On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 10:04 PM, Shawn Walker <swalker at opensolaris.org> wrote: > Peter Tribble 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. > > My problem with that is you could use that logic to justify any > configuration changes a person might need to make during install.
Not any; just those necessary to make the system come up correctly on the network in a state that means you can connect to it or manage it remotely. (Which may make a question like 'How do you want cfengine configured?' be eminently sensible.) > It also complicates the install process from both a technical and user > perspective. It shouldn't be complicated at all. From a user (enterprise user) perspective, the uncomplicated route is single pass through all the questions up front. > I understand why you desire it to be part of the install process, but I tend > to agree with the original philosophy behind caiman that tends towards > configuration-less install. I wouldn't use it myself either way, but having seen how other people get systems installed and configured, it seems to me that having the configuration questions asked up front would be what's expected. Although I'm shocked at how manually intensive some of those processes are. The point being that you have to fit in with how users (customers!) work, rather than dictating to them. Given the diversity of customers and their requirements, that means having more options, not less. (Just done cleanly. The fundamental problem with the old Solaris interactive installer isn't that it asks a bunch of questions, but that it does so in a manner that could best be described as awkward and cumbersome.) -- -Peter Tribble http://www.petertribble.co.uk/ - http://ptribble.blogspot.com/
