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From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>
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Subject: misc/7232: Suggestion for FreeBSD installation dialog
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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:
>Keywords:
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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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