Re: CVS commit: src/distrib/notes/common

[Hubert Feyrer <hubert%feyrer.de@localhost>]

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, David Laight wrote:
> >  * Default disklabel name doesn't seem to be "mydisk" any longer
> >    (judging by this week's installation of 2.0_BETA/i386)
>
> That bit is all fubar'd...  any suggestions welcome!
> There are two 'name' fields in the disklabel, d_typename and d_diskname.
> One might think that sysinst would be playing with d_diskname - but that
> isn't the case - maybe because disklabel looks the disk up by d_typename?
> In any case sysinst defaults to the value in the existing label, which
> will be the manufacters type for an ATA disk.
> "mydisk" is used if the field in the currect label is unset.

Uhu... Um, can you check the docs and update them to what you think fits
best? You're more familiar with the code than I am.


> > Todo:
> >  * Enter size of extracted sets w/o X and of X sets (done for 2.0/i386)
> >    (Portmasters?)
>
> The minimum size for "/" and "/usr" are also out of date, and, IMHO,  fairly
> pointless.
> (The size of "/" of only big enough because the default allows for a few
> system dumps!)

I know the sizes are out of date, I'll try to take a stab at that later.
=> ``todo''. Unless you want to take a stab at that?


> The 'mbr' editor has the wooly text:
>
> > A few hundred MB is enough for a basic installation, but you should allow
> > extra for additional software and user files.
> > Allow at least 5GB if you want to build NetBSD itself.
>
> Which is probably adequate - especially given the sizes of any disks
> that haven't yet died!

Um, 5GB may be ok for a modern PC, but what about that VAX user?
Keep that in mind, and feel free to update the docs where you think it's
appropriate!


> Also might be worth mentioning that you can get a shell prompt by
> typing ^Z (and typing fg to resume sysinst).

Um, yes... that's nice & convenient. Where a shell prompt is needed, the
install covers that and how to get one already


 - Hubert

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