>Number:         7546
>Category:       port-i386
>Synopsis:       Installation notes on 1.4 (sysinst)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    port-i386-maintainer (NetBSD/i386 Portmaster)
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Mon May 10 09:05:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Heiko W.Rupp
>Organization:
>Release:        NetBSD-1.4
>Environment:


>Description:

+ When editing partitions and you add a new partition (e.g. a-e are
present and you add partition f), one doesn't see the end of the current
partitions (e in that case), so one has to guess the offset.

+ sysinst asks (when installing over ftp) 
    "What directory shall I user for ftp? [/usr/INSTALL]: "
It is not clear if this is a local directory or remote?

+ sysinst hides the passwort from the user in the ftp-menu, but
  it shows it in the command filed in the second screen line

+ ftp fails to retrieve ftp://user:pass@host.do.main/u/netbsd-1.4-bin/
  "230 user logged in"
  "200 Type set to I"
  "550 u/netbsd-1.4-bin: no such file ..."
  "221 Goodbye".

The same works on my 1.3.3 box

+ If install via ftp is not successful and I want to try via 
nfs, I can't. sysinst should get one back to the "choose the media" menu
where one still can select exit instead of bailing out.

+ Submenus "e.g. Utilities" say "Exit". It is not directly clear if
  this means exit from the submenu or exit sysinst

+ Install over NFS runs fine. But then stoped and did not display anything
  ^C helped to get a picture again. Bad said to try to user ^T, but 
  this was too late.







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