Millions of electrons died to bring me this message. Was it worth it,
Warren Doney?
> This is a good idea, things that seem simple to us can baffle
> beginners. I recall, for instance, when asked to "specify the mount
> point of the root partition" I repeatedly tried "root" instead of
> "/" :o)
Isn't that what "auto allocate" is for?
I'm a bit puzzled by all these cries for easier installs. OK, some hardware
is not detected automatically (be it USB printers, ISA network cards, $400
mice, whatever). Better hardware detection is *always* being worked on.
Complaining that Mandrake doesn't detect card X doesn't help the situation,
unless you provide a really detailed bug report or code to do the detection.
Another big complaint is the partitioning. But I don't think that there *is*
an easy way to handle this, unless you assume that it's ok to wipe a HD. But
partitioning an existing system is going to be complicated and varies
depending on the computer, so no automatic system will be possible.
Apart from hardware support and partitioning, what newbie-unfriendliness is
there?
> I bet it would be easy to get volunteers for this job, as it would be
> an excellent way to meet women :)
*grin*
