At 04:37 PM 10/19/1997 -0700, George Bonser wrote: >> >>There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on >>debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to >>silence. >> >>However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu. >> > >Still, it would be nice to run the installation menu from hard disk to do >things as change mount points for partitions, changing network stuff (hostname, >IP address, netmask, whatever.)
Exactly. Lisa also lets you load kernel modules and configure hardware as well. For example, I can get a new Caldera install up and on the net within minutes. Debian was not so accommodating. No modem. No modemtool app. No LISA. Ok, MAKEDEV cua1. Dial... connected... ping junior.apk.net --- network unreachable Now I have to figure out why it doesn't work and that's not my idea of fun. :-) I suppose I should really learn more about the system, but I'd rather not have to dive in right away. So now I guess we're at the point of arguing about making things easy for the user versus the user learning how to use the system. Should there be "debian for dummies?" -- Stuart Krivis [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Team OS/2] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .