Date: Tue, 5 Sep 1995 21:43:46 -0700 From: "Russell L. Carter" <rcarter@geli.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: OEM Windoze95 vs. Sysinstall Message-ID: <199509060443.VAA07555@geli.clusternet>
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Hi Folks, Often there is griping heard about how hard it is to install various OSs, with special demerits accorded to the perceived least worthy, namely the free OSs. Well, I would like to nominate a candidate for Hell, the Movie, Written By Bill Gates: How about the OEM Preinstall disk from your very own savior BG, which requires the following in order to install WinDOZE95 on VIRGIN systems: 1. A (local) working MSDOG system of some flavor. 2. The decrepit MSDOG drivers for *EVERY* CDROM you might like to use. Actually, (hopefully), just the controller drivers. 3. Multiple floppies to try out various pseudo-sysconfigs and pseudo-autoexec.bats... 4. The sit-on-an-ice-block-till-it-freezes patience to work throught this sh*t. Just think, there are 10K VARs throughout this planet whose margin depends on the correct application of the rather mundane knowledge the above requires. MicroS**t, where do you want to decompose today? Sorry, a bit testy today, Russell Long Live FreeBSD Sysinstall! Hurray! Hurray!
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