[9front] Minor Deviations in Section 4.3.11+ of the FQA?

[9front] Minor Deviations in Section 4.3.11+ of the FQA?

[alex-ml]

Hello,

I have noticed minimal differences in the wording of the installer and 
the FQA in section 4.3.11 and following. Is this because I am using a 
nigthly build, or could I send a patch for the FQA?

Thank you and best regards,
Alex

Re: [9front] Minor Deviations in Section 4.3.11+ of the FQA?

[qwx]

On Wed Apr 17 08:18:27 +0200 2024, alex-ml@posteo.de wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have noticed minimal differences in the wording of the installer and 
> the FQA in section 4.3.11 and following. Is this because I am using a 
> nigthly build, or could I send a patch for the FQA?
> 
> Thank you and best regards,
> Alex

Hi,

It's possible that the scripts have been updated without taking the
fqa into account.  You're welcome to send a patch for this or any
other discrepancies you've noticed.  Thanks!

Cheers,
qwx

Re: [9front] Minor Deviations in Section 4.3.11+ of the FQA?

[alex-ml]

Hi qwx,

thank you very much! Below is my patch suggestion.

Best regards,
Alex

diff 4f79ee9b7787e6dea4ea94fab7b38ee50727f214 uncommitted
--- a/fqa4.ms
+++ b/fqa4.ms
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
  /dev/sdC0/plan9
    empty                  0 62910477    (62910477 sectors, 29.99 GB)

-Plan 9 partition to subdivide (/dev/sdC0/plan9)[/dev/sdC0/plan9]:
+Plan 9 partition to subdivide (/dev/sdC0/plan9)[no default]:
  .P2

  Use the Plan 9 partition created in the previous step. Hit
@@ -920,22 +920,22 @@
  .ihtml h3
  .P1
  You can connect to the internet via
-a local ethernet or a dial-up PPP connection.
+a local ethernet connection.

-Interface to use (ether, ppp)[ether]:
+We will configure the ethernet.

  Please choose a method for configuring your ethernet connection.

  	manual - specify IP address, network mask, gateway IP address
-	dhcp - use DHCP to automatically configure
+	automatic - use DHCP and SLAAC to automatically configure

-Configuration method (manual, dhcp)[dhcp]:
+Configuration method (manual, automatic)[automatic]:
  .P2

  .html - <a name="4.3.11.1" />
  .ihtml h4 <h4>
  .SH
-4.3.11.1 - dhcp
+4.3.11.1 - automatic
  .R
  .ihtml h4

@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
  .CW manual ,
  enter values that are appropriate for your network.
  .P1
-Configuration method (manual, dhcp)[dhcp]: manual
+Configuration method (manual, automatic)[automatic]: manual
  ip address [no default]: 10.0.2.15
  network mask [no default]: 255.255.255.0
  gateway address [no default]: 10.0.2.2
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@

  	/dev/sdD0/data (iso9660 cdrom)

-Distribution disk (/dev/sdD0/data, /dev/sdC0/fscache, /)[/]:
+Distribution disk (/dev/sdD0/data, /dev/sdC0/fscache, /)[no default]:
  .P2

  The CD-ROM is already mounted at
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@
  .html - <a name="4.3.14" />
  .ihtml h3 <h3>
  .SH
-4.3.14 - sysname
+4.3.14 - ndbsetup
  .R
  .ihtml h3
  .P1
@@ -1141,8 +1141,8 @@

  Since we are not installing on a disk with a pre-existing Windows 
installation, we choose to install the Plan 9 master boot record and 
mark the partition active:
  .P1
-Install the Plan 9 master boot record (y, n)[no default]: y
-Mark the Plan 9 partition active (y, n)[no default]: y
+Install the Plan 9 master boot record (yes, no)[no default]: yes
+Mark the Plan 9 partition active (yes, no)[no default]: yes

  The Plan 9 partition is now marked as active.
  .P2



Am 17.04.2024 10:34 schrieb qwx@sciops.net:
> On Wed Apr 17 08:18:27 +0200 2024, alex-ml@posteo.de wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I have noticed minimal differences in the wording of the installer and
>> the FQA in section 4.3.11 and following. Is this because I am using a
>> nigthly build, or could I send a patch for the FQA?
>> 
>> Thank you and best regards,
>> Alex
> 
> Hi,
> 
> It's possible that the scripts have been updated without taking the
> fqa into account.  You're welcome to send a patch for this or any
> other discrepancies you've noticed.  Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> qwx

Re: [9front] Minor Deviations in Section 4.3.11+ of the FQA?

[qwx]

On Wed Apr 17 13:38:34 +0200 2024, alex-ml@posteo.de wrote:
> Hi qwx,
> 
> thank you very much! Below is my patch suggestion.
> 
> Best regards,
> Alex

Thanks!  There's a few changes I'm not sure about, specifically those
where the prompt doesn't give any default.  iirc this occurs when
there can be multiple choices (except the very last step about mbr and
marking the boot partition active), so perhaps that was the case when
you used the installer, but not in general (cf.  below).  If so, they
should be omitted.  The rest are fine in my opinion.

Cheers,
qwx

----
> diff 4f79ee9b7787e6dea4ea94fab7b38ee50727f214 uncommitted
> --- a/fqa4.ms
> +++ b/fqa4.ms
> @@ -804,7 +804,7 @@
>   /dev/sdC0/plan9
>     empty                  0 62910477    (62910477 sectors, 29.99 GB)
> 
> -Plan 9 partition to subdivide (/dev/sdC0/plan9)[/dev/sdC0/plan9]:
> +Plan 9 partition to subdivide (/dev/sdC0/plan9)[no default]:
>   .P2
> 
>   Use the Plan 9 partition created in the previous step. Hit
> @@ -980,7 +980,7 @@
> 
>   	/dev/sdD0/data (iso9660 cdrom)
> 
> -Distribution disk (/dev/sdD0/data, /dev/sdC0/fscache, /)[/]:
> +Distribution disk (/dev/sdD0/data, /dev/sdC0/fscache, /)[no default]:
>   .P2
> 
>   The CD-ROM is already mounted at

Re: [9front] Minor Deviations in Section 4.3.11+ of the FQA?

[sl]

thanks for submitting this, sorry for the delay.

what qwx didn't quite say is that the purpose of fqa4 is to
demonstrate a basic installation, so those questions where we filled
in the answers (rather than leaving empty defaults) are meant to
document what the user might type in order to proceed.

the slightly modified changes have been pushed.

sl