* Re: FreeBSD 9

[Devin Teske]

On Jan 19, 2012, at 7:20 AM, inquiz wrote:

> Devin Teske <devin.teske <at> fisglobal.com> writes:
> 
>> ... 
>>> The new installer got rid of dependencies and is scriptable - very good !
>> 
>> ???
>> 
>> *cough* Old installer _is_ scriptable and had less external dependencies as it
>> was written in C not sh(1) *cough*
> 
> Well, here it is:
> 
> http://wiki.freebsd.org/BSDInstall
> 

Right, but those claims (1 - being scriptable and 2 - not requiring utilities outside the base) are *both* not unique to bsdinstall and its predecessor (sysinstall) exhibited both those features long before bsdinstall.

We've been scripting sysinstall since 2006. Successfully, I might add (and yes, we plan to release a 9.0 scripted sysinstall image to "share the love").
-- 
Devin

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