New BSD Installer

[Joe Holden]

Joe Holden wrote:
> Guys,
> 
> This should really be reverted to sysinstall until the new installer is 
> at least in a state where it consistently works... the most important 
> part of a new users experience is the installer and the few new installs 
> I have done lately I've just installed 8.2 and upgraded from there as 
> the new installer is terribly buggy.
> 
> Few things:
> 
> - On my installs at least, if there is an unknown ftp connection problem 
> the installer will just bail and say it has been aborted - this 
> consistently happens when ftp.de is selected
> 
> - there is no method of stepping back through the install
> 
> - If a dhcp lease request times out manual configuration isn't offered
Another one I've just encountered several times:

For some reason the output for setting root password has new lines and 
lots of space between the various bits of text and isn't taking any 
input (see http://i.imgur.com/lTP5b.png)

The lack of installation progress or emergency shell on another terminal 
is also something that I think should be considered - being able to see 
whats going on and getting error output from the commands the installer 
is running is invaluable.

> 
> I realise that a lot of work has gone into it and it's nice and new, but 
> really unless it's finished it shouldn't be the default.
> 
> Thanks,
> J
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