Re: : : OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-22 Thread Steve Shockley
Douglas A. Tutty wrote: 1) there are no multiple consoles on the install kernel. Ouch! How big a deal would it be to do that? Very, if the installer will still fit on a floppy. Would it be difficult to provide on the CD and perhaps a tarball on FTP a directory structure that would allow an

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-20 Thread Will Jenkins
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:28:48 -0700 "Darren Spruell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Computer users need to get smarter, instead of technology getting dumber for them. I could not disagree more with this statement. Will

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-20 Thread Ulf G. Noren
On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:28:48 -0700 "Darren Spruell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are resources a-plenty; anyone who finds it confusing is either > trying to install without having read docs, or is not familiar with > computers in the first place (and thus needs to read the docs.) > Computer

Re: : OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-20 Thread Tony Sarendal
On 9/19/07, Nick Holland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > did anyone notice that this thread was accidentally brought back > from almost a year ago? > > Raimo Niskanen wrote: > > A lot of people has praised the current OpenBSD installer. > > I too. I think it is at the right level and does the right

Re: : : OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-19 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 03:42:22PM +0200, Raimo Niskanen wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 07:18:05AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > > Raimo Niskanen wrote: > > > A lot of people has praised the current OpenBSD installer. > > > I too. I think it is at the right level and does the right > > > things, w

Re: : : OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-19 Thread Raimo Niskanen
On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 07:18:05AM -0400, Nick Holland wrote: > did anyone notice that this thread was accidentally brought back > from almost a year ago? > Nope :-) > Raimo Niskanen wrote: > > A lot of people has praised the current OpenBSD installer. > > I too. I think it is at the right level

Re: : OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-19 Thread Nick Holland
did anyone notice that this thread was accidentally brought back from almost a year ago? Raimo Niskanen wrote: > A lot of people has praised the current OpenBSD installer. > I too. I think it is at the right level and does the right > things, without unneccesary hazzle. > > But... > > There are

Re: : OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-19 Thread Raimo Niskanen
A lot of people has praised the current OpenBSD installer. I too. I think it is at the right level and does the right things, without unneccesary hazzle. But... There are a few things that I remember really missing when I was a beginner, and being nice to beginners is a good thing: 1) Not every

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-18 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2007/09/18 18:44, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > To my mind, even a curses interface to cfdisk and disklabel is not > necessary, but a little more help, e.g. a mini-menu along the bottom, > would go a long way. Of course, the best thing is to have a copy of > Absolute OpenBSD and the FAQ open infron

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-18 Thread Darren Spruell
On 9/18/07, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You are given a brand new machine; you bring your install CD; and after > > four minutes of using the standard tools (disklabel, fdisk, ifconfig, > > ...) you are already very familiar with, you have a fully working box, > > modulo afterbo

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-18 Thread David Given
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Douglas A. Tutty wrote: [...] > The only issue I've seen is that if you are new to OBSD, even if used to > the command line in Linux (not clicky-pointy-lindows) fdisk and > disklabel are new. On linux, the standard non-GUI partitioner is cfdisk > (cur

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-18 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Sep 18, 2007 at 07:00:01PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote: > > >>I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar > > >>to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. > > There is no _need_ for a "nice curses setup" - the current installer > already "has ease to it"w, to put it mild

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-18 Thread Jan Stary
> >>I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar > >>to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. There is no _need_ for a "nice curses setup" - the current installer already "has ease to it"w, to put it mildly. In fact, OpenBSD's installer is the best I have met during my yea

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-15 Thread Diana Eichert
Geez, a thread that should have died already and I'm contributing to it. I've used FreeBSD and OpenBSD for at least 9 years. I much prefer the OpenBSD installer over the FreeBSD installer any day. If people read just a tiny little bit the OpenBSD install docs they'd realize the OpenBSD method i

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-15 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Fri, 2007-09-14 at 18:55 -0700, asdf wrote: > --- Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I installed FreeBSD once in my life. Took me 3 tries and I am sure some > > kittens were murdered in the process. I am also pretty sure I wept at > > some point. Honestly I can't remember a muc

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread asdf
--- Marco Peereboom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed FreeBSD once in my life. Took me 3 tries and I am sure some > kittens were murdered in the process. I am also pretty sure I wept at > some point. Honestly I can't remember a much worse installer; maybe SCO > OpenServer but not by much

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread K K
On 9/14/07, Pau Amaro-Seoane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please don't touch the installer. It's just perfect. Ditto. Talking to new users, the feedback I get is that they tend to screw up partitioning, but other than that, no substantial complaints about the install process. Sure, it's not pret

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Steve McConville
> Anyway, a while later he comes back and says, "It's done! I couldn't > believe how easy it was." This mirrors my (linux-coloured) experience of trying an OpenBSD install for the first time. -- steev http://www.daikaiju.org.uk/~steve/

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Craig Skinner
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 10:44:57AM -0600, Steven wrote: > > > >You no likey, you no usey! > > > I do hope you realize that Bob didn't post what you were replying > too. :-) Yes. I just replied to the list only. > > At this point, I'd like to chime in and say that I find the > text-based OpenBSD

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread marina
On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Stuart Henderson wrote: On 2007/09/14 12:55, Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: Have you ever tried to do an install of FreeBSD/Linux using a 9600 serial console? Oh thanks, I'd been trying to erase that from memory (-: FreeBSD, 9600 serial, PXE boot. Took the best part of a da

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Rob
One of the other sysadmins where I work has mostly used Linux, and got used to their various hand-holding tactics. I've been gradually moving us over to OpenBSD (and got them to purchase a CD set, and hopefully some meager donations soon). Usually, I handle the installation and administration, but

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Steven
* Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070914 03:15]: Bob Beck wrote: I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. As OpenBSD grows there simply is no reason, or logic to keeping around such an archaic method of installation it now

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Allie Daneman
My $0.02...I've tried MANY different flavors of *BSD, Linux, etc. and I firmly think that OpenBSD's installer is exactly as it should be. It works well and doesn't need eye candy to make it work better. I can do a CD install in 20 minutes...you can't beat that. If you want more eye candy go try

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread bofh
On 9/14/07, Craig Skinner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To stay informed of new features, please supply your support contract > number on the page http://www.openbsd.org/update-me-when-stuff-is-done/ Unfortunately, 404 compliant. -- "This officer's men seem to follow him merely out of idle curios

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread bofh
On 9/13/07, Jason Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't. The OpenBSD installer is a very underrated part of the > overall user experience. What other OS can you install in 3 minutes > flat? Keep it simple, stupid. Oh noes, you don't understand. See, I have a shaggy dog tale that demonstra

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Woodchuck
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Marco Peereboom wrote: > I installed FreeBSD once in my life. Took me 3 tries and I am sure some > kittens were murdered in the process. I am also pretty sure I wept at > some point. Honestly I can't remember a much worse installer; maybe SCO > OpenServer but not by much.

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Pau Amaro-Seoane
PS: From http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall/Amnesiac "the "novice" track, meaning as little interaction with the user as possible" This is what I meant... 2007/9/14, Pau Amaro-Seoane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Please don't touch the installer. It's just perfect. > > I have tried tons of different un

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Pau Amaro-Seoane
Please don't touch the installer. It's just perfect. I have tried tons of different unix/linux OS's before I saw The Light and, pay attention, NONE of them was as reliable/robust/quick as OpenBSD's And guess... FreeBSD is getting a graphical installer: http://blogs.freebsdish.org/ivoras/2007/08/

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Paul de Weerd
On Fri, Sep 14, 2007 at 08:36:11AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: | On 2007/09/14 12:55, Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: | > Have you ever tried to do an install of FreeBSD/Linux using a 9600 | > serial console? | | Oh thanks, I'd been trying to erase that from memory (-: | FreeBSD, 9600 serial, PXE

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Craig Skinner
Bob Beck wrote: I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. As OpenBSD grows there simply is no reason, or logic to keeping around such an archaic method of installation it now uses. You no likey, you no usey! Please kee

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Fergus Wilde
On Friday 14 September 2007 06:15, you wrote: > Marco Peereboom wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD once in my life. Took me 3 tries and I am sure some > > kittens were murdered in the process. I am also pretty sure I wept at > > some point. Honestly I can't remember a much worse installer; maybe SCO

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-14 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2007/09/14 12:55, Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: > Have you ever tried to do an install of FreeBSD/Linux using a 9600 > serial console? Oh thanks, I'd been trying to erase that from memory (-: FreeBSD, 9600 serial, PXE boot. Took the best part of a day...

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Sam Fourman Jr.
On 9/14/07, Karl Sjvdahl - dunceor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/14/07, Bob Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. for what my opinion is worth, I kinda like the OpenBSD installer the

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Karl Sjödahl - dunceor
On 9/14/07, Bob Beck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar to > > something like FreeBSD with ease to it. > > I don't think it's worth putting my efforts into. The current > installer is about the easiest thing I have to deal wit

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Breen Ouellette
Marco Peereboom wrote: I installed FreeBSD once in my life. Took me 3 tries and I am sure some kittens were murdered in the process. I am also pretty sure I wept at some point. Honestly I can't remember a much worse installer; maybe SCO OpenServer but not by much. I second that! If FreeBSD i

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Edwards, David (JTS)
Hi, > -Original Message- > On Behalf Of Marco Peereboom > Sent: Friday, 14 September 2007 12:03 PM > > I installed FreeBSD once in my life. Took me 3 tries and I > am sure some > kittens were murdered in the process. I am also pretty sure I wept at > some point. Honestly I can't remembe

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Steve Shockley
Darren Spruell wrote: I've found times where a default layout would have been useful, but on the other hand I've been bitten more than once by a default layout (from the sysinstall [A]utomatic partitioner) that didn't set up a big enough /tmp for my needs. The result was spending extra time reins

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Aaron W. Hsu
Just to share my personal experiences with the OpenBSD Installer, I thought I would add to this thread. I was a Free OS's *nix newbie trying to get around. At first, I tried Beta Stampede Linux, but it couldn't handle the hardware on my laptop. I could not figure out how to fix it, and it took

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Marco Peereboom
I installed FreeBSD once in my life. Took me 3 tries and I am sure some kittens were murdered in the process. I am also pretty sure I wept at some point. Honestly I can't remember a much worse installer; maybe SCO OpenServer but not by much.

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Darren Spruell
On 9/13/07, Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Beck wrote: > >> As OpenBSD grows there simply is no reason, or logic to keeping > >> around such an archaic method of installation it now uses. > > > I await your diffs! Please feel free to write one that works, and > > fits on the instal

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Steve Shockley
Bob Beck wrote: As OpenBSD grows there simply is no reason, or logic to keeping around such an archaic method of installation it now uses. I await your diffs! Please feel free to write one that works, and fits on the install media for 10 architectures. I assume you're only encouraging this b

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Daniel Ouellet
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:35:35 -0400, Stephan Andre' wrote: I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. Honestly, I don't see why. How does making the installer more complicated is going to "help" anything. I recently sat a frie

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread RW
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:35:35 -0400, Stephan Andre' wrote: >> I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar >> to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. > >Honestly, I don't see why. How does making the installer more >complicated is going to "help" anything. > >I recently s

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Stephan Andre'
> I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar > to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. Honestly, I don't see why. How does making the installer more complicated is going to "help" anything. I recently sat a friend down to show how easy an install was. This was on a 4

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Jason Dixon
On Sep 13, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Bob Beck wrote: I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. I don't think it's worth putting my efforts into. The current installer is about the easiest thing I have to deal with from AIX,

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Jack J. Woehr
On Sep 13, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Matthias Kilian wrote: Fancy curses interfaces or even high-resolution progress bars with dancing puffy animations won't change this. Speak for yourself ... my professional life would be profoundly changed by dancing puffy animations during the OpenBSD install .

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Matthias Kilian
On Thu, Sep 13, 2007 at 04:49:26PM -0600, Bob Beck wrote: > > I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup > > similar to something like FreeBSD with ease to it. [...] > > As OpenBSD grows there simply is no reason, or logic to keeping > > around such an archaic method of installatio

Re: OpenBSD Install Goal

2007-09-13 Thread Bob Beck
> I hope one day soon OpenBSD will adopt a nice ncurses setup similar to > something like FreeBSD with ease to it. I don't think it's worth putting my efforts into. The current installer is about the easiest thing I have to deal with from AIX, 4 linux distributions, and FreeBSD. > As Op