use less instead of more during install / kickstart
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busybox (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
During the install process it is possible to switch to another console and get a shell (using Ctrl-Alt-F2 or Ctrl-Alt-F3).
The paging tool available is 'more', can I ask that 'less' be considered?
more is nice in many situations, but here I use it when checking through the install log and it lacks the ability to stop once the end of the file is reached. The end of the file is often where problems can be seen in the log and it is necessary to scroll back and forth. more also lacks the ability to do regex searching. The last two install logs I checked were around 5700 and 6200 lines long, but without being able to jump to a known marker using regex, it is necessary to scroll carefully through the whole file, careful not to roll off the end.
Two problems with less may be that it is 150K as opposed to more's 39K and that it is stored in /usr/bin as opposed to /bin for more.
If it is possible, having 'less' available in the install console would be a great boon for debugging.
-Lars
FWIW - The context of this request is that I'm working out a custom install using kickstart.
What installer do you mean? Did you use the alternate or desktop CD ?