Re: install/47038: installing from a USB stick image is unnecessarily confusing

[David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR install/47038; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/47038: installing from a USB stick image is
 unnecessarily confusing
Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 16:18:52 +0000

 On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 10:30:04PM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
  >  > does this mean i wouldn't be able to choose some other media?
  >  > i use this feature fairly often -- boot some random cdrom, but
  >  > use sets from some other place (usually ftp or nfs.)
  >  
  > I am not sure about this - while I use it myself as well, there is
  > a certain (but not very strong) relation between sysinst, the
  > install environment and the sets.
  >  
  > On the other hand, from a typical user perspective, the whole
  > install process should need as few questions/interactions as
  > possible.
  >  
  > So: let's create an option menu to go via full menu/manual source
  > selection, but make the default install "just do the right thing"
  > (i.e. use the sets that come with the CD/usb image).
 
 That sounds like the right approach.
 
 As for whether documentation is enough... no, I don't think so. Most
 people who have a couple clues won't bother reading the install
 instructions in enough detail to notice, and in a lot of environments
 by the time you're sitting in the installer wondering wtf to do next
 it's a bit late to go back and look at the instructions.
 
 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost