Date: Fri, 28 Apr 1995 10:40:14 -0400 (EDT) From: "House of Debuggin'" <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> To: root@morton.cdrom.com (Charlie &) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: What I'd *really like* for 2.0.5 Message-ID: <199504281440.KAA01908@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu> In-Reply-To: <199504272052.NAA17431@morton.cdrom.com> from "Charlie &" at Apr 27, 95 01:52:11 pm
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They say this Charlie & person (who is really jkh in disguise) was kidding when he wrote: > Is a dialog based kernel configuration utility! Grrr.... You know what *I'd* really like to see for 2.0.5? I'd like to see the FreeBSD install program offer me the option of choosing my own custom newfs options. For each filesystem. What would also be keen is if it allowed me to add NFS filesystems to the /etc/fstab file (with user-configureable mount options). The Solaris 2.x install does this. It even offers to verify the mounts for you. If you're real lucky, it'll actually work. Of course, this assumes that the install will properly configure your machine for network operation first, *and* save the parameters correctly. Having an NIS client configuration in the install would be nice too. This should be as easy as setting the value for defaultdomain in /etc/sysconfig or, as I sometimes feel compelled to think of it, freebsd.ini. >:) (Note that NIS server configuration is a tad bit too hairy to do correctly at install time. Best to leave it until the system is running multiuser.) And while I'm busting your chops over this, does the install still demand that a /usr filesystem be created before it'll proceed, even if the user doesn't want one? > Jordan -Bill, donning his asbestos pointy hat. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~T~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -Bill Paul (212) 854-6020 | System Manager Work: wpaul@ctr.columbia.edu | Center for Telecommunications Research Home: wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu | Columbia University, New York City ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Møøse Illuminati: ignore it and be confused, or join it and be confusing! ~~~~~~~~~ FreeBSD 2.1: "We can kick your operating system's ass!" ~~~~~~~~~~
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