Unlucky install report

[Peter Damoc]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 17:48:28 +0300, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 10:59:32AM +0300, Peter Damoc wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:17:08 +0300, Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com>  
>> wrote:
>> >It does not assume any such thing; please describe the problem that you
>> >experienced rather than suggesting a possible cause.
>>
>> The problem is abnormal times at boot-up (it hangs on time
>> synchronisation).
>
> So you have a local network, but it is not connected to the Internet?

I only have a computer in a room, completely isolated :D

About the 7 steps... I think I expressed myself wrong.
I didn't mean that the d-i doen't do those 7 steps, but that it does them  
sequentialy. What I wanted was for the installer to do them all upfront!
instead of
step1->some time consuming action ->step2-> some time consuming action ->  
step3 -> some time consuming action... etc.
maybe something like:
step1->step2->step3...step7-> a big time consuming action
think about this steps as being presented in one screen upfront.
think about some kind of notebook widget with the tabs on the left, in  
each tab there is the name of the step and some short description with the  
page of the tab containting some configuration options.
There is no fast flashy weird package names apearing on the screen too  
fast for the human eye to read them, only a progress bar with 7 stages...  
maybe color coded ;)

the interaction with the installer happens in one screen!
the user should be able to see if the installer has enough data to start  
and finish unattended with one look at the this screen, maybe by color  
encoding the step's title (Red if the step cannot proceed unattended)  
could be a good ideea.
The "Proceed" button which I envision at the bottom of this screen should  
be disabled if the installer doesn't have enough data. Maybe a redundant  
text beneath it pointing at the offending step.

Also steps like the network install could be made shorten with this kind  
of a installation because for example if I see DHCP at the network install  
and I know I have no network I could just select that "tab" and change the  
network install step from DHCP to "No Network".

Peter.