020910 Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I don't see how you can release a product incapable
>> of creating a rescue floppy either during or post install. 
> It's not a rescue floppy, it's a boot floppy. To rescue your system,
> insert the 1st CD and type in "rescue" before the boot.

it is advertised by the installation script as being capable
of rescuing a disabled system for those people who can't boot from CD.

i actually tried to use it as a rescue diskette
after an unsuccessful test of graphics-card drivers
& it ground to a halt part-way thro' installing itself.
'mdir' had no problem reading its contents ( 5  typical files),
so it is very unlikely that it is a bad diskette,
which i haven't encountered for several years anyway.

-- irritated exchanges snipped -- 

i'm new to this list, but experienced at list etiquette elsewhere.
the whole point, i hope, is to repay Mandrake staff for their labors
& Mandrake Inc for its free ISOs by offering useful feedback on problems.
i echo the suggestion that the release process needs to slow down a bit.

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