On Mon, Jun 04, 2007 at 11:44:10AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: > > 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.
So, is win32-loader.ini generation (alone, without generating autorun.inf!) ok at this point ? We can talk about autorun.inf later if you like. -- 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]