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

[matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>]

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

From: matthew green <mrg%eterna.com.au@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: install-manager%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost,
    netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, dholland%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: re: install/47038: installing from a USB stick image is unnecessarily 
confusing
Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 09:10:42 +1000

 >  On Fri, Oct 05, 2012 at 11:00:01AM +0000, dholland%netbsd.org@localhost 
 > wrote:
 >  > Shouldn't install media that come with installation sets choose their
 >  > own installation sets by default?
 >  
 >  Yes, I think both on CDs and USB images we should pass an option to sysinst
 >  making it skip the distmedium menu and go straight to get_via_cdrom() (with
 >  included magic to find the cd drive used) or get_via_localdir() in the usb
 >  case.
 
 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 was thinking it would make the default be right, so you could
 just hit return and start.
 
 
 .mrg.