Date: Mon, 27 Nov 1995 12:15:19 -0500 From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Thoughts on the install and on Red Hat Linux. Message-ID: <199511271715.MAA04833@crh.cl.msu.edu> References: <49c3i8$mml@msunews.cl.msu.edu>
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In lists.freebsd.hackers you write:
>In reply to Jordan K. Hubbard who wrote:
>[much deleted]
>Earth calling hackers, hackers come in.....
>It might be "fancy looking" to have an install process running in X,
>BUT, gentlemen, keep in mind all the hassle we had when we said
>that 4M wasn't enough to boot the install disk !!
Bravo Bravo, my thougnts exactly. The idea of booting into X for an install is
the silliest thing I have ever heard. most of my machines have the crappiest
video system one can find, they are servers and dont need anything else. Not
to mention that the dialog interface is FAST FAST FAST, and to the point. X
sucks up tons of memory, is slow as nails, and is rediculus overkill for an
install! Just MHO.
-Crh
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Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu
http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/
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