Re: bad press at www.linuxworld.com
- To: Jacob Kuntz <jpk@cape.com>
- Cc: Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>, Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au>, "debian-boot@lists.debian.org" <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: bad press at www.linuxworld.com
- From: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>
- Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 15:02:25 +1100
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20000915150225.I896@taz.net.au>
- Mail-followup-to: Craig Sanders <cas@taz.net.au>, Jacob Kuntz <jpk@cape.com>, Dale Scheetz <dwarf@polaris.net>, Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>, Glenn McGrath <bug1@optushome.com.au>, "debian-boot@lists.debian.org" <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>, debian-devel@lists.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 20000914234924.A1880@cape.com>; from jpk@cape.com on Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 11:49:25PM -0400
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 11:49:25PM -0400, Jacob Kuntz wrote:
> from the secret journal of Craig Sanders (cas@taz.net.au):
> > also, if you've done several dozen installs before and you know what
> > the path is, typing it in manually is a LOT faster than waiting
> > for the installer to search the slow CD-ROM filesystem. i've taken
> > advantage of this convenience feature many times while building
> > systems.
>
> i'm pretty certian that potato's dbootstrap doesn't search unless you
> tell it to. instead it knows the default location, assuming you have
> an "official" cd, in which case you can just press enter.
yep, i know. slink's didn't either. as i said, it's a useful convenience
feature that i've made use of in dozens of installs.
craig
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craig sanders
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