Re: NEWS for debian-boot
On 21 Jan 1999, Brederlow wrote:
> > I've the icon files Franky used for 2.0, and I don't see a need for others.
>
> Care must be taken that the executable flags are set on programs,
> since copying from affs to ext2 will kill those (or at least did kill
Who would copy the Amiga install icons to an ext2fs partition and WHY?
> them at one time). Also the path used in the scripts behind the icons
> should be relative, so that copying them to a floppy or harddisk
> (together with the kernel and loader) won't break them.
Have you looked at the scripts? BTW the script is for installing Debian,
not for starting it regularily, why copy it to a floppy?
> There should be icons for people with gfx boards. It's not that much
> work to copy the script and change the video parameter.
>
> If theres only one icon, people with a gfx board will click on it and
> wonder why nothing happens. The WB will just stay on screen and
> freeze. Even a monitor conected to the Amiga video won't show
> anything, because the custom chips won't be initialised.
So you want one icon for every gfx board and every possible resolution? Or
how can the scripts guess which resolution is currently used? I dont think
we want some major AOS programming here ony to set up linux...
Maybe we can put in a few icons, one for every graka, in a standard
resolution (TBD 800x600-8? 1024x768-8?) and an extensive readme. Even the
scripts can "talk"...
> PS: People never read documentations.
PPS: and other people dont, ah, forget it...
Ciao,
Christian.
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