On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 11:19 AM, David Vasek <va...@fido.cz> wrote: > On Wed, 7 Mar 2012, Donald Allen wrote: > >> "While the FAQ is indeed clear, the installer's simplicity appears >> at that point a little deceptive, in that one (I know I was) is >> tempted to think that such a user-friendly installer would not harm >> one so easily..." >> >> I disagree. I think the installer is fine the way it is and it was not >> the problem here. The problem was the original poster's too-cavalier >> approach to something that is well-known to be dangerous. What >> happened here is somewhat analogous to texting while driving or flying >> an airplane drunk and, when disaster occurs, being upset (assuming >> survival) that the equipment didn't prevent it. > > > Except that the equipment shoudn't direct people to behave in such a > disasterous way. And this the case. > > Regards, > David >
what about this Use (W)hole disk or (E)dit the MBR? [edit] while the OP did make a mistake, he could modify the default to be edit the MBR. so he would be forced to pay attention while staring at the partition table. i would be paying attention to the instructions. stuart is right, there's a point where if you add confirmations, where would you stop? and for some daemons, there is no open source alternative to OpenBSD, so learn it. good luck