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Date:      Tue, 3 Feb 1998 17:56:40 -0600 (CST)
From:      Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org>
To:        tlambert@primenet.com
Cc:        chris@bb.cc.wa.us, karpen@ocean.campus.luth.se, AdamT@smginc.com, mike@smith.net.au, kpielorz@tdx.co.uk, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, config@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD updated Installation / Adminsitration Kit
Message-ID:  <199802032356.RAA01559@detlev.UUCP>
In-Reply-To: <199802032317.QAA02805@usr01.primenet.com> (message from Terry Lambert on Tue, 3 Feb 1998 23:17:18 %2B0000 (GMT))
References:   <199802032317.QAA02805@usr01.primenet.com>

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>> I liked everything up until the reboot. :-(  Win95 reboots so many
>> times, that it takes hours of time trying to install.
> There are three circumstances where Windows 95 will reboot:
> 3)	If during configuration, it asks if you want to reboot, and
> 	instead of waiting until you have installed everything, you
> 	*foolishly* say "yes".
> 	This is pilot error.

I personally believe that it is design error, since you give the user
no information to tell if everything has been detected, so the user
doesn't know when to reboot.  It's also a documentation error... the
fact that 'no' is quicker is not documented.

-- 
Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan
   Fourth law of programming:
   Anything that can go wrong wi
sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped



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