Have they changed the #@$! list setup? I did a reply, which has always
gone to the list before . . . as for the 386, who cares, since Mandrake
won't install on 386 (or 486) anyway?
Charles Curley wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 28, 2000 at 12:02:26PM -0400, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote:
> ->
> -> > One request on installation. Would it be possible to get all the setup
> -> > information up front, and only then go ahead with the installation? I hate
> -> > the agonizingly slow installations of Windows 9x and NT 3.x and 4.x
> -> > because they crunch along, ask a question, then crunch along again,
> -> > etc. I'd rather set it up once, answer all the questions once, and then
> -> > walk away, say to the next install.
> -> >
> -> > This does run the risk that information gathered early in the process will
> -> > turn out to be incorrect or unacceptable later on. Maybe some probing
> -> > could go on before or during the information gathering.
> ->
> -> Better yet, steal a page from OpenLinux, and note that Linux being a
> -> multi-tasking operating system, there is no need to do all the setup and
> -> then copy the files. It is perfectly possible to partition the disk and
> -> select the packages, and start moving them to the disk as a background
> -> process, and then set up the video and audio and all that *while* the
> -> packages are being copied to the disk.
>
> Interesting point, though I would not care to try it on a 386/15! Anyway,
> how about putting this on the Expert list so the folks at Mandrake can
> read it.
>
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