Re: new installer (snapshot may 12th)
> the installer allowed me to install OpenBSD perfectly (and much quicker > than before). > > One question: When *not* configuring any NIC, it still asks for a DNS > domain name - I guess that's used to make up the FQDN even though there > is no network. > It also wants me to specify nameservers - I could say 'none' but if I > don't have a NIC at all, couldn't that step be skipped entirely? I think that is an acceptable question to still ask. My view is that it is a "Welcome to the Internet" situation. Even if you are not on the net now, you will be later.
Re: 4.5 snapshot installer
> I tested the installer from May 14th and noticed that downloaded sets get > checked against sha256. Nice job! However there is bsd.rd which doesn't > get checked and neither do the "x*" packages. > > I understand that the checksum of bsd.rd can't be created before the bsd.rd > image is finished, but I'm left wondering that perhaps at the cost of > pretty looks a warning be put in place that says "warning set bsd.rd will > not be checksummed". I don't see the point. > Let me know if I should break my head over writing this change in > install.sub. Please don't. As for X, it cannot be solved since the builds are not integrated that closely and I am not willing to change my final snapshot build processes which produce the stuff yet.
Re: 4.5 snapshot installer
Glad you noticed. It is a chicken and egg to include a hash on install media that then itself gets hashed. Don't expect bsd.rd to happen. X is another matter. It's not realistic to build X everytime base is built; for that and for other reasons, the X hashes cannot (yet) be included in the bsd.rd. Since you asked, I would recommend you not waste your time trying to figure this out. Penned by Peter J. Philipp on 20090516 23:42.43, we have: | Hi, | | I tested the installer from May 14th and noticed that downloaded sets get | checked against sha256. Nice job! However there is bsd.rd which doesn't | get checked and neither do the "x*" packages. | | I understand that the checksum of bsd.rd can't be created before the bsd.rd | image is finished, but I'm left wondering that perhaps at the cost of | pretty looks a warning be put in place that says "warning set bsd.rd will | not be checksummed". | | Let me know if I should break my head over writing this change in | install.sub. | | Regards, | | -peter -- Todd Fries .. t...@fries.net _ | \ 1.636.410.0632 (voice) | Free Daemon Consulting, LLC \ 1.405.227.9094 (voice) | http://FreeDaemonConsulting.com \ 1.866.792.3418 (FAX) | "..in support of free software solutions." \ 250797 (FWD) | \ \\ 37E7 D3EB 74D0 8D66 A68D B866 0326 204E 3F42 004A http://todd.fries.net/pgp.txt
4.5 snapshot installer
Hi, I tested the installer from May 14th and noticed that downloaded sets get checked against sha256. Nice job! However there is bsd.rd which doesn't get checked and neither do the "x*" packages. I understand that the checksum of bsd.rd can't be created before the bsd.rd image is finished, but I'm left wondering that perhaps at the cost of pretty looks a warning be put in place that says "warning set bsd.rd will not be checksummed". Let me know if I should break my head over writing this change in install.sub. Regards, -peter
