Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2012 09:14:42 GMT From: Oleg Pudeyev <oleg@bsdpower.com> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: misc/174475: bsdinstall should remember user input Message-ID: <201212160914.qBG9Eg7U014271@red.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201212160920.qBG9K0Q2043051@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 174475 >Category: misc >Synopsis: bsdinstall should remember user input >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Dec 16 09:20:00 UTC 2012 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Oleg Pudeyev >Release: 9.1-release >Organization: >Environment: Not installed yet >Description: Trying to install freebsd 9.1. When bsdinstall fails to do something, it throws away input I previously gave to it. Specifically if it fails during distribution extraction, it resets: - distribution selection - partition selection Curiously it keeps keyboard layout and hostname. Maybe because it retrieves those from OS rather than keeping track of them itself. bsdinstall should store all input I gave to it and apply it before prompting me with dialogs that I already responded to. Also, it should not restart from the beginning when a step fails but only restart that step. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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