On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Peter Tribble <peter.tribble at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 8:17 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org>
> wrote:
>> Jim Walker wrote:
>>>
>>> Are there plans to add an option at install time to
>>> enter the static IP network information in a future
>>> dev release?
>>
>> Why does it need to be done during the install process?
>>
>> Why not at first boot?
>
> Because that means you touch the box more times than you need to.
> You have to go back to a box later to finish off.
>
> It's far better to run through all the steps required to set up a box in one
> go, which means you have to be able to enter everything up front.
>
> --
> -Peter Tribble
> http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
Hello, while I agree with you in regards to philosophy, in this
specific scenario it wouldn't be all that bad, because at first you
initiate the interactive GUI based install, then go away, drink
coffee, leave it alone, maybe over night. After an arbitrary amount of
time the user _has_ to return anyway. Then all he has to do is
answering the NWAM vs. Manual [and if so, detailed] dialoges on first
login.
For totally automated {1rst_define_all, then let it finish} scenarios
the user would not pick any interactive installer in the first place,
but rather AI (or previously JumpStart).
The cost of adding this functionality should not be high.
And if we really want, I agree with you, we can have it launched
post-install before first reboot (or with a temporary tweak even
earlier).
%martin
