On 21 Dec 2001 19:20:26 +0100 Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Marcel Pol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 3. Smp kernel? > > I have an smp system, but an up kernel was installed. > > Is it somehow possible to detect this and let the installer install the smp > > kernel? > > ok, i'll do it.
Nice :) I wondered if it was even possible. With an up kernel, cat /proc/cpuinfo just shows one cpu. > > 6. Security level. > > When choosing the security level, it is default set to Low, and you have to > > set it to Medium or High yourself. > > I'd rather see it set to Medium as default, so when you just hit Enter, it > > won't hurt too much. > > "Low" security is not that bad. Ok, I'll take your word for that. > > 7. Webmin started as default. > > Another security issue. > > When selecting services to be On or Off at boot, Webmin is set On as default.> > I can't see Webmin and security going hand in hand. > > It would be better to have it set to Off as default. > > our policy is to have installed things working, at least if a default> configuration makes sense (which is the case for webmin). We try to ensure> servers are not installed when you don't want them. Yes, that makes sense. It just that I thought about this, while there a big security issue with webmin. But updates should take care of that. > > 9. User ID? > > I somehow expected to be able to set a User ID for my user. > > There wasn't an option for it though. > > It can be quite handy to be able to access my nfs server as this user.> > Feature request: I'd like an option to set the User ID. > > one day... And i wonder when there'll be a uid mapper (it used to exist, no?) Well, on the nfs server (freebsd) and my other nfs client I switched all my uid's to 501. So I guess you're talking about a uid mapper on the client side. I didn't know something like that existed. I'd still like the option to choose a uid myself though :) > > 10. Mounting partitions. > > It wasn't clear to me after making the partitions, if I needed to mount them > > myself or not. > > I created a / and a /boot partition. > > I couldn't mount the /, but I did mount /boot at /boot. > > The installer later mounted / at /mnt. > > All the packages were installed in /mnt, so my /boot partition remained > > empty, and rebooting after my second install did not work out too, because > > it couldn't find the files at the /boot partition.> > I wouldn't know the best way to make this clear. > > Maybe it would be good to show a message in the partitioner, that it's not > > advised to mount partitions here. The installer will take care of it.> > good point. Maybe i should disable the "Mount" button during install, uh? Yes, maybe. Or maybe there a better approach, I don't have a clear idea how it should be. But why was there a mount button anyway? -- Marcel Pol [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux 2.4.16-10mdksmp, up 10:26, 4 users
