On 2012-03-07, Raimo Niskanen <raimo+open...@erix.ericsson.se> wrote: > I just want to defend the OP a wee bit. > > Most installers I have encountered; Linux, FreeBSD, ... have a > very pronounced confirmation question just before making irreversible > changes to the target disk. Especially the ones that start by > collecting configuration information and then do the installation > in one pass without user interaction (SuSE comes to mind), > which the OpenBSD installer nowdays does more than in the past... > > So I think a pronounced confirmation question before touching the disk > is not a bad thing. It is what many would expect.
As there seems to be much resistance to one more (redundant) question in the installer, I suggest to add a simple message to that part of the installer, as in "(Choosing 'whole disk' will become effective immediately.)" or even "Use (W)hole disk (writes to disk immediately) or (E)dit the MBR? [whole]" While the FAQ is indeed clear, the installer's simplicity appears at that point a little deceptive, in that one (I know I was) is tempted to think that such a user-friendly installer would not harm one so easily... -- Dennis den Brok
