David D.W. Downey wrote:
> And what if there are multiple CDROMs in a system? What if they have a
> regular CDROM, a DVD, and a burner, or just a burner and DVD?
> I really wish distrib's would give users the choice of which CDROM to use.
> Personally, and I know MANY MANY people who feel the same
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> reassign 100749 base-config
Bug#100749: cdrom entry in /etc/fstab points to non-existant /dev/cdrom
Bug reassigned from package `boot-floppies' to `base-config'.
> severity wishlist
Unknown command or malformed arguments to co
reassign 100749 base-config
severity wishlist
thanks
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 04:34:46PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:33:44PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > > No, I think we're doing the right thing. If the user doesn't in
Matt Kraai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:33:44PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > No, I think we're doing the right thing. If the user doesn't install
> > from CD-ROM, we don't make the link. If the user is installing from
> > CD-ROM and there are more than one, we hav
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Matt Kraai wrote:
> Not many. But leaving it unset is equally bad, as they would have
> to go trolling through /dev and /proc to find their CD-ROM drive
> and then either (a) instruct the programs themselves or (b) learn
> about and create the symlink. I don't see what's w
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:33:44PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> No, I think we're doing the right thing. If the user doesn't install
> from CD-ROM, we don't make the link. If the user is installing from
> CD-ROM and there are more than one, we have them pick, and set
> /dev/cdrom accordingly.
>
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:00:24PM -0700, David D.W. Downey wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > Why? You can always reset it manually, and having it default to
> > something nice will make a lot of programs which rely on
> > /dev/cdrom work a lot better.
>
> How many new users
No, I think we're doing the right thing. If the user doesn't install
from CD-ROM, we don't make the link. If the user is installing from
CD-ROM and there are more than one, we have them pick, and set
/dev/cdrom accordingly.
This bug should be closed, IMHO. It's invalid.
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.Adam Di [EMAI
Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:00:24PM -0700 wrote:
>
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Matt Kraai wrote:
>
> >
> > Why? You can always reset it manually, and having it default to
> > something nice will make a lot of programs which rely on
> > /dev/cdrom work a lot better.
> >
>
> How many new users to linux (
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 12:00:24PM -0700, David D.W. Downey wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > Why? You can always reset it manually, and having it default to
> > something nice will make a lot of programs which rely on
> > /dev/cdrom work a lot better.
>
> How many new users to
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Matt Kraai wrote:
>
> Why? You can always reset it manually, and having it default to
> something nice will make a lot of programs which rely on
> /dev/cdrom work a lot better.
>
How many new users to linux (we are discussing installs here after all) do
you know of that kn
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:12:10AM -0700, David D.W. Downey wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, David Whedon wrote:
>
> > > So the question is, should we default /dev/cdrom to the first
> > > CD-ROM drive if none is used during the installation,
> > That's my vote.
>
> That is one of the things I trul
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:15:59AM -0700, David D.W. Downey wrote:
> > if /dev/cdrom exists
> > leave it alone
> > elif there is only one CD-ROM drive
> > point /dev/cdrom to it
else
default to the first drive
ask a low priority question about which to use
fi
> And what if there are multiple
>
> if /dev/cdrom exists
> leave it alone
> elif there is only one CD-ROM drive
> point /dev/cdrom to it
And what if there are multiple CDROMs in a system? What if they have a
regular CDROM, a DVD, and a burner, or just a burner and DVD?
I really wish distrib's would give users the choice of wh
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, David Whedon wrote:
> > So the question is, should we default /dev/cdrom to the first
> > CD-ROM drive if none is used during the installation,
> That's my vote.
That is one of the things I truly hate with distribs. Please, don't set
/dev/cdrom to anything during the instal
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:05:49AM -0700, David Whedon wrote:
> > So the question is, should we default /dev/cdrom to the first
> > CD-ROM drive if none is used during the installation,
> That's my vote.
If the user is not using CDs for the installation, there is no
reason dbootstrap needs to kn
> So the question is, should we default /dev/cdrom to the first
> CD-ROM drive if none is used during the installation,
That's my vote.
>or not set
> it at all in this case?
>
> Matt
>
>
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 11:17:18AM +0200, Thue wrote:
> On Thursday 14 June 2001 06:38, Matt Kraai wrote:
> > > Thue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > > Title says it all actually.
> > > > The problem is somewhat easily located and fixed by hand,
> > > > but I really think the cdrom should work "o
On Thursday 14 June 2001 06:38, Matt Kraai wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:15:08PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
> > Thue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Package: boot-floppies
> > > Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-13
> > > Severity: important
> > > Tags: potato
> > >
> > > (hoping this is the
On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 10:15:08PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> Thue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Package: boot-floppies
> > Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-13
> > Severity: important
> > Tags: potato
> >
> > (hoping this is the correct package)
>
> Yup.
>
> > Title says it all actuall
Thue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-13
> Severity: important
> Tags: potato
>
> (hoping this is the correct package)
Yup.
> Title says it all actually.
> The problem is somewhat easily located and fixed by hand,
> but I really think the c
Package: boot-floppies
Version: N/A; reported 2001-06-13
Severity: important
Tags: potato
(hoping this is the correct package)
Title says it all actually.
The problem is somewhat easily located and fixed by hand,
but I really think the cdrom should work "out of the box",
hence the bug severity..
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