bin/86859: Installer should ask about Linux earlier

[Ceri Davies]

The following reply was made to PR bin/86859; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Ceri Davies <ceri at FreeBSD.org>
To: jhs at berklix.org
Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit at freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/86859: Installer should ask about Linux earlier
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:14:57 +0000

 On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 10:13:25AM +0200, jhs at berklix.org wrote:
 > 	
 > >Description:
 > Years back, a nice job was done of moving all the install config
 > questions to occur at once, so one could answer them all, then walk
 > off & leave the new box installing. (Unliker other installers, where
 > one has to sit in front, nursing the install through).  That is now
 > spoilt a little bit, by having the install then later ask, ~Install
 > Linux emulator?~ & then waiting some more at screen for it to happen.
 > It's just one more toggle question that could be moved up to be
 > asked at beginning, & then run while one is Not sitting in front
 > waiting for it to complete.
 
 Hi Julian,
 
 Looking at the code, specifically install.c, the Linux question does
 indeed get asked at the same time as all the other questions (is this an
 NFS client, do you want ACPI disabled indefinitely, etc).  This doesn't
 seem to have been changed any time recently either.
 
 Is this a problem with 6.x or a 7.0 snap?
 
 Ceri