Re: 1FA: problem still in hamm disks

[Ben Gertzfield <ben@cse.ucsc.edu>]

>>>>> "Brent" == Brent Fulgham <bfulgham@xpsystems.com> writes:

    Brent> I'd like to chime in -- It's a real annoyance that the base
    Brent> disks don't set up lilo to let you boot into multiple
    Brent> operating systems.  Couldn't it ask if you want to
    Brent> dual-boot with windows, or whatever, and generate an
    Brent> appropriate lilo.conf file?

Sure. How about you write the script to do so?

    Brent> This is an area where RedHat has a significant lead over
    Brent> us.  One of the guys I work with is a huge RedHat fan
    Brent> because he can just pop a RH CD into the drive, windows
    Brent> will autorun it, and RedHat install starts.  It sets up
    Brent> almost everything for the user.

If RH has released this code under the GPL, then why don't we borrow
it for our use? I know that it's as simple as having an 'autorun'
directory on the CD image.

    Brent> I know we support far more configurations, etc. etc. etc.,
    Brent> but for the average Joe New-User this is a large hurdle.

I'm sure Enrique is always happy to accept code to do so. :)

Ben

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