On Monday 13 January 2003 15:18, prabu anand wrote:
> Hi Friends,
>
> When i install the MDK, the drakconf should give me an
> option to save the contents of the CD into Harddisk,
> so that further Add/Remove programme will not require
> inserion/removal/changing of the CD's. This may need
> an additional 5 minutes, but the benefit will be there
> throughout it's life(until next verion/upgrade).
>

Yes this would be usefull. Copying is not the Problem but readding the sources 
would be. Further I would suggest to add a possibility to save 
package-selection/auto-installation-files to disk and not only floppy. I 
don't own a floppy and dont want to use it. So it would be very good.


> This option should be during installation and the user
> should also be able to do this from S/W sources
> manager. With the HDD cost coming down like nothing
> and 40/60GB's becoming a norm, this feature will make
> life easier for newbies. I do this with every version
> of Mandrake since 8.0, but for a newbie this will be a
> nice feature...
>
> Hope you all saw this nice article about Mandrake in a
> school.http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=6349
>
> Cheers.,
> Prabu
>
>
>
>
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