BSD Installer release 1

[Michael W. Lucas]

Awesome, thank you!  I'll get one of my minions to try it out.

Will this work for 6.0, or is it -current only?

==ml

On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 12:05:38PM +1200, Andrew Turner wrote:
> Announcing the first test release of a BSDInstaller-ified Install ISO
> for FreeBSD.
> 
> I am pleased to announce the first beta release of BSD Installer powered
> FreeBSD Install CD's. It is both for wider testing and feedback on to
> gauge the progress I've been making for the Google Summer of Code. This
> is based on RELENG_6 and unfortunately only for i386.
> 
> It is available from
> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/SOC2005/bsdinstaller/ and should be on
> mirrors soon.
> 
> If you find any bugs not already listed in the Known Bugs section of
> this email or in http://wikitest.freebsd.org/moin.cgi/BSDInstaller
> please email me at soc-andrew at freebsd.org to help fix the bugs.
> 
> Details:
> 
> There are three virtual consoles running:
> * ttyv0: The frontend
> * ttyv1: The backend
> * ttyv2: A standard login screen to login as root with no password.
> 
> To see the installation log change to console ttyv1. It is also written
> to /var/log/install.log on the installed disk.
> 
> Minimum Memory:
> * 64M
> 
> Known Bugs:
> 
> * Can only install to one drive, can't have / on ad0 and /usr on ad1
> * Cannot install source
> * Cannot install ports tree
> * Cannot install packages
> * The "Display system startup messages" window dosen't display anything
> * Sendmail complains about not being able to change dir to
> /var/spool/clientmqueue
>    Workaround: run "chown smmsp /var/spool/clientmqueue"
> * "Exit to Live CD" dosn't work
>    Workaround: change to ttyv2, login as root no password
> * dhclient fails as /var/db is missing as well as other errors.
> 
> Testing
> 
> * There has only been minimal testing of the "Configure an Installed
> System" menu. Most of the options should work.
> * The "Install extra software packages" option dosn't work
> * I havn't looked at "Setup NetBoot Install Services" menu, I have no
> idea if it will work or not
> 
> 
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