From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 20 08:36:57 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC875106566B for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:36:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) Received: from mail-03.name-services.com (mail-03.name-services.com [69.64.155.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D0BF08FC15 for ; Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:36:57 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; q=dns/txt; s=DKIM-NAME-SERVICES; d=a1poweruser.com; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:X-Sender:X-Envelope-From; l=500; bh=uFy/iP+xypSWmHT+qY44lu2RbWhiDVXGrywu3tJPItc=; b=Ty5jCLX1tiSL1h6B9KAL+DujWwxC760dyVQtOawMcdfSj7edn70Z0YRw88EOHJ8/HNEj3wg1yUse89n+jE3gC4lc9Hke6TMSkKiTeySzme1ItD/lE5BabzBA3tRNM1cPzljautE+hcA9vaGJOWk/AA2waHPuftd4IOMseOjs6m8= Received: from [192.168.1.108] ([120.29.65.16]) by mail-03.name-services.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Fri, 20 Jan 2012 00:36:56 -0800 Message-ID: <4F19279F.6060303@a1poweruser.com> Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:36:47 +0800 From: Fbsd8 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Damien Fleuriot References: <4F180C83.9090100@my.gd> In-Reply-To: <4F180C83.9090100@my.gd> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 20 Jan 2012 08:36:57.0816 (UTC) FILETIME=[ABE3DD80:01CCD74E] X-Sender: fbsd8@a1poweruser.com X-Envelope-From: fbsd8*a1poweruser.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Horrible installer 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: Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:36:58 -0000 Damien Fleuriot wrote: > > On 1/19/12 3:25 AM, Allan McKinnon wrote: >> I finally got to install FreeBSD 9 onto my computer and noticed that the installer is now different. It seems to me that it forces you into doing extra steps that I was comfortable doing on my own. I really enjoyed the old installer because then I had complete control over how I tweaked my computer during and after the install. I am surprised that there is no gui present while installing FreeBSD because it feels more like Ubuntu or a windows install (somewhat). Please, please, please take this nightmare away and bring the beloved installer that was before FreeBSD 9. >> Thank you for listening. >> Allan _______________________________________________ > > > Erm, you have to realize the new installer was discussed at length here, > when 9.0 was still under development/beta/prerelease. > > Then would have been the best time to voice your frustration over the > new scheme. > > > > Alternatively, you could do like me and install entirely by hand: > > - boot an MFSBSD image (thanks mm@ ) > - partition your disks from there (see http://my.gd/bsd.htm for a rough > sketch on how to use gpart) > - fetch the 9.0 archives in .txz (tar.xz) format > - unpack archives with xz -d > - untar archived to the mountpoint with your new filesystems (eg: tar xf > base.tar -C /mnt) > - customize configuration files (rc.conf, fstab, root's password or SSH > key, sshd_config to allow root login temporarily) > > And then most of all, profit ;) > > > > I've been doing installs this way first with 8.x (using the install > scripts on the CDROM) then now with 9.x unpacking the .txz archives. > > I'm quite happy with it, the process is simple enough to document and > reproduce, and offers suitable customization options. > > We've developed a tiny web interface here that lets us customize the > size, type and label of our GPT partitions, hostname, IP address, root > password and SSH accounts/keys to deploy on such newly installed machines. > The interface spits the whole wall of commands to paste once logged in > to the MFSBSD image to install the new OS and configure it. > > Works like a charm really. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > so post your script so others can use it