Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 16:07:38 -0800 (PST) From: anthony@pinkworks.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: misc/5003: Novice Installation gets confused if you fail an restart Message-ID: <199711110007.QAA09782@hub.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199711110010.QAA10056@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 5003 >Category: misc >Synopsis: Novice Installation gets confused if you fail an restart >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: change-request >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Nov 10 16:10:03 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Anthony J Wright >Organization: Pinkworks Ltd >Release: 2.2.5 >Environment: >Description: If you start a 'Novice' installation, and then for some reason quit, if you try and re-run the 'Novice' installation it lets to define the boot partitions, and the boot manager, but then promptly returns back to the main menu (no labeling, no distributions, no media...). This is extremely disconcerting to a novice user who frequently makes mistakes during installation/configuration. >How-To-Repeat: Create a 2.2.5 installation disk. Boot from it. Do a 'Novice installation' At the Distribution menu hit Cancel Do a 'Novice installation' again You don't get any further that the 'disk partioning' part of the process >Fix: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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