Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 11:25:03 -0800 (PST) From: David Yeske <dyeske@yahoo.com> To: current@freebsd.org Cc: wes@freebsd.org Subject: smbfs install option for sysinstall Message-ID: <20050301192503.12547.qmail@web31008.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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I modified the installer a while back to be able to install from a smb share. http://futurebsd.sourceforge.net/freebsd/smbfs/ It needs a little work though. I'm looking for some feedback although I have tested it recently. I have done a recent install from a Windows XP machine joined to a domain using a share that required domain admin credentials. Here are a couple of issues that should be fixed. 1. I am not sure how to get the smbfs kernel support into the installer without also putting it into the GENERIC kernel of the release. 2. If a user uses is prompted for a password, then the output will make sysinstall look kinda funny, although the user can enter the password properly. There is probably a way to intercept the stdin and stdout of mount_smbfs and have it display in a menu? This should work similar to the root password change option? 3. This may add too much space to the floppy installer? 4. The English used in the menus could be better. Regards, David Yeske __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
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