bin/160573: bsdinstaller(8): 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller

[Nathan Whitehorn]

> 1. The bsdinstaller welcome screen should have option to select to use
> the old sysinstall instead of continuing with the new bsdinstaller.

sysinstall can't be used due to changes in the packaging format. Were it 
updated, this could be revisited.

> 2. On the select a keyboard language menu screen, there are 9 options
> for USA and none of them is the 101 keyboard layout. I've been
> installing FBSD since release 4.0 and have never changed the keyboard
> from what ever the default was. This keyboard menu should list the first
> entry in the list as (default and use the keyboard language as used in
> all previous releases. Also the keymap= statment that is placed in
> /etc/rc.conf should have a default setting in /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
> The system hangs if the keymap= statment is missing from /etc/rc.conf.

The first part of this has been fixed in r226058. The second part (about 
the hangs) isn't actually true.

> 3.Following the keyboard language menu screen is the "set host name"
> screen. It seems that the keyboard language selected in the previous
> menu is now in effect and if the keys layout does not line up with your
> the keyboard you have, then what ever you enter for the host name is
> scrambled, (IE. type in "home" and "dwkc" is what shows on the screen).
> There is no option to return to previous keyboard language
> menu screen to select different keyboard language. Only option is to
> reboot and start all over again from the beginning of the new 
> bsdinstaller.

If you press "cancel" there, it will restart the installer and return 
you to the keymap screen.

> 4. Distribution selection menu screen. The games & ports options are
> checked with an asterisk meaning these are the defaults. All the options
> on this menu should be blank so user has to make selection. Default
> should be no selections.

I disagree strongly here -- sensible defaults are much better than 
forcing selections. Most people want ports, and most people expect games 
and lib32.

> 5. Final configuration screen has the "add user" option and the OK button
> highlighted. Hitting keyboard enter key takes you into add user function
> as the default. The exit option should be first in the list so its
> highlighted and hitting enter on your keyboard moves you to next menu
> screen just like all the other bsdinataller screens do.

Fixed in r226059.

> 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.

No. (a) this can't possibly work, because the installer is mounted off 
the media, (b) it doesn't have a way to tell if it has been removed, (c) 
sometimes, as in remote installs, you don't want to remove the media, 
and (d) a message to do this, which is provided, is just as friendly.

> 7. On the partition editor screen the option <finish> should be the
> first in the list (ie; left most side) so if user accepts this config,
> hitting enter moves to next menu screen instead of having to tab over
> taking more time and effort.

An interesting point. I'll think about this.

> 8. No where in the bsdinstaller is any help available.

That's not true. Many screens (especially in the partition editor) have 
a help line on the bottom explaining what particular buttons and choices do.
-Nathan