Subject: Bug#3491: basedisks newly booted system problems

From: Ian Jackson <[email-masked]>, Stephen Early <[email-masked]>, Owen Dunn <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 96 02:27 BST

Package: rootdisk
Version: 1996_6_11

* Even if you didn't select the serial module it still tries too
configure the serial ports, producing interesting error messages.

* Just hitting RETURN at the prompt for a user account name gives you
a usage message from adduser.

* If you get your password wrong then (a) adduser bombs out and (b)
can't be re-run with the same login name.  IMO (a) adduser should give
you the option, when you fail to set a password, of trying again,
continuing anyway with the password in a `locked' state, or aborting
the account creation.  The control script which is part of the
basedisks should clean up any mess if adduser fails, or perhaps get
adduser to do this.  I've reported this as a bug in adduser too.

* After creating the root account is when it should tell you how to
switch VC's, and it should tell you that you can use this to monitor
the progress of the installation, or do any preparation (like manually
mounting filesystems, &c) that you want at any stage.

(This bug was encountered during a test installation of 1.1 done by
the three of us.)

Ian.