Guys, This should really be reverted to sysinstall until the new installer is at least in a state where it consistently works... the most important part of a new users experience is the installer and the few new installs I have done lately I've just installed 8.2 and upgraded from there as the new installer is terribly buggy. Few things: - On my installs at least, if there is an unknown ftp connection problem the installer will just bail and say it has been aborted - this consistently happens when ftp.de is selected - there is no method of stepping back through the install - If a dhcp lease request times out manual configuration isn't offered I realise that a lot of work has gone into it and it's nice and new, but really unless it's finished it shouldn't be the default. Thanks, J
Joe Holden wrote:> Guys, > > This should really be reverted to sysinstall until the new installer is > at least in a state where it consistently works... the most important > part of a new users experience is the installer and the few new installs > I have done lately I've just installed 8.2 and upgraded from there as > the new installer is terribly buggy. > > Few things: > > - On my installs at least, if there is an unknown ftp connection problem > the installer will just bail and say it has been aborted - this > consistently happens when ftp.de is selected > > - there is no method of stepping back through the install > > - If a dhcp lease request times out manual configuration isn't offeredAnother one I've just encountered several times: For some reason the output for setting root password has new lines and lots of space between the various bits of text and isn't taking any input (see http://i.imgur.com/lTP5b.png) The lack of installation progress or emergency shell on another terminal is also something that I think should be considered - being able to see whats going on and getting error output from the commands the installer is running is invaluable.> > I realise that a lot of work has gone into it and it's nice and new, but > really unless it's finished it shouldn't be the default. > > Thanks, > J > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
On 02/10/2012 06:56 PM, Joe Holden wrote:> Guys, > > This should really be reverted to sysinstall until the new installer > is at least in a state where it consistently works... the most > important part of a new users experience is the installer and the few > new installs I have done lately I've just installed 8.2 and upgraded > from there as the new installer is terribly buggy. >Hi, I am highly against reverting. Old installer is not GPT aware and in fact is unmaintained for a very long time. About ftp - its probably needs to be handled better, but most of the user i think using cd/dvd image, so it is not an issue. And new installer is written on shell, so i think its better to fix broken parts then to revert it to outdated and unmaintained code. P.S. i personally had no problems with a new installer, used it from DVD.
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