On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Amit Kulkarni wrote:
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM, David Vasek <va...@fido.cz> wrote:
On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Donald Allen wrote:
"While the FAQ is indeed clear, the installer's simplicity appears
at that point a little deceptive, in that one (I know I was) is
tempted to think that such a user-friendly installer would not harm
one so easily..."
I disagree. I think the installer is fine the way it is and it was not
the problem here. The problem was the original poster's too-cavalier
approach to something that is well-known to be dangerous. What
happened here is somewhat analogous to texting while driving or flying
an airplane drunk and, when disaster occurs, being upset (assuming
survival) that the equipment didn't prevent it.
Except that the equipment shoudn't direct people to behave in such a
disasterous way. And this the case.
Regards,
David
what about this
Use (W)hole disk or (E)dit the MBR? [edit]
while the OP did make a mistake, he could modify the default to be
edit the MBR. so he would be forced to pay attention while staring at
the partition table. i would be paying attention to the instructions.
stuart is right, there's a point where if you add confirmations, where
would you stop?
Not confirmations, but saner defaults. No default value here is another
option - it doesn't take from precious floppy size.
I never had a problem with the current installer, but I really do think
that is should not direct people to disasters. Yes, people should be
careful, but only one press of Enter is too close. Defaults should be
sane.
Regards,
David
