From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 16 08:23:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA23920 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:23:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA23913 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 08:23:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA14060; Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:23:36 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980617012332.57368@welearn.com.au> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:23:32 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: Jamie Bowden Cc: Mike , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 CD-ROM : Package dependencies up the creek ? References: <3585A1F2.41C67EA6@ida.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Jamie Bowden on Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:06:07AM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jun 16, 1998 at 08:06:07AM -0400, Jamie Bowden wrote: > You missed her point entirely. Sysinstall closed up shop, went home, and > left her locked in a dark room without telling her it was closing time or > why. Worse. It went on installing and bouncing back with merry menus for half an hour after it ran out of disk space, as if nothing was wrong. > Now, I don't like to whine about the current state of sysinstall > because I attempted to load 1.1 from an LBA'd dos partition once. > Computing cylinders when you aren't really sure which numbers your > actually using leads to painfull mistakes. All she's asking for is maybe > for a little message like "Your disk is full, can't continue" or some > such. Yes, that would be wonderful! But if it's too hard to do, just mention in the instructions that you might not be told if it runs out of space. That'd be almost as good. -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message