> > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:35 PM, Jerome E. Shidel Jr. <jer...@shidel.net> > wrote: >> (Please forgive me if I misquote or misunderstand the following Jim.) >> >> Jim says he wants a super simple, nearly option free installer. >> With basically two choices: >> >> Full install >> >> or >> >> Full install with sources. >> >> This is for support purposes and wants all installs to start off with the >> same set of software. That way it is much easier to troubleshoot problems. >> The user can always install more software after the install is successful >> and the system is working. >> >> There are a couple other reasons. But, I see this one as one of the >> primary issues >> >> (It will also make my life easier while building the installer) ;^) >>
Yes, this is basically the "Jim vision." :-) Your email reminds me that a second prompt was needed: 1. Install just the Base software, or install everything? 2. Do you want to install source code too? This makes it really easy for new users to install FreeDOS, because the install process is very straightforward. Just two questions, and you're done! And when someone emails the freedos-user list and says "I'm trying to do X with FreeDOS, but I'm not sure what to do" we can make a pretty good assumption to how that person's FreeDOS installation looks like. :-) On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 5:39 PM, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU <jcharbonnea...@cpsge.org> wrote: > But,what about the people who want the specifics?Why not add a little "Press > <F6>" or something along those lines if you want to install SPECIFIC > things.One time I ran the installation CD again to install the FreeDOS > shell.Another point,I remember when I burned the installation ISO to my > flash drive,and I booted the installation disk from it.The installer seemed > hardwired to install from a CD/DVD.Why not add USB/Flashdrive support? I think if you are an advanced user who wants that level of control over "don't install package X but install everything else," then you are probably less than 1% of the people who are going to install FreeDOS. The fd11src.iso CD image is 39MB. That's not big. Jim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
