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Re: SEUL: hardware detection

To: William T Wilson <fluffy@dunadan.com>
Subject: Re: SEUL: hardware detection
From: Micah Yoder <yoderm@geocities.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 22:48:51 -0800
CC: seul-dev-install@seul.org
References: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980118232933.20414A-100000@benatar.dunadan.com>
Sender: owner-seul-dev-install@seul.org

William T Wilson wrote:

> If someone wants to try and make the installer cope with floppies, they're
> welcome to.  But I think it would be wasted effort.

Agreed.  There's no way a computer newbie is going to spend untold hours
downloading Linux via FTP, rawriting to 40 floppy disks, then installing
it.

If a user doesn't have a CD-ROM or an Ethernet to one that does, they
need an upgrade......

-- 
"win95 n. 32 bit extensions for a 16 bit
patch to an 8 bit operating system originally
coded for a 4 bit microprocessor by a 2 bit
company that can't handle 1 bit of competition."

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- Re: SEUL: hardware detection
  - From: William T Wilson <fluffy@dunadan.com>

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