I'm also a fan of the installer. It takes about five minutes for me to install a server from a local mirror. another 10-30 to configure it, depending on the task.
On 6/3/05, Will H. Backman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael Shalayeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:59 AM > > To: Will H. Backman > > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > > Subject: Re: openbsd list fckery > > > > Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Will H. Backman: > > > > About a week ago, I was trying to upgrade my dual boot laptop to > 3.7. > > > I > > > > had to run the installer about 20 times to figure out my problem > and > > > > correct it. In the process, I learned more about fdisk and > disklabel > > > > than I had ever needed to before, and I count that as a good > thing. It > > > > took no more than about 5 minutes each time to run the installer > from > > > > scratch to completion in each case. Typing Ctrl-C and then > "install" > > > > when you make a mistake isn't that difficult. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > I think the installer should be the last thing to go "user > friendly". > > > OpenBSD is not point and click. If you can figure out the > installer, it > > > means you actually read instructions. If you could install OpenBSD > by > > > just clicking "Next", you would be in for a rough ride after. > > > > actually 90% of the installer we have is just pushing "next". > > everything has most common reasonable defaults. > > > > so if it is really hard for you then perhaps you are just > > retarded and need treatment w/ electricity and if that does > > not help then perhaps should not use computers... > > > > I never said it was hard for me. I read the instructions. I also read > the afterboot man page. > > -- Abe Al-Saleh And then came the Apocolypse. It actually wasn't that bad, everyone got the day off and there were barbeques all around.
