Subject: Re: install.sh fails for 1.1 alpha
To: None <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Robin Cutshaw <robin@intercore.com>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/09/1995 15:54:40
>
> On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 20:24:24 -0500 (EST)
> Robin Cutshaw <robin@intercore.com> wrote:
>
> > During the "Making devices...", I get:
> > chgrp: kmem: illegal group name (3 times)
> > chgrp: bin: illegal group name (once)
> > chgrp: operator: illegal group name (many times)
> > chown: wheel: illegal group name (many times)
> > chown: operator: illegal group name (many times)
> > chown: kmem: illegal group name (once)
>
> Looks like /etc/group is missing in the miniroot, or whatever the SPARC uses.
I figured that too. I guess my ultimate point was that the install script
really requires that it be run by people like us that have been installing
unix systems since 4BSD started.
>
> > Also, this script is very confusing. In the section where one defines the
> > root partition/disk, it doesn't mention that if you are using a /usr that
> > you should edit the fstab and add it (luckily, I guessed right). The
> > network config section asks for an IP address and "Symbolic name?". I
> > think hostname is much better than "Symbolic name". The /etc/hosts
> > ends up with IP symbolicname symbolicname.domainname.
>
> Um, actually, in at least the hp300 version that Paul based the SPARC
> version on, you are promted for additional filesystems. The script
> displays a message like:
Again, I think that merely adding the verbage "like /usr" would go
a log way to make it clearer. I wasn't sure whether I should add /usr
during this step or maybe somewhere later in the install process.
>
> As for "Symbolic name", I chose that term because, quite frankly, on
> systems with more than one network interface (like one I tested it on for
> the hp300), the name of the network interface does not necessarily match
> the hostname for the machine. Really, you are mapping a symbolic name to
> the IP address assigned to that interface, hence the term.
>
To me, "Symbolic name" looked more like "alias" rather than "hostname for
this interface".
I apologise if my comments seem rough, I'd just like to see the
installation process be easier for the masses so that NetBSD will
be more widely accepted.
robin