Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 11:48:22 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: finstall alpha3 Message-ID: <foc37d$tck$1@ger.gmane.org>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigF0DA95586B0D03E7F532A293 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 Thunderb= ird - 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. --------------enigF0DA95586B0D03E7F532A293 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHqZB2ldnAQVacBcgRAuq7AKCTtMXpJtrlSMoWFoNJ/LK+DqREwwCgmg+X j+TzBoJAcox2PlrjJulJsOM= =w1XP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigF0DA95586B0D03E7F532A293--
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