On Sun, Oct 19, 1997 at 10:04:32AM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > On 19-Oct-97 Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > >> Now for the tough part. :-) > >> > >> I want to be able to use some of the things I've grown used to with > >> Caldera. In particular, LISA (Linux Installation and System Adminstration) > >> is a life-saver. It allows me to easily change hardware and network > >> settings. I'm not unix savvy enough at this point to know where to do this > >> without LISA. (I'm also lazy and like being able to do everything from one > >> utility.) > > > >Mmmh. I never heard of anyone on this list wanting to use LISA. I can > >imagine that it is impossible, because of different conf-file location etc. > > Y'know, LISA is very similar to the menus that the Debian install disks use. > If > we could install those menus onto the system and add a couple of items (add > new > user, etc) it might make a decent replacement. > > It might be like running "setup" on a slackware box. Those install bootup > menus sure make it easy to modify a system. I wish I could run them without > having to boot from floppy.
There was an effort to outline a configuration (administration) tool on debian-admintool, but the discussion was very hot and then cooled down to silence. However, the goal was much higher than expanding the install menu. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Marcus Brinkmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
