Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:23:35 +0000 From: Joe Holden <lists@rewt.org.uk> To: FreeBSD Stable Mailing List <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New BSD Installer Message-ID: <4F3560A7.90505@rewt.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <4F355A5B.9080007@rewt.org.uk> References: <4F355A5B.9080007@rewt.org.uk>
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Joe Holden wrote: > Guys, > > This should really be reverted to sysinstall until the new installer is > at least in a state where it consistently works... the most important > part of a new users experience is the installer and the few new installs > I have done lately I've just installed 8.2 and upgraded from there as > the new installer is terribly buggy. > > Few things: > > - On my installs at least, if there is an unknown ftp connection problem > the installer will just bail and say it has been aborted - this > consistently happens when ftp.de is selected > > - there is no method of stepping back through the install > > - If a dhcp lease request times out manual configuration isn't offered Another one I've just encountered several times: For some reason the output for setting root password has new lines and lots of space between the various bits of text and isn't taking any input (see http://i.imgur.com/lTP5b.png) The lack of installation progress or emergency shell on another terminal is also something that I think should be considered - being able to see whats going on and getting error output from the commands the installer is running is invaluable. > > I realise that a lot of work has gone into it and it's nice and new, but > really unless it's finished it shouldn't be the default. > > Thanks, > J > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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