On Mon, 16 Jun 2003 15:38:06 -0500 Juli Mallett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 1) Network install. > The floppy could include only network (and requisite) drivers, > such that mass storage drivers could be pulled over the net at > an early stage in the install. Ideally we would work from the > information we gather about driverless devices to figure out > what drivers may be appropriate, but letting the user select > would be a must, as would possibly trying everything, with a > suitable warning that drivers may be quite large. > > 2) CD-ROM install. > The CD-ROM should be used for booting, or a floppy similar to > that in case 3. should be used. > > 3) Install from other physical medium. > No network drivers. Just storage (and requisite) driers of > every common colour at the very least. Driver floppies could > be available for the more bloated. No reason a user cannot run > sysinstall after the system is installed to set up the network > parameters they want, if they don't need them for the bootstrap > install. This should probably not have netinet, etc., I like these ideas. The one other thing I could imagine being useful would be a consoleless install via Ethernet. That could be managed though by having the network KLD's on the CD-ROM, since there wouldn't be a shortage of space. _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
