From owner-freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Mar 23 00:10:06 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-i386@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D7E51065671 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:10:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 238338FC1A for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:10:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2N0A0nc065125 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2N0A03X065124; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:10:00 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Resent-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:10:00 GMT Resent-Message-Id: <200803230010.m2N0A03X065124@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-i386@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, Sean McVaugh Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 461DD1065675 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:01:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (www.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::21]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E5698FC14 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:01:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nobody@FreeBSD.org) Received: from www.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2N01mQI029906 for ; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:01:48 GMT (envelope-from nobody@www.freebsd.org) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by www.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m2N01mvv029905; Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:01:48 GMT (envelope-from nobody) Message-Id: <200803230001.m2N01mvv029905@www.freebsd.org> Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:01:48 GMT From: Sean McVaugh To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org X-Send-Pr-Version: www-3.1 Cc: Subject: i386/121979: Shoot the Installer Designer! X-BeenThere: freebsd-i386@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: I386-specific issues for FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:10:06 -0000 >Number: 121979 >Category: i386 >Synopsis: Shoot the Installer Designer! >Confidential: no >Severity: critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-i386 >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Mar 23 00:10:00 UTC 2008 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sean McVaugh >Release: Vers 7.0 >Organization: Technology for Kids >Environment: Dell Optiplex GX1, Pentium 3 450, 512ram, 80gig western Digital WD800JB hd, was a new 52x Samsung CD Drive(now Dead), then a New LG 52x24x52(now Dead). >Description: I have no Idea what your installer designer is thinking but after 12 and 1/2 Hours and 2 tries and two dead wore out drives, I have given up on your distro. and purchased Red Hat. The fact that your software may be free doesn't count when you burn out the tray moters in two brand new drives just to install the software just because the person that designed the install decided that each and every little piece of code had to be spread over 3 cd's. I have never come across a piece of software that required more than a half dozen cd swaps. Your is counted at over 200 and I only got half way throu on both tries. >How-To-Repeat: Try it your selves and see, unless this was planed, then you already know. >Fix: Use a little strategy Like read everything into a cash 1 cd at a time and then instantate the installer or maybe use a disk cache at one disk at a time....but a little more brains and less who cares would have been better. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: