On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:50:10PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 31 May 2007 20:19, Robert Millan wrote: > > Maybe this is a good time to review this? I'm attaching a new patch, > > with some minor changes including adapting to latest win32-loader.ini > > syntax. > > I guess my main reservation against this is that including a Windows .ini > file and thus making the installer autoload within Windows
Note that the file that triggers Windows autoload is only "autorun.ini" (case insensitive). win32-loader.ini is ignored by Windows and only used by win32-loader to know where each linux/initrd image can be found. Providing win32-loader.ini in the default builds is harmless. > if the CD is > inserted, _increases_ our "responsibility" if the user should fail to > read (or probably more importantly: understand) any of the warnings > about "erasing your harddisk and losing existing data". > > The fact that actually starting an install stills involve a reboot, is not > a real safeguard as installing almost anything interesting on Windows > requires a reboot anyway. > > The fact that currently the installer needs to be booted completely > separately, at least makes absolutely clear to even the most clueless > Windows user that Debian is not some Windows proggie that can "just be > tried" (as running random Windows proggies is of course always "safe", > right?). > > I could probably be convinced to include this on CD images if the patch > would not start your loader, but would open a modified README.html that > has an extensive explanation of what Debian is and only contains a link > to the loader itself. > This would however increase the need for translation of the README.html > (which is a worthwhile goal for debian-cd anyway). > > The same would go for USB keystick, but I am not sure if this should be > included in other installation methods. I agree that these concerns are important. Perhaps a good solution would be to add enormous warnings (maybe even interactive warnings similar to the well-known "Yes, do as I say!"). Anyway, at the moment I'm not yet proposing to put this in the default CD, just to make it easy for users to build their custom CDs with win32-loader (which is currently awkward since you have to know win32-loader.ini format spec). I think for the kind of user who builds her own CD, it's safe to assume when this CD is used in a Windows box, someone who is not completely clueless about what an OS is will be around. > P.S. What is the status of acceptance of the loader into the archive? I think it'll be in contrib soon. As for moving to main, depends on #319999 which I'm not skilled to fix :/ (please someone help). -- Robert Millan My spam trap is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Note: this address is only intended for spam harvesters. Writing to it will get you added to my black list. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
