From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Feb 11 02:37:43 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA00956 for freebsd-bugs-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:37:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from time.cdrom.com (root@time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA00951 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:37:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jkh@time.cdrom.com) Received: from time.cdrom.com (jkh@localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with ESMTP id CAA22630; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:37:13 -0800 (PST) To: Robert Nordier cc: freebsd-bugs@hub.FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/5710: Can't install X from DOS using setup.exe In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:10:01 PST." <199802111010.CAA26971@hub.freebsd.org> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 02:37:13 -0800 Message-ID: <22626.887193433@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > o Agree on a structured text file format, and include a file > on the CD-ROM which setup.exe can parse, in order to construct > its menus That'd be nice for sysinstall too, but it's probably a bit late in the game to go for such an aggressive redesign. > o Drop setup.exe from the CD-ROM distribution Hmmm. That certainly eliminates a syncronization issue for the future, but it seems kind of sad to nuke the DOS installer's easy install feature, especially since so darn many of them completely refuse to read ABOUT.TXT and hence don't know that they have to include the foo.inf files along with the foo.?? files, and then they generate tech support when it fails. That and the fact that some of them will still want to type "setup" out of habit and will be confused when it comes back with a file not found error. I'm open to suggestions. :-) Jordan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message