Re: [NEWS] status of boot-flopppies
On Sun, 21 Nov 1999, Michael Koehne wrote:
> #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
> Press <RETURN> to load the CDROM into ram as '/'. This is the
> first step in doing a normal installation or upgrade.
>
> Type 'network' to boot the system from network using nfs.
>
> Type 'rescue<RETURN>' to install a rescue system into the swapspace of
> a the primary harddisk. Recue will relabel the disk using LILO, so
> you can reboot from disk, to repair the system.
>
> Type 'lowmem<RETURN>' to boot with the CDROM as root. This is the
> first step in installing or upgrading a machine with less than
> 16mb of memory.
>
> Type 'linux root=xxx <RETURN>' to mount a hard disk partition as '/'.
> The value 'xxx' is printed for you during the installation or upgrade.
> This is the second boot on machines with less than 16mb of memory, and
> on other machines unless you install LILO on your hard disk.
>
> Typical values for root: /dev/hda1: 301 /dev/hda2: 302
> /dev/hdb1: 341 /dev/hdb3: 343
> /dev/sda1: 801 /dev/sdb4: 814
> #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
I'm sensing some too large amount of experience here. This is the first screen
that UNEXPERIENCED users will see, so it must be _very_ clear. Like this:
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
NEW INSTALLATIONS: Press <RETURN> now!
=================
ADVANCED USE:
Type 'network' ... etc. etc. etc.
:
:
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
And don't even bother to explain that <RETURN> will load the CDROM into RAM
("huh? I haven't got that much RAM!!") as '/' ("Now what the **** is THAT?!!").
And by the way, it's not
'rescue<RETURN>'
but
'rescue' <RETURN>
or else they will type the '<RETURN>' literally!
Regards,
Anne Bezemer
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