Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:09:42 -0500 (CDT) From: Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com> To: Vince Vielhaber <vev@michvhf.com> Cc: "Michael C. Vergallen" <mvergall@mail.double-barrel.be>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Install *actually* friendly Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.980806110715.8594G-100000@mercury.jorsm.com> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.980805074012.vev@michvhf.com>
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On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Vince Vielhaber wrote: > >> PC's are being shipped that way! The particular machine that happened to > >> me on was an Intel, not a machine built by Joe Blow's 'Puter Parts. I'd > >> already installed FreeBSD on a number of systems and it's my preferred > >> Unix so I was a bit more persistant than the typical user. Right now that > >> machine has the hard disk and CD on wdc0 and FreeBSD *still* doesn't even > >> see wdc1 (even tho there's nothing on it). The controllers are built onto > >> the motherboard. > > Probably true but can a writer off documenation be held accountable for > > the wrong way pc's are being assembled by builders ? It may be done that > > way but it is wrong... > > You're missing my point. The average user who's trying FreeBSD for the > first time doesn't know it's wrong. Furthermore, the computer just booted > to the installation program from CD and is now telling the user that there > is no CD. It's not just a documentation issue. Booting of the CD is a feature of the computer's BIOS and has nothing to do with the OS in question. Detection of the device by the OS is separate. -===================================================================- Jeremy Shaffner JORSM Internet Senior Technical Support Northwest Indiana's Premium jer@jorsm.com Internet Service Provider support@jorsm.com http://www.jorsm.com -===================================================================- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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