On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:40 AM, Giovanni Toraldo<scurip...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 07:22, Fernando Cassia<fcas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> An installer should be something that just copies files to the right >> location, not something obscure that messes your system like Windows >> Installer or Installshield. Try a google search for "unable to >> install" "windows installer" and see how frequent this is. Better yet, >> try "installshield sucks" and you'll see why Nullsoft's NSIS installer >> is so popular. Not only it creates small installers, it also works >> everywhere and doesn't use any OS services for installation. It works >> on even completely ruined systems. > > Try to google Ubuntu, also =P > You will probably find an OS which installer just copy files without > using *indows installer, installshield, etc..w > > > Cheers. > > > -- > Giovanni "scorp" Toraldo
Giovanni, I do have several systems running Linux. The latest, with Fedora 11. It's just on this particular WinXP system that I need to install VBox, and I can't due to the borked Windows Installer. FC _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
