Adam Strohl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Dec 1999, Daniel C. Sobral wrote:
>
> > Hey, I like CUI. I'd rather install with a CUI than a GUI, all other
> > things being equal. And besides some quirks here and there, I really
> > like sysinstall.
>
> Its nice, but its not where it should be.
>
> > But the fact is that when we get featured in a magazine article,
> > user-friendly install == GUI. No GUI, it's not an user-friendly install.
> > End of review. You can kick and scream all you want, that's the way it
> > is. Either we live by these rules, or we loose.
>
> A VESA GUI based sysinstall replacement would probably be small enough to
> fit on a floppy, yet still have the friendlyness that a new user/reviewer
> would look for.
>
> If we follow jkh's outline, making another "front end target" for the
> script shouldn't be that hard. You have X, VESA Syscons, and Text
> Syscons.
>
> The script says "ok, prompt user for <blah>", under X it opens a window,
> under Text some ASCII dialog, and under VESA a little window.
>
This is important to note... 25% of all the installs I do are
on MGA (remember monochrome graphics adapter - a hercules card.)
So, I would not be in favor of any replacement that required a VESA
or VGA platform...
- Dave Rivers -
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