Subject: Re: monolithic roots (Re: Rototil of sysinst partitioning code)
To: NetBSD-current Discussion List <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: David Young <dyoung@pobox.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/09/2003 04:08:48
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 09:51:21AM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote:
> > and sysinst isn't much useful anyway.
>
> To you. But to someone who only did install windows before, doing a manual
> NetBSD install is no good advice - no matter how much docs we'd put up on
> the web for this.
Right. Besides, sysinst forms lasting first impressions.
> P.S.: I'd actually like sysinst to play promotional movies while installing
> from DVD on modern hardware, but I know this is not going to happen (for lack
> of appropriate movies, I guess).
It could happen. Certainly there are NetBSD applications with a visual
component, or which involve interesting personalities or locations. You
could do a send-up of the Apple "switched" commercials. There are lots
of possibilities.
Dave
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