They have 15 seconds the first time (Win98 only gives 10 FYI), and the second timeout gives 30 seconds. More than enough IMHO.
On 7/17/06, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The only two timeouts are the first timeout which defaults to boot > > from the hard drive rather than the CD-ROM (nothing wrong with that > > IMHO), and the second just boots defaultly into installation mode, > > which is what most people will be after. > > Please do not make that kind of assumptions. People who do not > know about the "character" of the cdrom will first wonder why > it never boots (default: boot from harddisk) and, when they > figure out that, why it grabs their harddisk without first > giving them a lot of time to think about whether they want DOS > to be installed permanently. In short, just use infinite > timeouts, or maybe a one minute timeout for the "default for > boot from harddisk" item, to allow people to boot from cdrom, > do a few selections, and then walk away (so the PC can reboot > into dos-on-harddisk without further user intervention later). > > Eric > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys -- and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
