Suggestion for IFL - auto-mount drives
Posted: Sat Oct 28, 2017 4:37 pm
I had to talk someone through an IFL restore over the phone. If the restore is coming from a USB drive with a folder containing the TBI files (File (OS)), it is necessary to first manually mount the drive. Even with the GUI mount program, the process is challenging to describe, because the descriptions given of the unmounted devices do not provide familiar points of reference such as drive manufacturer.
I'd like to propose adding a MakeDisk option to cause the resulting IFL media to auto-mount all available drives. For most systems, that is not an excessive number. IFL can browse into the proper folder, and the user can see the desired file to be restored. Even better, consider having Restore from File (OS) default the /tbu folder where the mounted drives will appear, to reduce the amount of browsing through the file system that is needed to get to the mounted drive.
Another idea - how about building a VNC server right into the IFL distribution?
I'd like to propose adding a MakeDisk option to cause the resulting IFL media to auto-mount all available drives. For most systems, that is not an excessive number. IFL can browse into the proper folder, and the user can see the desired file to be restored. Even better, consider having Restore from File (OS) default the /tbu folder where the mounted drives will appear, to reduce the amount of browsing through the file system that is needed to get to the mounted drive.
Another idea - how about building a VNC server right into the IFL distribution?