Latest revision as of 18:59, 11 November 2010

DVD Install Walkthrough

Note this does not include the time required to download the ISO (1.5 hours here) and burn the ISO to a DVD (10 minutes), nor setting the computer to boot from DVD.

Total elapsed time, including media check, was 45 minutes.

Syslinux

Pick Ïnstall a new system or upgrade an existing system" from the syslinux menu.

basic video driver - why would I use this?
rescue installed system - okay, this is sensical, although I wouldnt think to use an install DVD for this
boot from local drive - better wording?
memory test - why is this here?

Ugly Black Screen

vmlinuz... blah blah.... initrd.img.... blah blah
do people need to see this? :(

Media check

Do you want to go ahead, or do you want to test your media?

Media check - are you sure?

Do you really want to media test, or eject? This screen seems a little nonsensical in this order.

Media check - progress bar

Media check successful

Just an OK button, nothing else you can do
The DVD pops out, which is an annoyance as you have to insert it back in

Running anaconda...

Seems to be a conversion between ncurses mode to graphical mode.

Anaconda Splash

Language Selection

Keyboard Selection

Basic or Specialized Storage Devices

Cant upgrade

Hostname

Time zone

Root password

Install pattern

Partitioning

Partitioning - Scary Notice

Formatting

Boot loader

Customize Repos

Customize Packages

Installation Starting

This actually took a good 5 minutes or so.

Actual Installation

Post Installation box

Not really sure what the point of this thing is.

Finished

Firstboot splash

waste of space, let's cut to the chase.

License Information

does this have to be here? nobody is going to read this.

Create User

Username
Full name
password
Password check
NIS / authconfig-gtk
create-user

ask for my human name first. suggest a username based on that and let me edit it.
password check is a nice affordance
network login language is confusing. talk more about what envs this is useful for. maybe hide behind advanced.
weird window management issues with advanced dialog
add new use window from user manager aligns to the top left of the screen - seems weird

Date and Time

controls are so small!
current date and time doesn't stand out. is this according to the computer or what? am i looking to fix this?
why wouldn't i want to synchronize with the network?
advanced options for date and time make absolutely no sense to me. why? why?

Hardware Profile

ugly and huge. don't show it all, hide the full profile behind something and make the accept/deny buttons much more clear.

Log in

That's it. Although very difficult to change your Real Name post-install.

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 Note this does not include the time required to download the ISO (1.5 hours here) and burn the ISO to a DVD (10 minutes), nor setting the computer to boot from DVD.
+Total elapsed time, including media check, was 45 minutes.
 == Syslinux ==
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 = Keyboard Selection =
 [[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_keyboard.png | 500px]]
+= Basic or Specialized Storage Devices =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_storagetype.png | 500px]]
+= Cant upgrade =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_cantupgrade.png | 500px]]
+= Hostname =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_hostname.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_hostname-network.png | 500px]]
+= Time zone =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_timezone.png | 500px]]
+= Root password =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_root.png | 500px]]
+= Install pattern =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_installpattern.png | 500px]]
+= Partitioning =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_partitions.png | 500px]]
+= Partitioning - Scary Notice =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_partitions-scary.png | 500px]]
+= Formatting =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_formatting.png | 500px]]
+= Boot loader =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_bootloader.png | 500px]]
+= Customize Repos =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_repos.png | 500px]]
+= Customize Packages =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_pirut.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_pirut2.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_pirut3.png | 500px]]
+= Installation Starting =
+This actually took a good 5 minutes or so.
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_installstarting.png | 500px]]
+= Actual Installation =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_installprogress.png | 500px]]
+= Post Installation box =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_post-install.png | 500px]]
+Not really sure what the point of this thing is.
+= Finished =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_finished.png | 500px]]
+= Firstboot splash =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_firstbootsplash.png | 500px]]
+* waste of space, let's cut to the chase.
+= License Information =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_licenseinfo.png | 500px]]
+* does this have to be here? nobody is going to read this.
+= Create User =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_createuser.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_createuser2.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_createuser3.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_createuser4.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_createuser5.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_createuser6.png | 500px]]
+* Username
+* Full name
+* password
+* Password check
+* NIS / authconfig-gtk
+* create-user
+* ask for my human name first. suggest a username based on that and let me edit it.
+* password check is a nice affordance
+* network login language is confusing. talk more about what envs this is useful for. maybe hide behind advanced.
+* weird window management issues with advanced dialog
+* add new use window from user manager aligns to the top left of the screen - seems weird
+= Date and Time =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_timelocal.png | 500px]]
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_timenetwork.png | 500px]]
+* controls are so small!
+* current date and time doesn't stand out. is this according to the computer or what? am i looking to fix this?
+* why wouldn't i want to synchronize with the network?
+* advanced options for date and time make absolutely no sense to me. why? why?
+= Hardware Profile =
+[[Image:anaconda-f14-dvd-ss_hwprofile.png | 500px]]
+* ugly and huge. don't show it all, hide the full profile behind something and make the accept/deny buttons much more clear.
+== Log in ==
+That's it. Although very difficult to change your Real Name post-install.

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