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Re: Installation Party Summary



On Mon, 28 Oct 1996, Omer Zak wrote:

> > > As suggested above, another approach is for the organizers to provide for 
> > > a CD-ROM drive connected to the Parallel Port.
> > 
> > btw, is that supported by Linux installations at all?
> 
> Even if not, copythe relevant files to the user's hard disk's DOS 
> partition and then install from there.  After installation is complete, 
> the DOS partition can be cleaned.

people don't always come with enough space to install linux (many thought
under 100 is enough, and you KNOW that's not true), so you expect them to
have enough for the entire installation too? not everybody owns a Pentium
with 2 gigs of disk... I had a guy with a 486 and only 850...

> > that will drive people away (understandable). people brought me computers
> > they "bought only 4 days ago" and they didn't even know what graphic

> Then ask them to at least bring any documentation they got with their 
> computers and I don't mean just the chashbonit-mas which lists the 
> peripherals.
that specific dude bought it at the green shop, such places never give you
documentation.

> 
> BTW:  what is ATI?  (Personal replies only!  Not to the list.  Don't 

one of the most famous/popular graphic accelerators in the market... it's
like dropping names like Cirus logic a year ago or trident two years
before


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