Trying to install current from a memory stick and then a DVD
and got a new and strange installer.
Bruce Cran
bruce at cran.org.uk
Mon Jul 25 02:18:23 UTC 2011
On 25/07/2011 02:08, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> On 07/24/11 20:03, Bruce Cran wrote:
>> On 25/07/2011 00:03, Ron McDowell wrote:
>>> 1) no "back" button/selection/mechanism on each screen. Rebooting
>>> because I fat-fingered something on the previous screen is, well,
>>> unacceptable.
>>> 2) no "minimal" install. Most of my installs are single- or
>>> few-task servers where I need a base os and a couple ports.
>>> 3) I see no "post-install" uses on the new one. Sysinstall could be
>>> used on an up-and-running system to do everything from adding a user
>>> to changing a nameserver and more.
>>
>> Another potential problem is that the new version of libdialog that
>> the new installer uses changes the way navigation is done: on Linux
>> and in the previous version on FreeBSD it's possible to press <Tab>
>> to change focus to the buttons and different UI elements. That
>> doesn't work any more.
>>
>
> It's a change from before, but a normalization with respect to most
> Linux distributions, since we are now using the same dialog as, e.g.,
> Debian and Ubuntu.
The Debian 6.0.2.1 installer appears to use the old navigation method,
and SuSE 11.4 seems to too.
--
Bruce Cran
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