9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller

Fbsd8 fbsd8 at a1poweruser.com
Sun Sep 25 13:01:49 UTC 2011


deeptech71 at gmail.com wrote:
> Fbsd8 wrote:
>> 6. At the "Complete screen" when the reboot option is selected the
>> cd/dvd drive should automatically open so the install media can be
>> removed just like sysinstall does. If disc1.iso or dvd.iso was installed
>> to memstick and used to boot from to install the system, then a message
>> screen should pop out saying the memstick has to be removed now before
>> the reboot starts. Don't let the reboot occur until the memstick is removed.
> 
> Do NOT alter! More often than not,
> (1) you keep floppies, optical discs, and memory sticks in your
> computer without intending to boot from them, and
> (2) you'll want to use your BIOS's boot-once functionality (press a
> specific keyboard button to bring up the media choser menu for that
> boot; otherwise boot from the hard drives) whenever you do want to
> boot from floppies, optical discs, or memory sticks.
>
> 
>
You have missed the subject completely of what #6 is addressing. This 
has nothing to do with telling the pc hardware which media to boot from 
at power up time like you suggest in your post.

This has to do with the logic of the new bsdinstall process and the 
differences between bsdinstall and sysinstall in the way the install 
media is removed from the pc before it reboots as part of the normal 
install process.






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