> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Shalayeff [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:59 AM > To: Will H. Backman > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: openbsd list fckery > > Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Will H. Backman: > > > About a week ago, I was trying to upgrade my dual boot laptop to 3.7. > > I > > > had to run the installer about 20 times to figure out my problem and > > > correct it. In the process, I learned more about fdisk and disklabel > > > than I had ever needed to before, and I count that as a good thing. It > > > took no more than about 5 minutes each time to run the installer from > > > scratch to completion in each case. Typing Ctrl-C and then "install" > > > when you make a mistake isn't that difficult. > > > > > > -- > > > > I think the installer should be the last thing to go "user friendly". > > OpenBSD is not point and click. If you can figure out the installer, it > > means you actually read instructions. If you could install OpenBSD by > > just clicking "Next", you would be in for a rough ride after. > > actually 90% of the installer we have is just pushing "next". > everything has most common reasonable defaults. > > so if it is really hard for you then perhaps you are just > retarded and need treatment w/ electricity and if that does > not help then perhaps should not use computers... >
I never said it was hard for me. I read the instructions. I also read the afterboot man page.
