On Sep 18, 2011, at 2:55 AM, "Thomas Mueller <mueller6727"@bellsouth.net wrote:
> Some more ideas on the new bsdinstaller cross my mind. > > Since the way the bsdinstaller would make partitions is unpredictable, at > least to the uninitiated, and in all likelihood at variance with how much > space the user wants to allocate, it might be better to offer a roadmap to > help guide the user to allocating space for FreeBSD using gpart or Rod > Smith's gdisk. > > Also, I can't see the function of the 64 KB boot partition with no file > system, which does not boot for me, though I can boot the main partition > using grub2 from the System Rescue CD (http://sysresccd.org/). > > Another concern is updating to the next beta (BETA3?) without trashing the > installed application software (from ports). So far, bsdinstaller hasn't > offered any possibility of upgrading an existing installation. I don't think > a user wants to rebuild all ports for every new beta or release candidate. Upgrading installs is nontrivial, depending on the install options. The fact that sysinstall allowed this was a mistake. -Garrett _______________________________________________ freebsd-current@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
