On Mon, 21 Mar 2011, Nathan Whitehorn wrote: ... >> - Does the usage of a "dangerously dedikated disklabel" give any advantage? > > Not that I can think of -- I'm not sure about maximum disk sizes for pure > BSD-label disks. It's a legitimate option, though, for people doing manual > configuration. > The question was only ment for the use of "dangerously dedikated disklabel" by the memstick itself. I have no opinion for use by the patitioner. >> - The usage of an UFS-Label for root mounting should be more flexible > > Yes. It is somewhat difficult however, to cross-correlate gpart labels for > GPT, APM, and PC98, with the labeled provider names (the label is not UFS > labels, but gpart ones). > ditto. >> - The first dialog step should set the keyboard layout > > That *is* the first step. > Inside the bsdinstaller, yes. The very first dialog step is the welcome page. Inside "Shell" or "Live CD" youl'll not get asked. >> - The /etc is not writable which would greatly reduce the usefulness for >> the ISO >> image (no modified resolv.conf, sshd_config, ...) > > This is only partly true. /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink into /tmp, which > allows DHCP and network configuration to work. > I still prefer a standard /etc with writable entries. Less special and more POLA. Thanks for your work on bsdinstaller anyhow! Bye/2 --- Michael Reifenberger Michael_at_Reifenberger.com http://www.Reifenberger.comReceived on Mon Mar 21 2011 - 20:06:39 UTC
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