Modern FreeBSD Installer?

[Jerry McAllister]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 01:34:13PM -0700, Chuck Swiger wrote:

> On Apr 22, 2009, at 12:27 PM, Fritz wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >As a big fan (and paying subscriber)
> 
> Interesting-- I wasn't aware that the FreeBSD project had a paid  
> subscription model...?
> 
> >...of FreeBSD it pains me to ask this question:  When are you going  
> >to build
> >a modern installer for FreeBSD?
> >
> >I looked at the list of projects and didn't see it there ... did
> >I miss something?
> 
> If you're asking for an installer which requires bitmapped graphics  
> and won't work over a serial terminal or the like, well, I hope the  
> answer is never.  Some people have tried before and/or might still be  
> working on a replacement, but thus far, nobody has written one which  
> is widely regarded as better than sysinstall.
> 
> You might find this interesting to read:
> 
>   http://people.freebsd.org/~jkh/package-and-install.txt
> 

Very good article - not surprising, considering the author.
Anyone considering working on the installer or the package
system should read it carefully as a first step.

////jerry


> Regards,
> --
> -Chuck
> 
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