Re: BSDInstaller snapshot

Rostislav Krasny wrote:
> Hi,
>
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/06.png
>
> Will BSDInstaller support PPPoE? It could be very useful for network
> installation over ADSL.
I haven't tried to setup PPPoE with the BSDInstaller. As far as I know 
there is no support for it in the installer but you could configure it 
from the command line.
> Does BSDInstaller support network installation
> from FTP or NIS or even HTTP?
>   
Not yet. It's on my todo list
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/11.png
>
> Is it a low-level formatting? Why should one format a new hard disk
> before partitioning it? Does the pointer there reside at
> "Skip this step" by default?
>   
The commands run after the formatting appear to be the same as is run after
http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/15.png
I will have a look in to this.
> IMHO in all sentences like "Would you like to format this disk?" or
> "You may now partition this disk if you desire" the word "this" is
> better to be always changed to the disk name. On those screenshots it
> should be "ad0" ot "the ad0".
>
> By the way, does/will BSDInstaller support a DD (dangerously dedicated)
> disk mode?
>   
I don't know. I'll look in to it.
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/16.png
>
> I think this menu should be changed, so one could select not only the
> slice size but also where it begins. Ideally this should be defined by
> three numbers: 'start sector', 'end sector' and 'size in sectors'.
> Changing the 'size in sectors' should also change the 'end sector', and
> changing 'start sector' or 'end sector' should also change the 'size in
> sectors', automatically.
>   
The start position is defined by the previous "partitions" (bsd slices) 
on the disk.
I would like to change it to accept size in MB, GB, TB, etc.
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/24.png
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/25.png
>
> I think the word "formatted" on the second screenshot should be changed
> to "created", because fdisk doesn't format partitions/slices.
>   
Added to local changes to test.
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/22.png
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/26.png
>
> Does BSDInstaller support installtion on multiple slices or multiple
> physical disks? Sysinstall supports it.
>   
Not yet. Its on my todo.
> http://people.freebsd.org/~julian/bsdinstaller_install/33.png
>
> Isn't "Ports Collection" a better name than "Ports tree"?
>   
I've got a local change for this.

Andrew