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To: Mikael Karpberg <karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se>
cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith), freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject: Re: 961006-SNAP comments 
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Date: Sun, 13 Oct 1996 19:32:14 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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>    Before the installation continues, FreeBSD will have to know what kind
>    of hardware you are using. Please choose the way you would like to get
>    your system set up:
> 
>           0. Help
>      -->  1. Continue with generic boot  (Recommended)
>           2. Automatic probing for special hardware
>           3. Manual configuration
>           4. Expert configuration

Grab the current boot floppy from ftp://whisker.cdrom.com/pub/2.2-961012-SNAP
and let me know if this is closer to what you'd like to see.

> "2" would (after pretty much the same "warning, if the computer hangs, 
>     reset it" warning as win95 has) do a major probing thing, trying to
>     find out what the system contained, pretty much like win95 does.

Heh.  That's a LOT easier to describe than to implement, so unless
you've got some amazing diffs to offer me, consider that a "long term
to never" feature ;-).

> Also... There have been a "load preconfigured setup" or something like
> that for a while in the setup (haven't tried the two latest SNAPs at all,
> yet, sorry) and it just strikes me as pretty silly no to have a "save"

Erm, save _what_?  To the new kernel?  Check out the new boot floppy.

					Jordan