Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 04:47:22 -0800 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com> To: "Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@estienne.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: Graphical installations and such Message-ID: <27201.789828442@freefall.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 07 Jan 1995 19:59:20 PST." <199501080359.TAA21255@estienne.cs.berkeley.edu>
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> What I mean by this is: > > 1) VM86 Bios mode disk driver as the method of installation, and > as a viable alternative for folks waiting for their drive to be > supported. Linux has this. > > 2) Externalizing the probes from all the drivers and doing the > probes (like NT, OS/2, and Windows 96^H5) once you've got the machine > up and can say to the user "Hey, I'm about to look for the hardware > you have installed...if I freeze, this is what you do... you can also > bypass the probe and tell me what you have". > > 3) Take the probe information and configure a kernel appropriately. > > 4) Ask about the type of ethernet device people have (link2 saga). > > 5) Have a shell availible!!! This all sounds great..! So.. Justin! Pal! What are you doing for the next couple of weeks? Nothing? Terrific! There's this install thing that Poul and I would *love* some help on! :-) Jordan
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