[nycbug-talk] sysinstall substitue

[Pete Wright]

hey all,
        i've been playing with doing install's
via serial console on a sun box i got here.  i'd
have to say after installing solaris, net free and
open bsd via console that netbsd probably has the
best installer followed by open's.  i know there
is a long running debate on the freebsd lists re.
sysinstall and how it needs to be "fixed".  what
i found during with installing freebsd via console
on the sparc is that the menu's are pretty much
useless...while netbsd's installer not only worked
without a hitch, clearly labeled short-cut keys were
also available.  given a menu like this:

a) start install
b) some other option
c) another option

you can either use the arrow keys to highlight a option
or just press  a,b or c.  i know this is possible
with sysinstall...but could not get it to work
properlly on my sun box.  btw this is just one
feature of the net install system...i've found many
other features that sysinstall is lacking.

so...does anyone have an opinion on the possibility of
porting the netbsd installer over to free.  honestly
i don't even know what lang. net's installer is written
in...


-pete

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Peter Wright
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