Subject: possible (small) install improvements for i386 1.1
To: None <port-i386@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 11/14/1995 00:25:21
I've made some modifications to the boot floppies (not yet in the
source tree -- we'll see if they make it in time for 1.1) that add
mount_kernfs to the i386 boot floppies and to actually mount kernfs
when the thing first boots. I've also made changes to install.sh for
the i386 port to more out /kern/msgbuf so that users don't have to try
to quickly write down all the information they need as the machine
boots but can collect it later on at a leisurely pace.

Are there any other small changes that can radially improve
ease of installation that people would like me to try to add? Anything
that takes more than a couple of lines of shell or the like isn't
going to make it in -- in fact, my current changes might not make it
in -- so I'm looking for simple things that make life easier.

Perry