Jens Deppe wrote: > Hi Jean, > > One comment inline... > > On 05/21/09 14:19, Jean McCormack wrote: >> >> Progress Reporting: >> >> The output to the console to reflect the progress of the auto-install >> should be of the format: >> >> (pseudo progress bar) High level description of current functionality >> >> Example (general idea, wording is not exact) : >> >> (.....................) Discovering available services >> (..... ) Choosing service >> >> The .'s indicate percentage completion. This means we have a >> dependency upon IPS to supply size information for the packages. >> A return is only implemented when the install moves from one major >> block of functionality to the next. Otherwise, the text is >> overwritten with updates to the dots to indicate progress. >> >> The use of virtual console was considered as a possibility if a more >> detailed progress >> is required. Preliminary investigation indicates that this currently >> is not in our microroot and would >> be too large to include there. > > Please consider enabling the log file to be retrieved/accessed > remotely. Simply exposing it via an http service would be a *big* > help. Especially when installing systems remotely. Does this meet your needs?
The log file will also be written to the AI server at /var/ai/client_logs/ip_address/install_log. Jean > > Thanks > --Jens
