On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 08:24:57AM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote: > On Mon, Aug 12, 2024 at 01:34:44PM -0700, Steve Rikli wrote: > > This works OK for me, but I'm wondering if other folks have better > > ideas. I don't see an obvious sysinst menu option for this kind of > > activity. > > There is a good point in the installation where this should happen, > and that is the final "additional configuration" menu, where you can > add users, install pkgsrc and what have you. > > Maybe we should add another "run a shell" entry there.
Sounds right. There's a "Root shell" menu item there already, which at first glance gave me hope, but I then I realized that's actually to configure the login shell for root. :) And agreed, IME after you select "Finished" on that menu, you get "installation is now complete"; you might also see sysinst messages happening behind the menu about unmounting and doing away with dk*, maybe if your terminal and TERM aren't quite right(?). So the most useful shell running needs to happen prior to exiting that menu. > There is a trivial workaround with the current version: when you are > at that menu, use ^Z to suspend sysinst, do whatever is needed and > exit the shell to return to the sysinst menu and finalize the setup. Neat; I'll have to try that next time. :) sr.
