From owner-freebsd-bugs Mon May 27 4:50:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-bugs@hub.freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5150D37B406 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:50:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4RBo1E01283; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:50:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats) Received: from nwww.freebsd.org (www.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D1F37B400 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:42:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nwww.freebsd.org (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g4RBgchG093295 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:42:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.12.2/8.12.2/Submit) id g4RBgcM7093294; Mon, 27 May 2002 04:42:38 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200205271142.g4RBgcM7093294@www.freebsd.org> Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 04:42:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Nik Clayton To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-1.0 Subject: bin/38610: Sysinstall should be able to mount ISO images on DOS filesystems Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org >Number: 38610 >Category: bin >Synopsis: Sysinstall should be able to mount ISO images on DOS filesystems >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: wish >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon May 27 04:50:01 PDT 2002 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Nik Clayton >Release: 4.5 >Organization: >Environment: >Description: A colleague who has installed FreeBSD has suggested that if you're doing a DOS installation, it would be easier to download the disk 1 ISO image (or the mini-ISO image) to the DOS partition, instead of having to download the various *.xx files that make up the dists. Getting one file is easier than having to (recursively) download a bunch of files. If Sysinstall then had a "Install from ISO image on DOS partition" option at install time, this would be useful even if the user doesn't have a CD writer. Sysinstall would have to mount the DOS partition, then use the vn device to map to the ISO image (can you do that to files on DOS partitions?), and then mount the vn device as a CD image. Sounds plausible. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message