Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 07:50:02 -0800 (PST) From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34524: [PATCH] - Add important pre-installation notice Message-ID: <200202011550.g11Fo2D18488@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/34524; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.ORG> To: hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: docs/34524: [PATCH] - Add important pre-installation notice Date: Fri, 01 Feb 2002 07:44:58 -0800 If memory serves me right, hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org wrote: > The below patch will add an important <note> section which will > remind the users to update their firmwares before installing > FreeBSD, as this could be a problem. I object to this change. By insisting that users update their BIOS before even trying to install FreeBSD, you're raising a considerable barrier to entry. Certainly it is a good idea to point this out as a *possible* step to take in trying to troubleshoot an installation gone awry. But that's very different from what you proposed. > Half the PRs in the Database, are lying their becuase the users > did not update their Firmware BIOS, and stuff. As someone who's made several sweeps through the PR database, I claim that "half" is a considerable exaggeration. You have to consider how many people install FreeBSD without any problems whatsoever, with their BIOS or anything else. For all of those people, your change is going to result in wasted effort, plus raise the spectre of users accidentally causing their own problems while they try to hunt down BIOS images, flash their machines, etc. > Hope it gets in ;) I hope it doesn't, at least not in its current form. Can you try wording this in a less emphatic way? Thanks, Bruce. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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