Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 13:51:58 +1000 (EST) From: David Dawes <dawes@physics.usyd.edu.au> To: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More thoughts on the installer Message-ID: <199506040351.AA29120@physics.su.oz.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950604111655.14315D-100000@leo> from "Brian Tao" at Jun 4, 95 11:19:03 am
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>* I assume the partition editor is doing the right thing when it uses > "newfs -u 2888" on an 800M partition, but "newfs -u 2720" on an 85M > one and "newfs -u 4096" on 50M and 30M ones? I presume that this is adjusted to avoid unused space? newfs has often told me there are unused cylinder(s) when using the default 4096. >* What's "XFree86 3.1.1L" (also in the same dialog)? I wondered about that too. It should either be called 3.1.1u1 or just 3.1.1. >* There should be a more explicit dialog box after the post-install to > tell the user that everything is done and the machine can be > rebooted, enjoy your new FreeBSD 2.0.5 system, etc., etc. Having to > quit out of three or four layers of dialog boxes to reboot seems > sort of anti-climactic and unfulfilling to me. ;-) But you might want to go back and do something else (like install another package). David
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