I think you're a little late... boot floppies are frozen, are they not? On Fri, 2002-04-19 at 03:08, Svante Signell wrote: > Hello, > > When booting the Woody CD you are presented to the information screen > giving general information and ways to get help, etc _before_ choosing > which kernel to boot. > > After choosing kernel and booting, however, you immediately get to the > 'Choose language', 'Choose Language Variant' and 'Release Notes' > screens without any means to back out, correct mistakes etc. Finally > after the first four screens you enter the 'Installation Main Menu'. > > I have the following proposal of an additional installation screen, as > follows: > > ===================================================== > After the initial screen, and _before_ entering the language choice > present another screen, telling the user what is happening next, eg: > > Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux 3.0/Woody. You have chosen to boot kernel xx, eg > bf42. > > The steps to follow next in the installation procedure are: > 1) Choose Language > 2) Choose Language Variant > 3) Read Release notes > 4) Enter Installation Main Menu > > When you enter the Main menu, several choices will be presented, and a > default path for install will also be given. From there you will have > the choice to back out of the installation if needed. > > If you feel unsure, need to get more information, make adjustments etc > before proceeding you now have the choice to back out by removing the > installation CD and press <RESET> or <CONTROL-ALT-DEL> now. This is > also the way to go if you want to restart the installation using > another kernel. > > For those of who are interested in the boot log you can do so by ... > (enter text here) > ================================================ > > In my opinion this would help especially new Debian users to feel more > comfortable with what is going to happen during the install. (I know > that a graphical installer is in the works, but not until woody+1) > > Best wishes, > Svante Signell > > Below follows unanswered question in an earlier posting. srs writes: > > Addtional boxes boot-tested with woody-isolinux: > > > > Box disks idepci bf24 > > Comapaq Presario 5640/5670 IDE OK OK > > Dell Dimension XPS 733r IDE OK OK > > Dual Celeron MSI6120 SCSI+IDE OK OK > > Em2 QDI Brilliant SCSI OK OK (compact tested OK too) > > Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop IDE OK OK > > > > A few comments about the installer program: > > > > 1. Is it possible to generate a boot log, and to be able to view it > > while installing? > > > > 2. It would be nice to be able to back out, or doing a reboot _before_ > > having to go as long as to the keyboard setup phase. You maybe > > changed your mind before coming that far: What am I doing?, I don't > > have all info available!, whats happening next?, I want to quit the > > install!, etc. > > > > 3. When coming to the part of the install where you have several > > choices, the reboot, restart and prevoius step options should be > > higher up in the menu. This enables you to see a way out of the > > install procedure, if needed. > > > > Eagerly waiting for the woody release, > > Svante Signell > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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