Subject: bin/6307: Problem with NetBSD 1.3.2 pmax installation notes
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Terry R. Friedrichsen <terry@oberon.sunquest.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 10/15/1998 10:05:59
>Number: 6307
>Category: bin
>Synopsis: sysinst installation from CD device specification enhancement
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State: open
>Class: change-request
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Thu Oct 15 10:05:01 1998
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Terry R. Friedrichsen
>Organization:
Sunquest Information Systems, Inc.
>Release: NetBSD-1.3.2 CD 12-May-1998
>Environment:
pmax NetBSD-1.3.2 sysinst
System: netbsd 1.3.2
>Description:
When telling sysinst to install from CD, it would be nice if it
accepted a blank device name to indicate that "I already mounted
the CD for you; don't diddle with it and just believe the directory
I told you to look in".
To really support this well, sysinst should be taught not to prepend
"/mnt2" to the directory specification if that directory specifica-
tion starts with a leading "/" indicating that the user is specifying
a full path name. Either that or the documentation should be amended
to indicate that sysinst really expects to see the CD mounted on
/mnt2.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
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