Sounds good. For Mandrake to be successful in attracting the
beginners, it must take on the role of "sys admin" in order to get
them going. Once they are in the door, they can learn more about the
OS if they wish.
On 20 Sep 1999 00:03:20 +0200, you wrote:
>I added quite a lot of features or at least automatic things.
>So be carefull in beginner mode it's quite simple. For example if it detects
>lilo or dos on MBR or an empty one, it installs lilo there without asking!
>
>The graphic configuration is quite easy too:
>- detection of pnp monitors
>- default resolution chosen based upon the monitor size
>- diskdrake in beginner mode is simplified too (no more `Format', nor `Active',
>neither `Mount')
>- test without asking in beginner mode.
>So now, all you have to do in beginner is wait for the question `Is it ok?' and
>answear yes and that's it. runlevel 5 by default of course :)
>
>Anyway, you can always (or will be able to soon) go back and choose something
>else.
>
>That way, installation is a piece of cake! I'm gonna try a blindfold install
>soon :)
>
>A big question mark button has appeared and will soon give more help.
>
>
>cu Pixel.
>
>PS: by the way, diskdrake has now a front-end to rescuept to recover your
>partition table in case of problem. It is still beta though...
