Now that I know which parts of the installation really need it (since

there's no menu display bug to work around now), be far more selective
in my use of DITEM_RECREATE (which is slow and involves much screen I/O).

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/release/sysinstall/tape.c b/release/sysinstall/tape.c
index a77cf0c..31c99dd 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/tape.c
+++ b/release/sysinstall/tape.c
@@ -59,8 +59,11 @@ mediaInitTape(Device *dev)
 
     msgDebug("Tape init routine called for %s (private dir is %s)\n", dev->name, dev->private);
     Mkdir(dev->private);
-    if (chdir(dev->private))
+    if (chdir(dev->private)) {
+	msgConfirm("Unable to CD to %s before extracting tape!\n"
+		   "Tape media not selected.", dev->private);
 	return FALSE;
+    }
     /* We know the tape is already in the drive, so go for it */
     msgNotify("Attempting to extract from %s...", dev->description);
     if (!strcmp(dev->name, "rft0"))
@@ -73,7 +76,8 @@ mediaInitTape(Device *dev)
 	return TRUE;
     }
     else
-	msgConfirm("Tape extract command failed with status %d!", i);
+	msgConfirm("Tape extract command failed with status %d!\n"
+		   "Unable to use tape media.", i);
     return FALSE;
 }