Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:33:59 -0700 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: "deeptech71@gmail.com" <deeptech71@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/161924: bsdinstall(8): add msg box telling user to remove install media Message-ID: <61F70548-23BE-4847-8007-71FBF153A499@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201110310250.p9V2oA47058115@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201110310250.p9V2oA47058115@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Oct 30, 2011, at 7:50 PM, deeptech71@gmail.com wrote: > The following reply was made to PR bin/161924; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: "deeptech71@gmail.com" <deeptech71@gmail.com> > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > Cc: > Subject: Re: bin/161924: bsdinstall(8): add msg box telling user to remove > install media > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:19:25 +0100 > > See my mailing list post [1] and Garrett Cooper's bug followup post > [2] for reasons why this should be approached very conservatively, if > at all. > > [1] http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2011-September/027715.html > [2] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=bin/160913#reply1 If one really wants eject functionality, the install media needs to be redone with a memory disk image like sysinstall. Otherwise there isn't any way for it to be done reliably as noted in the above two links. -Garrett
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