FreeBSD installer (was Re: Newbie Experience #2)

[Norberto Meijome]

On Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:26:33 +0200
Jonathan McKeown <jonathan at hst.org.za> wrote:

> On Monday 11 September 2006 15:56, Jud wrote:
> > everyone who uses FreeBSD knows that a "better" (meaning,
> > at least to many folks, more simplified and graphical)
> > installer would be nice  
> 
> Perhaps as an option. The problem is that you need to install a graphical 
> environment to run a graphical installer. Simplicity means different things 
> to different people, too.

absolutely. but you don't need to "install" anything to "run" a graphical
installer. And, ideally, you wouldn't be forced to have only the graphical
installer option, you'd still be able to use the good old ncurses or hack your
own -serial one :)

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