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Date:      Wed, 07 Mar 2001 16:34:10 -0800
From:      Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>
To:        Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>
Cc:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>, Kal Torak <kaltorak@quake.com.au>, FreeBSD-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Security Level in Sysinstall 
Message-ID:  <20010308003410.EDD4B3E0C@bazooka.unixfreak.org>
In-Reply-To: <15014.52548.792343.819247@guru.mired.org>; from mwm@mired.org on "Wed, 7 Mar 2001 18:07:32 -0600"

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Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> writes:
> Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> types:
> > Sysinstall seems like the logical place for it.  It's much easier to
> > push "F1" than to go searching through the FAQ for it.  Also, remember
> > that some people don't have more than one computer, and thus can't
> > access the web-based documentation while they're in sysinstall;
> > they've probably printed the installation instructions from the
> > handbook, but how many people print the entire FAQ (it's over 10000
> > lines in SGML; I imagine it's at least half of that rendered) before
> > they proceed to install FreeBSD?
> > 
> > That said, an FAQ entry still can't hurt.  I don't know if it should
> > use the same text as the sysinstall help (if that goes in).  Mike, do
> > you want to do it, or should I (if you do, at least look at the PR for
> > ideas of what to put there).
> > 
> 
> Yup - if you want to figure out what you did during the install, the
> FAQ seems like a more logical place to look than sysinstall. At least
> to me. It might make sense to recommend checking sysinstall as a
> possibly more up-to-date source of info as well.
> 
> Well, I'm always willing to let someone else do work if they're
> willing.

I'll do it later today.

> [...] If you want me to do it, could you provide a URL for the PR
> again?

If you're still interested: http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=25537

					Dima Dorfman
					dima@unixfreak.org

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