NetBSD Problem Report #9904

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From: mcmahill@mit.edu
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Subject: sysinst sometimes doesn't store network config
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>Number:         9904
>Category:       install
>Synopsis:       sysinst sometimes doesn't store network config
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    install-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sun Apr 16 18:51:00 +0000 2000
>Closed-Date:    
>Last-Modified:  Sat Apr 07 23:30:02 +0000 2012
>Originator:     dan mcmahill
>Release:        1.4.2
>Organization:

>Environment:

System: NetBSD wayne.mit.edu 1.4.1 NetBSD 1.4.1 (WAYNE) #0: Sat Jan 8 15:00:10 EST 2000 mcmahill@wayne.mit.edu:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/WAYNE i386


>Description:

when using sysinst to install from CD-ROM, you must configure the network
(utility menu, config network) _before_ doing the install if you want
sysinst to store your network config.  If you do the install first, then
config the network, the config isn't saved.


>How-To-Repeat:

install from CD.  then remember to config the network, then loose and
do it by hand.


>Fix:

always ask "do you want to configure the network" even if installing from
CD, and always give the option to save it.


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
From: Julian Djamil Fagir <gnrp@komkon2.de>
To: gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/9904
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:14:03 +0100

 Hi,

 > when using sysinst to install from CD-ROM, you must configure the network
 > (utility menu, config network) _before_ doing the install if you want
 > sysinst to store your network config.  If you do the install first, then
 > config the network, the config isn't saved.
 I wonder if this should really be fixed. Currently, network setup is saved
 after unpacking sets (get_and_unpack_sets()).
 If I set up networking for the installer, I wouldn't expect it to do that for
 the installed operating system, too.
 And at that state, the filesystem isn't mounted anymore, and mounting it just
 for that purpose, rechecking fstab, etc., is much work for a single task
 nobody really expects.

 Imho, the new sysinst could be designed wrt to this issue (configuration
 after the installation itself finished), but having it in current sysinst is
 much (useless) work.

 Regards, Julian

From: Julian Djamil Fagir <gnrp@komkon2.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/9904: sysinst sometimes doesn't store network config
Date: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:30:40 +0100

 Hi, 

 I'm sorry, this was meant to be attached to this patch.
 >  > when using sysinst to install from CD-ROM, you must configure the network
 >  > (utility menu, config network) _before_ doing the install if you want
 >  > sysinst to store your network config.  If you do the install first, then
 >  > config the network, the config isn't saved.
 >  I wonder if this should really be fixed. Currently, network setup is saved
 >  after unpacking sets (get_and_unpack_sets()).
 >  If I set up networking for the installer, I wouldn't expect it to do that
 > for the installed operating system, too.
 >  And at that state, the filesystem isn't mounted anymore, and mounting it
 > just for that purpose, rechecking fstab, etc., is much work for a single
 > task nobody really expects.
 >  
 >  Imho, the new sysinst could be designed wrt to this issue (configuration
 >  after the installation itself finished), but having it in current sysinst
 > is much (useless) work.
 >  
 >  Regards, Julian
 >  

From: David Holland <dholland-bugs@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/9904
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2012 18:42:36 +0000

 On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:15:10PM +0000, Julian Djamil Fagir wrote:
  >  > when using sysinst to install from CD-ROM, you must configure the network
  >  > (utility menu, config network) _before_ doing the install if you want
  >  > sysinst to store your network config.  If you do the install first, then
  >  > config the network, the config isn't saved.
  >
  >  I wonder if this should really be fixed.

 Yes, it should. The behavior should not vary silently depending on
 what order you do things in.

 -- 
 David A. Holland
 dholland@netbsd.org

From: Julian Fagir <gnrp@komkon2.de>
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
Cc: 
Subject: Re: install/9904
Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2012 01:26:42 +0200

 Hi,

 >   >  > when using sysinst to install from CD-ROM, you must configure the
 >   >  > network (utility menu, config network) _before_ doing the install if
 >   >  > you want sysinst to store your network config.  If you do the
 >   >  > install first, then config the network, the config isn't saved.
 >   >
 >   >  I wonder if this should really be fixed.
 >  
 >  Yes, it should. The behavior should not vary silently depending on
 >  what order you do things in.
 I wonder if it should now be fixed. With the recent sysinst, you have a
 configuration menu where you can configure network for your running system.
 This still won't fix *this* issue exactly, but it provides the option. The
 old Configure network is then only for the running installer, and does not
 affect the installation you're operating on.

 Regards, Julian

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