Quoting Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn_at_freebsd.org>: > On 07/24/11 16:29, eculp wrote: >> I have been hearing about a new installer but I obviously have not >> payed enough attention, I am afraid. I started running freebsd at >> 2.0 and never really had a problem with understanding the >> installation program. There is always a first time, I guess. >> >> ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/snapshots/201105/ >> >> When booting I seem to get a screen that makes me remember >> installer screens of the 1980s. (They were not exactly intuitive.) >> >> I somehow got the idea that the new installer was graphic. Maybe >> something like PCBsd that is not bad at all. I use it on all our >> employees computers. Actually, after seeing this, I would love to >> have the old installer back. Is their an option for that? >> >> Does this new ASCII installer have a "how to" with a bit of >> information on the flow of the installation. >> >> Thanks, > > Can you please describe what you didn't like about it, and what you > would prefer be changed? "Reminiscent of the 1980s" is not really > helpful, especially given that the new installer in fact looks very > much like sysinstall, which you seemed to like. > -Nathan I do not get a menu that I can understand or relate to any of the installations that I have done previously. I will give it another try and try to explain what I don't understand. Thanks, ed P.S. Is their no documentation on what to expect? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-current_at_freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-current-unsubscribe_at_freebsd.org" >Received on Sun Jul 24 2011 - 20:15:38 UTC
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