On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 00:31 +0530, Moinak Ghosh wrote:
> > These are solutions to a problem, so what is the underlying problem
> > you would like addressed? To be assured that the install hasn't locked
> > up? A more accurate indication of the progress of the install?
> > Information that would help you debug install problems? And given a
> > clear problem statement, what information would be most helpful?
>
> As you mentioned one would like to know where on earth the installer
> is stuck if it gets stuck and there is no disk activity. Either a scrolling
> display
> or a way to see the current snapshot of the log will be useful.
Indeed. I've had to debug a couple OS problems which manifested
themselves only during install and it helps quite a bit to have a
detailed progress report you can watch in real time what the installer
is doing. It would be valuable even if it *normally* goes by too fast
to read and rendering it slows down the install by a lot when it's
enabled -- because it would more clearly identify *where* you were when
it got stuck.
- Bill
