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Date:      Mon, 12 Sep 2011 09:57:41 -0400
From:      Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller
Message-ID:  <4E6E0FD5.1020609@a1poweruser.com>

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Here are some problems that I fell need to be addressed in the 9.0 
bsdinstaller.


1. During the transitional phase to using the new installer, the 
bsdinstaller welcome screen should have option to select to use
the old sysinstall instead of continuing with the new bsdinstaller. 
Selecting the shell option and entering sysinstall on the command line 
does launch the previous installer but it does not really work.

2. On the select a keyboard language menu screen, there are 9 options
for USA and none of them identify the standard 101 keyboard layout.
I've been installing FBSD since release 4.0 and have never changed the 
keyboard from what ever the default was. This keyboard menu should list 
the first entry in the list as (default and use the keyboard language as 
used in all previous releases 'us.iso.acc.kbd'. Also the keymap= 
statement that is placed in /etc/rc.conf should have a default setting 
in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. The system hangs if the keymap= statement is 
missing from /etc/rc.conf on boot.

3.Following the keyboard language menu screen is the "set host name"
screen. It seems that the keyboard language selected in the previous
menu is now in effect and if the keys layout does not line up with
the keyboard you have, then what ever you enter for the host name is
scrambled, (IE. type in "home" and "dwkc" is what shows on the screen).
There is no option to return to previous keyboard language
menu screen to select different keyboard language. Only option is to
reboot and start all over again from the beginning of the new bsdinstaller.

4. Distribution selection menu screen. The games & ports options are
checked with an asterisk meaning these are the defaults. All the options
on this menu should be blank so user has to make selection. Default
should be no selections.

5. Final configuration screen has the first line "add user" option and 
the OK button highlighted. Hitting keyboard enter key takes you into add 
user function as the default. The exit option should be first in the 
list so its highlighted and hitting enter on your keyboard moves you to 
next menu screen just like all the other bsdinataller screens do.

6. At the "Complete screen" when the reboot option is selected the
cd/dvd drive should automatically open so the install media can be
removed just like sysinstall does. If disc1.iso or dvd.iso was installed
to memstick and used to boot from to install the system, then a message
screen should pop out saying the memstick has to be removed now before
the reboot starts. Don't let the reboot occur until the memstick is removed.

7. On the partition editor screen the option <finish> should be the
first in the list (ie; left most side) so if user accepts this config,
hitting enter moves to next menu screen instead of having to tab over
taking more time and effort.

8. No where in the bsdinstaller is any help available.





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