From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 3 22:32:08 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id WAA15605 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 3 Jun 1995 22:32:08 -0700 Received: from leo.ibms.sinica.edu.tw ([140.109.40.249]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA15598 for ; Sat, 3 Jun 1995 22:32:01 -0700 Received: (from taob@localhost) by leo.ibms.sinica.edu.tw (8.6.11/8.6.9) id NAA17231; Sun, 4 Jun 1995 13:30:46 +0800 Date: Sun, 4 Jun 1995 13:30:46 +0800 (CST) From: Brian Tao To: David Dawes cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: More thoughts on the installer In-Reply-To: <199506040351.AA29120@physics.su.oz.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 4 Jun 1995, David Dawes wrote: > > >* 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). Selecting the "OK" button could go ahead and reboot the machine, while "Cancel"/"Back" would return you to the installation menu for doing other things. I like the welcome message you get at the end of the 2.0 installation. -- Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org