Description of problem: 1) anaconda asks for configuration info - passwords, network info, etc., _before_ there exists certainty that the install will be successful. 2) when anaconda is unable to complete an installation, IT EXITS! rather than restarting with an interactive interface explaining what it needs. This is simply a "mean-spirited" "slap-in-the-face" user interface design. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora Core 5 How reproducible: much, much too often... Steps to Reproduce: 1. run the installer 2. 3. Actual results: emotional abuse Expected results: courtesy Additional info: In all my _years_ of installing redhat distributions, more than half the time, anaconda will fail to complete an installation. 1) Be _certain_ that all critical install steps can be completed _before_ asking for configuration data! 2) Never - ever! - shutdown the computer while the user is trying to do an install. Let the _user_ decide to "give up".
There's never certainty that things will succeed until they're done -- think of power loss and hardware failures. But, there are some known areas in FC5 where we'll not retry until the end of time -- that has been resolved in the development tree for FC6