From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 3 22:19:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA24240 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:19:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.primenet.com (smtp01.primenet.com [206.165.6.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA24234; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 22:19:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tlambert@usr08.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp01.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA21440; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 23:19:00 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr08.primenet.com(206.165.6.208) via SMTP by smtp01.primenet.com, id smtpd021390; Tue Feb 3 23:18:52 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA02370; Tue, 3 Feb 1998 23:18:44 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199802040618.XAA02370@usr08.primenet.com> Subject: Re: FreeBSD updated Installation / Adminsitration Kit To: joelh@gnu.org Date: Wed, 4 Feb 1998 06:18:43 +0000 (GMT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, chris@bb.cc.wa.us, karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se, AdamT@smginc.com, mike@smith.net.au, kpielorz@tdx.co.uk, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, config@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199802032356.RAA01559@detlev.UUCP> from "Joel Ray Holveck" at Feb 3, 98 05:56:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > > 3) If during configuration, it asks if you want to reboot, and > > instead of waiting until you have installed everything, you > > *foolishly* say "yes". > > This is pilot error. > > I personally believe that it is design error, since you give the user > no information to tell if everything has been detected, so the user > doesn't know when to reboot. It's also a documentation error... the > fact that 'no' is quicker is not documented. We've travelled this ground before. Make something easier to install than Windows 95, and make it run all their old software, and people will use it. Right now, you haven't even got the first, let alone the second. It may be poor design, but it's better than its competition. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.