From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 31 04:00:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 68EB8106564A for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from yanegomi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 31DF18FC12 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iabz21 with SMTP id z21so623959iab.13 for ; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 21:00:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=FQjoOZp2D6KApwwXamCLb+En7+9kqzPW0RxqLroy9Po=; b=EJRd3Uu7k1JWZFkfkBVw0wDEDGvpL1kFe4O3+hLjjW5To/V00zRV3+n18QLO2T8NyP 6Q3Zuq6hD3SXvLtBRQWNJyUSY1P2OVvWym5ebeRUyDbIDu3ld/wx/6f5FDkMLSy1/EJL JFmGjLtRNgOFfUACgommbx/22EF/JQEIM7gVM= Received: by 10.68.66.36 with SMTP id c4mr20779097pbt.39.1320032043062; Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:34:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.20.5] (c-24-6-49-154.hsd1.ca.comcast.net. [24.6.49.154]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g1sm46794743pbv.2.2011.10.30.20.34.01 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:34:02 -0700 (PDT) Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Garrett Cooper In-Reply-To: <201110310250.p9V2oA47058115@freefall.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 20:33:59 -0700 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <61F70548-23BE-4847-8007-71FBF153A499@gmail.com> References: <201110310250.p9V2oA47058115@freefall.freebsd.org> To: "deeptech71@gmail.com" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) Cc: freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/161924: bsdinstall(8): add msg box telling user to remove install media X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 04:00:41 -0000 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. >=20 > From: "deeptech71@gmail.com" > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org > Cc: =20 > Subject: Re: bin/161924: bsdinstall(8): add msg box telling user to = remove > install media > Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:19:25 +0100 >=20 > 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. >=20 > [1] = http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2011-September/027715.h= tml > [2] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3Dbin/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