Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 07:19:19 -0600 From: aflundi@sandia.gov (Alan F Lundin) To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Comments on the 2.0.5 Installation Message-ID: <199506211319.HAA18622@sargon.mdl.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freebsd.org> "Re: Comments on 2.0.5 Install" (Jun 20, 11:44pm)
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Two more things I think would be neat for the next sysinstall
(but perhaps not feasible):
1) For tape installations, allow multiple files on one tape so
that device /dev/nr?t? would be used. The files (distributions)
would have to be ordered, but if documented, I don't think that
would be a difficult hurdle. This could allow an installation
on a somewhat smaller disk.
2) Do the file transfer (via tape read, ftp, nfs, or whatever)
in parallel with the install. I.e.,
read floppies/root.flp
read bin/* install root.flp
read manpages/* install bin
read compat1x/* install manpages
...
"User-friendliness" is a hard term to define, but I would
guess that an installation that took 30 minutes might be
called more user-friendly than one that took 60 minutes.
Similarly, one that took fewer resources (in this case disk
space) might also be called more user-friendly.
Many thanks to those working on FreeBSD. The install just
keeps getting better (it goes very quickly once you get the
hang of it) and the OS is really a pleasure to use!
--alan
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