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 01:03:16 UTC 2011
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.
--
Bruce Cran
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