Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1998 05:39:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: misc/7232: Suggestion for FreeBSD installation dialog Message-ID: <199807100339.FAA29482@klemm.gtn.com>
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>Number: 7232
>Category: misc
>Synopsis: Suggestion for FreeBSD installation dialog
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: high
>Responsible: freebsd-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
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>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 10 02:00:05 PDT 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Andreas Klemm
>Organization:
>Release: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386
>Environment:
FreeBSD-current and -STABLE
>Description:
I would suggest to enhance the FreeBSD syinstall program with
little but useful changes:
1) Add a menue to configure name resolving:
Currently we only ask for *one* DNS Server in the network card
installation dialogue. I'd suggest to ask for the *three* possible
DNS server. I always have to change /etc/resolv.conf manually after
a FreeBSD installation. I think this would be a simple change.
Additionally we could perhaps think about making DNS configuration
to a separate menue. We could ask the user for:
domain name [ dom.ain.from.tcp_ip_setup ]
1. DNS Server [ first.dns.server ]
2. DNS Server [ second.dns.server ]
3. DNS Server [ third.dns.server ]
Order of name resolving clickable:
[ ] bind hosts (recommended)
[ ] hosts bind
2) Add a menue to enable and configure the automounter.
This could be an additional submenue, that would be presented
- in the custom installation
- in all other installations types if user decides, to setup
the machine as a NFS client.
From the Network or perhaps the new DNS setup menue we already
know the domainname of the machine and could simply configure:
amd_enable="YES" # Run amd service with $amd_flags (or NO).
amd_flags="-a /net -c 1800 -k i386 -d my.domain -l syslog /host /etc/amd.map"
^^^^^^^^^ the real domain !
I think this wouldn't be hard to implement and should go into
the next -STABLE and -current release.
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