There seems to be a lot of problems with the installation going into second
stage. I for one am having a current problem with it beginning stage two
then terminating on a signal 9 using the harddisk install method thats with
a floppy, using autoboot I get to where it is loading ramdisk then ramdisk
fails and then the computer hangs. Oh you can put in a choice too such as
Choose your installation method
1) Text install
2) DrakX
Just a thought
Kenny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Denis HAVLIK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Expert list"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Gael Duval" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 2:30 PM
Subject: [newbie] GET READY FOR A DISCUSSION
> Hi, folks!
>
> What follows is probably a single most important letter I ever posted on
> these mailing lists, so please read it very carefully!
>
> [ANNOUNCEMENT]
>
> We (Mandrakesoft) are starting internal discussions about future of
> our distributions NOW. We want you to take part in the process of
> improving our next distro.
>
> - NOW is a time to ask us whatever you want: tell us what you like, tell
> us what you hate, tell us what you dream of!
> - NOW is a time for you to influence the future company decisions - start
> thinking, and if you come up with a briliant idea, post it here.
>
> Starting NOW, I am going to stop sleeping, eating, or doing any other job
> which would interfere with currently most important task: Making sure we
> make the best decisions based on whatever input we can get.
>
> [RULES]
>
> * Basically everything you can think of is open for discussion, except
> question of including non-free software in the core of our distro, which
> is absolute NO-NO.
>
> * Listen to what other people have to say. Try keeping the signal/noise
> ratio as high as possible.
>
> * One topic per e-mail and informative subject line help us a lot. ("125
> Great ideas!!!" is a very bad subject line.)
>
> * Please, try to avoid any kind of flaming on the list for the next 10
> days.
>
> * Finaly, If you have time and skills to pick up ideas from long
> discussion threads and write a good summary, please do it, it will help us
> a lot.
>
> [TOPICS]
>
> Topics we are particularly interested in at this moment include:
>
> 1) ergonomics: What should our user interfaces look like in the
> future, what should we improve in our desktop configuration, which things
> need polishing...
>
> 2) install: Which features of our current installation
> program (DrakX) do you like, which features are you missing, what is not
> clear enough? The same question goes for post-install configuration
> tools.
>
> 3) packages: which packages to add, what to remove from the distro,
> which subset of packages is really nessesary for a minimal install,
> and which packages are "just add-ons"?
>
> 4) tools: which new tools (packages) should we develop ourselves, or
> improve in case we are already developing them? Many great
> programs already exist out there, so we really badly need to know
> which important linux tools you still miss, in order to
> concentrate on them in the future.
>
> 5) system policy: We want to make our system "logical" by following the
> Linux Standards, and being consistent in the way
> "things" (services, settings) are implemented. Tell us where
> we need to improve.
>
> 6) security policy: Closely related to point "6". You know that we care a
> lot about security, don't you? Well, the problem is choosing right
> security settings for various situations.
>
> (If you feel that we have forgotten an important topic, just start a
> discusion on it, the list should not be taken too strictly)
>
> ################
> I am going to spend a lot of time in reading "newbie" and "expert" mailing
> lists during next two weeks. Guillaume will do the same on the
> "cooker" list, and other members of the company may pop-up and take
> part in discussion too, for topics they may be particularly interested in
> (and if they get time to do it, our schedule is bursting).
>
> At the end of the discussion cycle (in two weeks), I will try to write a
> resume of what has been decided and share it with you.
>
> yours
> Denis Havlik
> --
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