> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > This may well be too much work at this point, but it would be
> very nice if the
> > Mandrake installer followed the example of the Solaris 8
> installer and got all
> > the configuration possible out of the way beforehand. Get the network
>
> pbs:
[big snip]
> - X configuration testing interactivaty needs X installed, and
> test can freeze the box, so must be done at the very end of install.
This is a reason to get it out of the way ASAP. So that you don't
slog your way thru all that work only to have it crash right at
the end!!!!
:)
Most of the other hardware probing is done at the beginning,
possibly for just this reason?