Sarah Jelinek wrote: > The missing hostname is an artifact of the fact that we added the > ability to set the hostname late in the design cycle. We will fix this. >
Please remember to distinguish between hostname and nodename. Today, we often makes the primary ip address synonymous with the nodename. The nodename is the name of the machine. Locally, it should be an alias for localhost. Externally, looking up the nodename may get you it's primary address. >> 3. Progress Bar is only showing a filling bar. >> It will be helpful, if it also shows the percentage over and the >> time remaining to complete. > > We will show the percentage done in the progress bar. The time remaining > is still up for debate. We ha >> 4. Will there be any choice to select the filesystem or is it only ZFS? > > Actually, for Dwarf it is only UFS. ZFS will come with the next project. > And, support for UFS will be removed. > >> And there is no information regarding the "File System" that is >> going to be installed on the partition screen. > > Not sure what you are asking for here. We don't allow customization of > filesystem layout in Dwarf. We will lay out the filesystems for you with > an initial install. > >> 5. In the "Date and Time" screen, will the user be allowed use his >> mouse and click on the map to select his timezone? > > No, likely not. We want to put in the interactive map, but it is a lot > of work and we will likely not have time to make this feature available > for Dwarf. It is planned for a future project. > Put in dots for the primary cities. Each dot has a timezone and xy location on the map. Take the user click and walk through the list of cities, picking the closest (dx^2+dy^2) one. If you like, emphasize the horizontal by scaling that differently since timezones are largely vertical. >> 6. First screen doesn't have any heading/label. > > Yep, I noticed that as well. We will fix. > >> 7. In the sysid screen, we are asking for a "Hostname". >> But, what if the user wants to go for DHCP and I don't see any >> choice with DHCP/Static Address! > > Yes, we will allow setting of the hostname but the system will be > configured initially as non-networked. We will make use of NWAM(Network > Auto Magic) and enable that to startup on first reboot. This will > automatically configure the network interface using DHCP. > See above re: difference between name of primary interface and nodename. - Bart -- Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance barts at cyber.eng.sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/barts
