From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jun 10 13:04:26 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA9A4106564A for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:04:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BA8D88FC15 for ; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:04:26 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; format=flowed Received: from avs-daemon.smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) id <0M5E00500HJ8FW00@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:04:20 -0500 (CDT) Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net ([unknown] [76.210.74.20]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0M5E00MWCHJ7ZL10@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Sun, 10 Jun 2012 07:04:19 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:04:18 +0200 From: Nathan Whitehorn In-reply-to: <4FD47B6E.7010804@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Message-id: <4FD48D42.3090508@freebsd.org> X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-16, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2012.6.10.115123, SenderIP=76.210.74.20 References: <4FD47B6E.7010804@cran.org.uk> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:12.0) Gecko/20120502 Thunderbird/12.0 Subject: Re: Order of pages in bsdinstall 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: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 13:04:27 -0000 On 06/10/12 12:48, Bruce Cran wrote: > Would it be possible to move some of the installer pages? It seems a > bit strange to me that the hostname and network configuration are > separate, as are root password and additional users. Currently the > sequence is: > > keyboard > hostname > component selection > partitioning > install > root password > network > time zone > services > crash dump > users > final configuration > It's quite easy to move them around and I'd encourage people to think about how this should work and to move/rearrange/change anything if it doesn't seem right. With regard to your specific questions, hostname and network config are separate only for the reason that they seemed to me like separate tasks. The root password and add users tasks are separate for a better reason, which is that they both are invokable separately from the menu at the end of installation and usually I use that just to add more users and would be annoyed if I also had to reset the root password. (Network config is also available at the end menu) -Nathan