I think that sliding bar thing is explained more clearly in the install
screen on 7.1 - I believe it has to do with ranking the system-importance
of the packages you selected so that the install can make a decision on
what to install and what to kick out if you don't have enough disk space.
This is an odd thing and I guess it is trying to be helpful, but I don't
think it succeeds completely. In 7.0 I think it was explained reasonably in
the little install guide.
If I needed to go back to some point in the install, which I needed to do a
couple of times, I used the column of "lights" on the left and used that to
navigate back to where I wanted to restart from.
cheers,
philomena
At 10:04 AM 9/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
>Specifically, what was mostly confusing was after I selected that various
>packages it asked me how many megabytes of the selected packages I wanted
>install with a slider bar to adjust the "level" I guess. I didn't get it at
>all -- because I don't know how many megabytes I want, all I knew was that I
>wanted packages A, B, and C. I just accepted the default and then it told
>me I might not get all the packages that I had selected.
>
>Also, and this is beside the point, there were areas during the install
>where I clicked the cancel button but it didn't back me out (I can't
>remember now, I think it was when I was setting up the network) and I had to
>turn off the machine and restart.
>
>I have 7.0 installed...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Philomena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 9:28 AM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [OT] Who uses Linux? (was RE: [newbie] Mandrake...too many
>apps?)
>
>
>I fall into the "used to be a programmer and unfortunately fell up into
>management" type, but I still try to keep myself current.
>
>I'm curious also - what type of question during the install would you think
>is confounding to a new user ? It seems to me that every question during
>the installs at any level are clearly outlined in the documentation you get
>with the software. I doubt a new user would be downloading the distro from
>an FTP site, so I am guessing the package was purchased. Seemed to me that
>you can click on a few options and then go away and come back to find the
>OS just about installed. What do you see as being difficult ?
>
>cheers,
>philomena
>
>
>At 09:11 AM 9/20/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> >Just curious, how many of y'all:
> >
> > * are programmer folk
> > * are IT folk
> > * are plain user folk
> >
> >Don't get me wrong, I really like Linux and hope it flourishes. And I'm
>not
> >saying that Linux sucks in any way!
> >
> >But I'm just wondering because, without getting into a flame war, I'm
> >surprised how bad the installation of Mandrake is. I got Mandrake because
>it
> >was supposed to be the most friendly distribution to install and no doubt
> >it's better than RedHat or Debian and for all intents and purpose it's a
> >good installation process. But some of the questions the installer would
> >ask were just confounding to a new user and the method that you select
> >packages were a bit disconcerting. I know that Linux is not for the timid,
> >but there seem to be just little things that could be changed to faciliate
> >the whole "experience." I doubt a first time Linux user would click on
> >Expert, the "psychology" of Linux seems a little wacked but I guess it's
>not
> >an OS that's intended for the general population.
> >
> >Let me reiterate: Don't get me wrong, I really like Linux and hope it
> >flourishes. And I'm not saying that Linux sucks in any way!
>
>
