Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 10:01:00 +1200 From: Andrew Turner <andrew@fubar.geek.nz> To: Rostislav Krasny <rosti.bsd@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDInstaller snapshot Message-ID: <4468FA1C.7040105@fubar.geek.nz> In-Reply-To: <20060515150504.44b3a065.rosti.bsd@gmail.com> References: <20060515150504.44b3a065.rosti.bsd@gmail.com>
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Rostislav Krasny wrote: > Hi, > > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/06.png > > Will BSDInstaller support PPPoE? It could be very useful for network > installation over ADSL. I haven't tried to setup PPPoE with the BSDInstaller. As far as I know there is no support for it in the installer but you could configure it from the command line. > Does BSDInstaller support network installation > from FTP or NIS or even HTTP? > Not yet. It's on my todo list > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/11.png > > Is it a low-level formatting? Why should one format a new hard disk > before partitioning it? Does the pointer there reside at > "Skip this step" by default? > The commands run after the formatting appear to be the same as is run after http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/15.png I will have a look in to this. > IMHO in all sentences like "Would you like to format this disk?" or > "You may now partition this disk if you desire" the word "this" is > better to be always changed to the disk name. On those screenshots it > should be "ad0" ot "the ad0". > > By the way, does/will BSDInstaller support a DD (dangerously dedicated) > disk mode? > I don't know. I'll look in to it. > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/16.png > > I think this menu should be changed, so one could select not only the > slice size but also where it begins. Ideally this should be defined by > three numbers: 'start sector', 'end sector' and 'size in sectors'. > Changing the 'size in sectors' should also change the 'end sector', and > changing 'start sector' or 'end sector' should also change the 'size in > sectors', automatically. > The start position is defined by the previous "partitions" (bsd slices) on the disk. I would like to change it to accept size in MB, GB, TB, etc. > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/24.png > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/25.png > > I think the word "formatted" on the second screenshot should be changed > to "created", because fdisk doesn't format partitions/slices. > Added to local changes to test. > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/22.png > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/26.png > > Does BSDInstaller support installtion on multiple slices or multiple > physical disks? Sysinstall supports it. > Not yet. Its on my todo. > http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/33.png > > Isn't "Ports Collection" a better name than "Ports tree"? > I've got a local change for this. Andrew
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