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To: "Charles F. Randall" <crandall@dmacc.cc.ia.us>
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Subject: Re: 2.1-960627-SNAP install quirks 
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Date: Mon, 01 Jul 1996 16:17:33 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> 1) NFS install using de0 device wouldn't work (hung in nslookup
> or NFS mount) unless I disabled other devices (not sure which,
> I just removed everything I didn't have)

Hmmm.

> 2) Screen saver "Snake" didn't ask for timeout value and timeout
> option wasn't selectable. In post-install examination of

But the timeout option *is* selectable - it's about 3 items down. :-)

> 3) Ntpdate setting of "Other" doesn't stick (isn't shown on
> screen as selected) and isn't written to /etc/sysconfig

Hmm, I'll look into that - thanks!

> 4) NFS install that misses a set of files (proflib, for example)
> doesn't give you a second chance (I think it used to). The old

No, it's always been this boorish. :-)

> behavior was nice, because you could go fetch the files on the
> NFS server and then try again on the client and it would work.

You can still do a retry now - does this not work for you?  Strange.

					Jordan