On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 08:07:36PM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 09:30:30PM -0600, Steve Langasek wrote: > [snippage] > I'm coming into this thread uberlate so feel free to flame me for talking > uninformed but... > > Two points: > > - I don't believe that new Linux users trying to dual-boot Windows and > > Linux are the primary audience that the installer has to cater to. > > They're important, but I think that Debian in particular has tended > > to be better at attracting users from other Linux distributions than > > from the Windows world. > How hard would it be to look at the partition table, and if there's a > Windows partition there, add (or ask to add) a block to the the LILO or GRUB > config to allow it to be booted? It would save the potential new users who > are savvy enough to have installed Debian into a separate partition to > Windows, but not necessary know how to get their machine to boot into it > again after installation. It should be very possible; I think the woody installer did handle this scenario correctly. This is yet another reason why I don't think it should be necessary to ask the user whether to install a boot block, when all is said and done. -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer
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