Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:51:50 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Marcel Moolenaar <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org>, freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org, FreeBSD Arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: HEADS UP: sysinstall is no longer the default installer Message-ID: <4D840C36.4060407@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <C1D6FC8F-00D1-48D9-900A-D3D561D43E60@mac.com> References: <4D7E228A.4090906@freebsd.org> <C1D6FC8F-00D1-48D9-900A-D3D561D43E60@mac.com>
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On 03/15/11 12:20, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > On Mar 14, 2011, at 7:13 AM, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: > >> I just committed (r219641) changes that make the release infrastructure (src/release/Makefile) use bsdinstall by default instead of sysinstall on install media. A big thank you is in order to everyone who provided advice, criticism, and testing for this project over the last few months! > Thanks Nathan, > > I checked ia64 and it works well enough. I may come back with a tweak > here and there after the dust settles, but so far it's more reliable > (and a while lot simpler) than sysinstall is. > > Great work! Thanks! The installer doesn't yet know (and I don't know) how to set up the EFI system partition on IA64, so I'll need some input (or code) from you on that point to get things totally up and running. -Nathan
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