Modern FreeBSD Installer?

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:44:10 +0200, Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 20:28:55 +0300, Giorgos Keramidas <keramida at ceid.upatras.gr> wrote:
>> I think this is a reasonable approach to the problem of which
>> installation mode to launch.  The default is `user friendly', [...]
>
> No, the default is GUI. That's a big difference because it entirely
> depends on the user. Imagine a bline user.  Is GUI user friendly for
> him? No, because he has zero output on his Braille line. The installer
> does something and he doesn't even notice.
[...]
> 	You have 30 seconds to make a selection. If no selection
> 	is made, the text mode installer (fail-safe mode) will
> 	be launched.

This is a reasonable choice too.  I wasn't very clear but I tend to
favor text mode installations.  This is also why I used quotes around
`user friendly'.

My main point was that if there *is* a GUI installer, it should only
_one_ of the options, and text-mode installation should remain with us
for all users who want it (including me).