On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 04:33:12PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: > Robert Millan wrote: > > What's wrong with that? We're only preseeding with valid data. hostname, > > domain, proxy, timezone, etc, are values obtained from Windows. Migrating > > to > > Debian doesn't mean user has to reconsider all OS-independant setup, IMHO. > > I don't know of any windows users who actually configure something like > their hostname in windows.
Then they won't bother about configuring hostname in Debian, either. If they care about hostname, it'll be "properly" setup in Windows. If they don't, it'll be setup to some insane default. Either way, I don't think we should provide something that is harder to configure than what they already have. > I certianly wouldn't want to waste time > figuring out how to configure that stuff in windows before blowing it > away with d-i. Ok, but that's only for the "I never use Windows, but I accidentaly got this computer running Windows and I need to migrate it ASAP" case. I think the proper way to support this kind of user (which, hey, includes myself too!) is an "expert mode" that lets you override all the parameters, including preseed line and base URL from which linux initrd.gz will be fetched. I'll get to that eventualy. In the meantime, you can always edit c:\menu.lst before rebooting :) -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
