It does not. I had tried to match the behavior of the 8.x memsticks. It's an easy change in /usr/src/release/ARCH/make-memstick.sh to change it, however. -Nathan On 07/24/11 19:54, Adrian Chadd wrote: > .. wait, the install-off-USB doesn't default to a read-only boot? > > > > Adrian > > On 25 July 2011 08:11, Claude Buisson<clbuisson_at_orange.fr> wrote: >> On 07/24/2011 23:33, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: >>> 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 >> Recently I installed a system from the "official" memory stick May snapshot >> (FreeBSD-9.0-CURRENT-201105-amd64-memstick.img). here are a few remarks: >> >> - the 1st thing I need to do is to configure the keyboard, as I am not in >> the >> US. This is needed for an install, but also for using it as a live system. >> And >> the keyboard configuration dialog is only a part of the installation >> procedure. >> >> - the partition tool is too simple/rudimentary, compared to the old >> sysinstall >> dialog. I always want to have a total control of the partitions e.g. to have >> a >> proper alignement. So one must use the shell escape or the live system, >> which is >> a regression. >> >> - extracting the tarballs lead to (cryptic) errors: I discovered the hard >> way >> that I needed to execute a newfs. >> >> - I followed a succession of screens asking me to do the usual configuration >> steps (hostname, clock, network - IPv4 only ?? -, users) and at the end I >> get >> back a screen asking me if a wanted to do the steps I had done just >> before... >> >> - booting the installed system, I found that the hostname disappeared, the >> keyboard was not configured, nor the network, and so on >> >> - during the whole process the screen was scrambled by the occurence of a >> number >> of LORs displayed on top of the dialogs/messages of the installer. >> >> - the file system of the installer/live system seems to be too small, >> leading to >> a number of "system full" messages as soon a few files are written to it. >> >> So the sole value added of the installer was the extraction of the >> tarballs.. >> >> It seems that (on a memory stick which is writable) that every aborted >> attempt >> to do a configuration step leaves a "trace" in some files used by the >> installer, >> which is able to show it (e.g. the hostname) at the following attempts, but >> without garantee that it will effectively be used. >> >> (On the other hand, the advantage of the memory stick is that the system on >> it >> can be configured at will) >> >> Referring to a thread I found recently a propos the documentation on the >> install >> media, I also want to say that a proper installer must be able to do its >> work >> without any Internet connectivity. There exist systems which are not >> connected, >> and networks without any communication with the Internet. >> >> Claude Buisson >> _______________________________________________ >> 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" >> > _______________________________________________ > 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 - 22:57:48 UTC
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