Bug 16584

Summary:	sysinstall(8): Hostname field too small during install (dhcp)
Product:	Base System	Reporter:	dirkx
Component:	bin	Assignee:	Mark Linimon <linimon>
Status:	Closed FIXED
Severity:	Affects Only Me
Priority:	Normal
Version:	Unspecified
Hardware:	Any
OS:	Any

Description dirkx 2000-02-08 16:20:01 UTC

	When using dhcp (or in general) if the host name
	is long (say 15 char's or more) which is rather
	common, the Hostname: and Domain: fields in the
	ifconfig display during install are initially
	empty.

	Only when you type tab do they reveal their
	contents. If you actually start entering
	info though - you screw up the settings in
	a way which is not visible.

How-To-Repeat: 
	
	take a boot floppy, use DHCP and assign the name

		vaio.ispra.webweaving.org

	to it. Say YES to dhcp and see what happens to the fields. Then
	instead of doing TAB enter a value in the empty looking fields
	and then continue the install

Comment 1 Sheldon Hearn freebsd_committer

2000-02-16 08:46:24 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->jkh

Jordan may have time for this before the release.

Comment 2 jkh freebsd_committer

2001-08-31 01:24:48 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: jkh->eric

Why not?

Comment 3 Eric Melville freebsd_committer

2001-10-01 20:01:00 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: eric->freebsd-qa

assign idle sysinstall bugs to freebsd-qa, as suggested by murray

Comment 4 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2008-01-26 00:08:50 UTC

State Changed
From-To: open->feedback

This is believed to be fixed on recent versions of FreeBSD (such as 6.2). 
Can the submitter confirm this?

Comment 5 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2008-01-26 00:08:50 UTC

Responsible Changed
From-To: freebsd-bugs->linimon

track.

Comment 6 dirkx 2008-03-09 21:40:48 UTC

This PR can be closed; fixed in 7.0

Dw.

Comment 7 Mark Linimon freebsd_committer

2008-03-09 23:50:47 UTC

State Changed
From-To: feedback->closed

Submitter notes that this is fixed in 7.0.