-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Wray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 1:57 PM
Subject: RE: [Cooker] how can I prepare "package selection set" for an
installation ?
>The autoinstall system on Mandrake is nothing less than dangerous.
>I hope it gets fixed in the next release...
>Even in 7.2 it does things like:
>
>Got a windows partition on the machine?
>Partitioned Linux around it?
>Made the autoinstall floppy?
>Great! Something goes wrong with Mandrake, just boot off that floppy
>and it will recreate the system just as you did in the install
>process!
>BZZT WRONG!
>The first thing the autoinstall floppy does is
>REPARTITION the hard drive by CLEARING all existing
>partitions.
>Think about it for a moment...
I figured that out before I tried doing that, but there sure is no
warning that the autoinstall disk is for Linux-only systems.
