On Thu, Aug 19, 1999 at 02:58:58PM +0200, Marek Habersack wrote: > It should be in the initial README of the Debian distro, or, even better, > such a possibility should be announced on the initial install screen, just > after the license screen. It should do nothing more than tell the user where > to look for the emergency instructions and advising to print a short file > from the distribution media with detailed HOWTO. [snip] > And, from my experience, I know that most users don't read manuals... :(( > And the BOFH+RTFM approach doesn't buy Debian new users. I think that it's reasonable to assume that people who don't know what they're doing and won't read manuals fall into the MS-style "reinstall the system" category. AFAIK, there is no simple, mechanical approach to repairing an arbitrarily broken system and thus no way to document such a process. Mike Stone
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