If you haven’t had a chance to try out the new FreeBSD Installer and you’re keen to see what it looks like, Phoronix has a couple of screenshots.
The new system installer is described as a modern installer for FreeBSD that’s able to take advantage of its more modern features. The pc-sysinstall installer, which is a complete replacement to its earlier installer, is written 100% in shell.
The Installer is referred to as pc-sysinstall, but that should be BSDInstall, I think. pc-sysinstall is PC-BSD’s installer, though it should be possible to make it a FreeBSD installer. Most of you will know that FreeBSD can be installed from the PC-BSD installation DVD.
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I don’t remember all the specifics of how thing are right now, for 9.0, but I do know that the long-term plan is to make bsdinstall just a TUI frontend to pc-sysinstall.
I made screenshots of all the stages BETA1 https://picasaweb.google.com/114294603238897388322/BSDInstallScreenshots
@Freddie: Since PC-BSD is FreeBSD under the hood but optimised for desktop use, it makes sense to use the same tools
@FAndrey: I missed that. Thanks for linking.
and old blog post mwlucas http://blather.michaelwlucas.com/archives/750
I mean… what can I say ?
but this “new” bsdinstaller (FreeBSD9) is a real piece of caca.
My 6 ms-dos (with the simple “format”) floppy disks, from 1993, were easier to configure and install onto a Hard-disk than this backwards-teck junk.
(In other words, FreeBSD 8.2 was much better)
No?
… Even PCBSD’s installer is beautiful compared to this crap from FreeBSD, and how come ?
Let me put it this way, OpenBSD’s installer makes MORE sense than this new bsdinstaller.
Did Apple actually pay theses “wannabe” FreeBSD dev’s/prog’s to ruin this or what !!!???
OR, how about maybe FreeBSD should get with the “real” acts’, u know, like /dev/sd*, instead of this hopeless meagerie of NON-DUAL-BOOTABLE anythingness ?! called ada0s3a2 ?? wtf – disk is that ?!@
huh ?
Oh comon’, be truthful now, is there anybody actually working/contributing to FreeBSD anymore. ?
sry, I guess that’s yet another “un-answered” question..
ahh nutz.
:(
I prefer PC-BSD’s installer too. Did you know you can install FreeBSD with the PC-BSD installer? Give it a go.