Sysinstall - Revision history

173.88.199.104 at 20:05, 6 August 2012

2012-08-06T20:05:13Z

173.88.199.104 at 20:02, 6 August 2012

2012-08-06T20:02:34Z

DrModiford: removed small gap, nothing major

2008-04-21T13:21:58Z

removed small gap, nothing major

DrModiford: Added sysinstall bug warning (bit toungue-in-cheek perhaps on the ports maintainers?) and the newer replacement called 'finstall'.

2008-04-21T13:20:50Z

Added sysinstall bug warning (bit toungue-in-cheek perhaps on the ports maintainers?) and the newer replacement called 'finstall'.

Jimbo at 07:27, 18 December 2004

2004-12-18T07:27:13Z

Dave at 04:36, 18 December 2004

2004-12-18T04:36:42Z

New page

Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD uses as a default. You see it during the inital install and you can run it at any time from the command line. It's the fast way to install packages (instead of compiling from [[ports]]) as well as the easy way (for newbies especially,) to configure the network and do other system-configuration tasks.

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-Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD uses as a default. You see it during the inital install and you can run it at any time from the command line. It's the fast way to install packages (instead of compiling from [[ports]]) as well as the easy way (for newbies especially,) to configure the network and do other system-configuration tasks.
+Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD Release 8.x and older Releases used as a default. You see it during the inital install and you can run it at any time from the command line. The [[man]] page for sysinstall warns of the following bug:
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 The [[man]] page for sysinstall warns of the following bug:
   BUGS

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   BUGS
-      This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its expira-
+      This utility is a prototype which lasted several years<br>
-     tion date and is greatly in need of death.
+ past its expiration date and is greatly in need of death.
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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       This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its expira-
       tion date and is greatly in need of death.
 There is a project under the title of 'finstall' that aims to improve the installation process.  The official site is available [http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall here].
 [[Category:System Commands]]

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	Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD uses as a default. You see it during the inital install and you can run it at any time from the command line. It's the fast way to install packages (instead of compiling from [[ports]]) as well as the easy way (for newbies especially,) to configure the network and do other system-configuration tasks.		Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD uses as a default. You see it during the inital install and you can run it at any time from the command line. It's the fast way to install packages (instead of compiling from [[ports]]) as well as the easy way (for newbies especially,) to configure the network and do other system-configuration tasks.
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		+	The [[man]] page for sysinstall warns of the following bug:
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		+	BUGS
		+	This utility is a prototype which lasted several years past its expira-
		+	tion date and is greatly in need of death.
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		+	There is a project under the title of 'finstall' that aims to improve the installation process. The official site is available [http://wiki.freebsd.org/finstall here].

	[[Category:System Commands]]		[[Category:System Commands]]

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	Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD uses as a default. You see it during the inital install and you can run it at any time from the command line. It's the fast way to install packages (instead of compiling from [[ports]]) as well as the easy way (for newbies especially,) to configure the network and do other system-configuration tasks.		Sysinstall is the menu-driven installer that FreeBSD uses as a default. You see it during the inital install and you can run it at any time from the command line. It's the fast way to install packages (instead of compiling from [[ports]]) as well as the easy way (for newbies especially,) to configure the network and do other system-configuration tasks.
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		+	[[Category:System Commands]]