Re: smbfs install option for sysinstall

David Yeske wrote:
> I modified the installer a while back to be able to install from a smb share. 
> 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 had domain admin credentials.  
> 
> http://futurebsd.sourceforge.net/freebsd/smbfs/
> 
> 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.

Probably not a big deal, unless it presents a security risk by default. 
  I don't know enough about smbfs to say.

> 
> 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?

Probably easiest to do it this way.  Sysinstall isn't pretty, but making 
it uglier with misformatted dialogs isn't good either.

> 
> 3. This may add too much space to the floppy installer?

No longer a problem now that the splitfs support is in.

> 
> 4. The English used in the menus could be better.
> 
> Regards,
> David Yeske
> 

Scott