i386/160573: 9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller

[Joe Barbish]

>Number:         160573
>Category:       i386
>Synopsis:       9.0 beta2 & the new bsdinstaller
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    freebsd-i386
>State:          open
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>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Sep 09 00:40:04 UTC 2011
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joe Barbish
>Release:        9.0 beta2
>Organization:
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>Description:
Here are some problems that need to be addressed.

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

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.

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.

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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


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