Hi Vagrant! On Thu, Jun 19, 2014 at 06:39:45PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote: >Package: debian-cd >Version: 3.1.15 >Severity: wishlist > >With a multi-arch CD containing both amd64 and i386, the default boot menu >entry appears to install 32 bit, and the user has to explicitly select the 64 >bit installation option. > >Unless you first go to the help menu, and then "hit ENTER to boot:"... >Then it autodetects weather you're running amd64 or i386, and runs the >appropriate one. So most of the code is already there... > >Wouldn't it make more sense to default to autodetection, and allow the user to >select 32 or 64 bit explicitly (maye even hidden away in an "Advanced" >sub-menu)?
Oh, bugger. We've explicitly enabled the auto-detect in the past. I wasn't aware it had stopped working, to be honest. :-( Looks like there's a bug that's crept in here. >Is there concern that autodetection might fail too often to be worth it? >I've seen hundreds of computers per year work just fine of a fairly random >distribution in hardware at a computer recycling facility, and I cannot recall >ifcpu64 failing me even once... that said it was mostly 3-7 year old >hardware. > >I could dig a little deeper and possibly write a patch, if there wasn't >opposition to the general idea... Please, by all means! -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary." -- James D. Nicoll -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
