Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:29:54 +1030 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Karl Pielorz <kpielorz@tdx.co.uk>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD updated Installation / Adminsitration Kit Message-ID: <199801300759.SAA03514@word.smith.net.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 29 Jan 1998 23:57:14 -0800." <18697.886147034@time.cdrom.com>
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> 2. We still need to converge on a set of desired enhancements for > the old sysinstall. I don't mean to discourage discussion about the > new one, but I'd like to finish out the old topic before it's hijacked > by the new one. ;) Indeed. There are a couple of things about the install disk that immediately come to mind: FAILSAFE should be ripped out of GENERIC, at least until we know why it causes the NCR driver to spit when talking to some tape drives. Nothing else uses it anyway. 8( The media probe should be held off until the media menu is required for the first time. There should be an option on the media menu to 'rescan for media', in order to pick up newly loaded devices (tape, CD, etc.). The use of the "floppy" media for removable disks of other sorts is slightly confusing. A synonymous entry would be good. These would all be moderately easy things for a new sysinstall hacker to work on, and would address some real nit issues. I'm sure Jordan could list a few more things in this category. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\
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