think that having > > both a ncurses and a GUI (non-ncurses ;) )based installer would be quite nice > > and modern. And I'd be definitely happy to help where I can. PC-BSD has one, > > right? > > The community _is_ aware of the deficiency. It just hasn't completed an > acceptable replacement yet. Probably the best known attempt was libh: I'm very happy with the installer as it is. I usually use floppies and then install via ftp, so I'd prefer to keep the installer as small as possible. Maybe even ncurses is not necessary. anton