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Bug#382889: marked as done (debian-installer: non-optimal order of operations)

Your message dated Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:16:40 -0400
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and subject line Bug#382889: closed by Christian Perrier <bubulle@debian.org> (Closing bug as we don't intend to change the order of questions)
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Package: debian-installer
Severity: normal

one of the biggest qualms with the windows installer is that various
dialogs pop up dispersed throughout the installation, forcing the user
to constantly attend to the system (merely to hit "next" when the 
appropriate time comes).

it appears to me that the debian-installer suffers this usability
concern as well.  for example, user set up and configuration comes after
disk partioning (which can take a reasonble amount of time especially
ext3 on large disks).  if user set up were before disk partitioning,
then the user would not need to wait as the installer could continue
directly into package download and installation.

i suggest that some time be spent considering the installation order of
operations, and making sure that the user is not being forced to attend
the system unnecessarily.

mike

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Michael Gilbert wrote:
> reopen 382889
> thanks
> 
> >Subject: Closing bug as we don't intend to change the order of questions
> >After the discussion that happened in this bug's log, it is clear that
> >the D-I team has no intent to change the order of questions in the
> >installation process.
> >
> >The user setup comes after the partitioning step, and moving its
> >questions elsewhere would mean moving the clock setup questions as
> >well, which is technically not possible before the disk is
> >partitioned.
> 
> why can't this information be stored in ram until disk partitioning
> finishes, then transfered to the right location on disk?

Because the clock setup step depends on os-prober, which depends on the
disk having already been partitioned so that it can detect which other
operating systems are still installed.

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see shy jo

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