On Mon, Nov 09, 2020 at 10:10:56AM +0000, nia wrote: > fwiw, i think the default options should be as close to Just Work as possible. > > i have installed NetBSD irl with people who have only a little bit of unix > knowledge, and watched them wince every time something doesn't go as planned. > often this is on older, spare hardware, that's just to play with the OS on, > so it is likely to not have >2015 CPU features (RDRAND).
I totaly agree with both of this, but "just work" is not a clear target, especially when a simple step makes a difference in security (whether manually typing in random things *does* make a difference is probably for another debate). The description pointing at copying output from another machine is just an option (and it actually helps a lot when you do installs via serial console or similar). So: happy to make it more userfriendly, simpler, rephrase messages, whatever needed - but we should not end up with insecure installs. Martin
