On Monday 2002 December 02 07:59, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:02:45PM +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 12:27:40PM -0800, Xavian-Anderson Macpherson wrote: > > > Linux must be converted into a system that > > > ABSOLUTELY NEVER needs to be rebooted for ANY reason at all. > > > > Why? What advantage is there in eliminating a few seconds delay, once > > per installation? > > In fact, I would argue that the reboot during installation serves as > proof that the step 'Make System Bootable' has actually succeeded. > Or, to put it another way, it's interesting to note that this step has > failed early on, rather than later when such a failure might mean a > lot more pain.
Very good point!! I geuss I have this dream of a perfect world in which things always work. Yeah, that is unrealistic of me!!
