>> Have you tried it with 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 7.0, or 7.1?  That's what we've
been
>> using in our classroom setups for two years now, and it works flawlessly
>> (although Red Hat had some kickstart bugs around 6.1).
> 
> As far as I remember, this must have been with 5.1 or 6.1.
> 
> Note that maybe this bug was created by something else.

RH 5.1 and 6.1 had lotsa bugs (so really, that isn't a surprise).  I'm
hoping 7.1 doesn't follow that tradition..

>> You have to look at it from a different perspective, especially ours,
from
>> the training center.  I feel that urpmi is a great tool, and it will soon
be
>> in our curriculum as something to teach, especially for the advanced
>> classes.  But for our beginner classes, our new ILTs, we need a
>> pre-installed system that has as much as possible to (1.) show what Linux
>> has, and (2.) give the trainer as much flexibility as possible when it
comes
>> to choosing what he wants to teach in this class.
> 
> I understand.

Thanks. =)
 
>> Okay, then why does Cooker exist?  IMPLEMENT AND WE WILL TEST!  That's
what
>> we're here for, silly!
> 
> Please stay polite with me as far as I don't insult you... :-).

Sorry, I wasn't trying to insult you, it was meant in a jokingly humorous
manner.

> The Official Implementer (tm) for this kind of feature would be pixel
> AFAIK. But we're all very scary to implement this.

Thank you, I'll talk to him.
 
>> As far as the package managers, it's really sad that they don't care
about
>> their packages.  I only wish that (1.) I spoke French, (2.) I lived
> 
> You don't need to speak french, man! We have many foreigners who work for
> us (usa, china, germany, spain) and the required language is english, no
> more.

I'd like to speak French anyway.  I took a little French in high school, but
not as much as I wanted to.  I hope to one day pick it up again.

>> 7.2 had the slider bar that allowed you to choose 100%, is it really that
>> difficult to put back in?  I guess I'm just not seeing how it could be
that
>> hard.  Regardless of the difficulty in testing the thing, as I said,
that's
>> what Cooker is for.  Don't want the feature advertised yet?  Make some
>> obscure boot prompt option on the boot.img, "linux everything" or
something.
>> That way we can at least try it out and test it for you.
> 
> Unfortunately this kind of options are not any more of our choice (slider,
> install all, etc).
> 
> I think the best would be that you contact Florent Pitoun
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and discuss the reintegration of the slidebar
> and the "install all" directly with him. Could you do that?

Sure, I'll drop him a line as well.  Thanks for all your input!


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