Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:18:58 +0100 From: martinko <gamato@users.sf.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: finstall alpha3 Message-ID: <fog04i$48i$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <foc37d$tck$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <foc37d$tck$1@ger.gmane.org>
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Ivan Voras wrote: > Hi, > > As some of you may already know, I'm working on a graphical installer > for FreeBSD 7, which was started as a Google SoC 2007 project but still > continues. Usually I'd announce a new build on blogs.freebsdish.org but > it's currently down and anyway maybe it's time for a wider exposure. > > The latest build can be found at > http://ivoras.sharanet.org/stuff/freebsd7-finstall-alpha3.iso.bz2 with > MD5 fingerprint of 4a11b172ed1c3030f530028a56f88ece. This is a i386 > build as I don't have an amd64 development machine. > > Caveat! This is to be considered alpha-quality software. In particular, > it still can't do any of the following things: > > - install on an already partitioned drive (so it's practically only > usable for experimentation in VMWare and similar tools) > - configure any of the more advanced features like RAID, X11 and sound > - configure system locale & similar features > > On the other hand, here's what it *can* do currently: > > - it's a "live" CD environment, completely like an already installed > FreeBSD system, only running from a read-only media (e.g. it's usable as > a "FixIt" system) > - it installs both the base system (7.0-RC1) and a pre-selected set of > packages which includes X.Org 7.3, XFce desktop 4.4, Firefox and Thunderbird > - supports UFS, UFS+gjournal, ZFS and Ext2 (only UFS has been well tested). > - configure simple services like ssh, ntpdate, bsdstats > > For those who tried earlier versions, the major changes are: > - several subtle bugs are fixed > - implemented ZFS support with proper tuning in loader.conf > - added bsdstats package in the default set > > I'd like to hear impressions and suggestions of potential users. Some of > the obvious features (like install on a already partitioned drive) will > be done in time for, or slightly after, 7.0 gets released (a rudimentary > support for remote installs will also be present), some features (RAID) > will almost certainly get done later. Anything other will require time > and probably sponsorship. > > I'm also interested in possible contributions to the project. In > particular, it needs many UI strings to be filled in (many of the text > labels and help texts are only placeholders). Interested people should > know how to use Subversion. The project is hosted on SourceForge at > http://sourceforge.net/projects/finstall - Perforce was avoided to allow > access to people without FreeBSD developer accounts. > > I'd like to thank Google for the SoC project funding, Murray Stokely who > was the mentor during the SoC and many other people who have helped. > BTW is bsdstats still running/working ? The site has been partially broken for months.
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