finstall alpha3

[Henri Hennebert]

Julian Stacey wrote:
> Henri Hennebert wrote 2 emails with same common text
> 	To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs at berklix.org>
> 	Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:20:38 +0100
> 	Message-ID: <47A9C236.8040805 at restart.be>
> The first private shouting got answered.  Then came
> 	To: freebsd-stable at freebsd.org
> 	Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:25:57 +0100
> 	Message-id: <47A9C375.8020805 at restart.be>
> Assume Henri is too young      to remember first graphical installer.

Thank you! I'm 60 this year :-) and using FreeBSD since 2.1. Xenix since 
  88 IIRC. My point is that a graphical installer may be usefull, that's 
all.

> 
> Though a new graphical installer may be very nice as an option,
> let it not ever be the only way: Remember blind installers,
> non VESA supported consoles, non X recognised chips, serial line
> controlled installs, & non intel/AMD platforms with broken 
> graphics terminal support. (Sparc maybe ? more later ?)
>