Re: BSDInstaller snapshot

Hi,

> Julian Elischer has placed a gallery of the installation process at
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/ for people who
> don't want to reinstall their computer.

http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/06.png

Will BSDInstaller support PPPoE? It could be very useful for network
installation over ADSL. Does BSDInstaller support network installation
from FTP or NIS or even HTTP?

http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/11.png

Is it a low-level formatting? Why should one format a new hard disk
before partitioning it? Does the pointer there reside at
"Skip this step" by default?

IMHO in all sentences like "Would you like to format this disk?" or
"You may now partition this disk if you desire" the word "this" is
better to be always changed to the disk name. On those screenshots it
should be "ad0" ot "the ad0".

By the way, does/will BSDInstaller support a DD (dangerously dedicated)
disk mode?

http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/16.png

I think this menu should be changed, so one could select not only the
slice size but also where it begins. Ideally this should be defined by
three numbers: 'start sector', 'end sector' and 'size in sectors'.
Changing the 'size in sectors' should also change the 'end sector', and
changing 'start sector' or 'end sector' should also change the 'size in
sectors', automatically.

http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/24.png
http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/25.png

I think the word "formatted" on the second screenshot should be changed
to "created", because fdisk doesn't format partitions/slices.

http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/22.png
http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/26.png

Does BSDInstaller support installtion on multiple slices or multiple
physical disks? Sysinstall supports it.

http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/33.png

Isn't "Ports Collection" a better name than "Ports tree"?

Thanks