Re: boot floppies and syslinux "-s" mode

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Subject: Re: boot floppies and syslinux "-s" mode
From: Rob Browning <rlb@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 20 Jul 1998 11:49:44 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] 87hg0cpivr.fsf@nevermore.csres.utexas.edu>
In-reply-to: Brian White's message of "Mon, 20 Jul 1998 12:00:05 -0400"
References: <[🔎] 19980719222423.A938@ull.es> <[🔎] 35B36985.64F1AF41@verisim.com>

Brian White <bcwhite@verisim.com> writes:

> I think it's too late to worry about it.  Leave it in the slow
> known-to- work mode.  We don't have time to asses the potential
> impact of not doing it that way.

Then we should add a line to the install document warning that slow is
normal.  I did a test install here the other day (without knowing
about this issue), and I nearly rebooted the machine.  Not only does
it take *forever*, but the time between "dots" is so long that it
looks like the machine is hung.

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