Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:07:39 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: jdl@jdl.com (Jon Loeliger) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, obrien@cs.ucdavis.edu, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X for install Message-ID: <199601031807.LAA15058@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199601030503.XAA02277@chrome.jdl.com> from "Jon Loeliger" at Jan 2, 96 11:02:46 pm
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> This sounds to me like the same general goal as the separation of > the hardware detection process during boot -- part of the detect, > semi-probe, negotiate, allocate, attach process that we've often > discussed. Can the same core be used for both the normal UNIX boot > process and for the initial system config/install process? Or am > I totally in the weeds here? *Can* it? "Windows 95 will now determine the hardware installed in you system. If this takes too long, turn off your computer (do *not* try to use control-alt-delete) and restart setup. It will resume after the device that caused the crash" I maintain that if Microsoft can do it, *anyone* can do it. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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