Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:33:45 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: eadler@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: bin/160573: bsdinstaller(8): 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller Message-ID: <4E8DBC49.4090404@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201110060454.p964sjfQ033814@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201110060454.p964sjfQ033814@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> 1. The bsdinstaller welcome screen should have option to select to use > the old sysinstall instead of continuing with the new bsdinstaller. sysinstall can't be used due to changes in the packaging format. Were it updated, this could be revisited. > 2. On the select a keyboard language menu screen, there are 9 options > for USA and none of them is the 101 keyboard layout. I've been > installing FBSD since release 4.0 and have never changed the keyboard > from what ever the default was. This keyboard menu should list the first > entry in the list as (default and use the keyboard language as used in > all previous releases. Also the keymap= statment that is placed in > /etc/rc.conf should have a default setting in /etc/defaults/rc.conf. > The system hangs if the keymap= statment is missing from /etc/rc.conf. The first part of this has been fixed in r226058. The second part (about the hangs) isn't actually true. > 3.Following the keyboard language menu screen is the "set host name" > screen. It seems that the keyboard language selected in the previous > menu is now in effect and if the keys layout does not line up with your > the keyboard you have, then what ever you enter for the host name is > scrambled, (IE. type in "home" and "dwkc" is what shows on the screen). > There is no option to return to previous keyboard language > menu screen to select different keyboard language. Only option is to > reboot and start all over again from the beginning of the new > bsdinstaller. If you press "cancel" there, it will restart the installer and return you to the keymap screen. > 4. Distribution selection menu screen. The games & ports options are > checked with an asterisk meaning these are the defaults. All the options > on this menu should be blank so user has to make selection. Default > should be no selections. I disagree strongly here -- sensible defaults are much better than forcing selections. Most people want ports, and most people expect games and lib32. > 5. Final configuration screen has the "add user" option and the OK button > highlighted. Hitting keyboard enter key takes you into add user function > as the default. The exit option should be first in the list so its > highlighted and hitting enter on your keyboard moves you to next menu > screen just like all the other bsdinataller screens do. Fixed in r226059. > 6. At the "Complete screen" when the reboot option is selected the > cd/dvd drive should automatically open so the install media can be > removed just like sysinstall does. If disc1.iso or dvd.iso was installed > to memstick and used to boot from to install the system, then a message > screen should pop out saying the memstick has to be removed now before > the reboot starts. Don't let the reboot occur until the memstick is > removed. No. (a) this can't possibly work, because the installer is mounted off the media, (b) it doesn't have a way to tell if it has been removed, (c) sometimes, as in remote installs, you don't want to remove the media, and (d) a message to do this, which is provided, is just as friendly. > 7. On the partition editor screen the option <finish> should be the > first in the list (ie; left most side) so if user accepts this config, > hitting enter moves to next menu screen instead of having to tab over > taking more time and effort. An interesting point. I'll think about this. > 8. No where in the bsdinstaller is any help available. That's not true. Many screens (especially in the partition editor) have a help line on the bottom explaining what particular buttons and choices do. -Nathan
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