Sun, Oct 21, 2001 at 05:14:38AM -0500 wrote: > > I just downloaded b-f 3.0.15 (compact set, built on 2001-10-16) and > installed Woody on my Dell Latitude C800 laptop. Everything went very > smoothly. My only comments, questions actually, on the install(er) are: > > (1) what happened to the progress meters that used to show up when > dowloading rescue.bin, drivers.tgz, etc ? I had gotten used to the > download rate meter, progress meter, ETA info, etc. that used to be in > the potato b-f/installer.
As Ethan pointed out, I pulled that out in favor of using busybox wget. You should have gotten a really simple status bar though. If you didn't I'd like to hear about it. > > (2) can the base system files be downloaded by FTP ? I thought I saw an > email posted to this list saying that FTP retrieval of base system files > was possible. Yes, in theory we can do everything over ftp as well as http now. > > (3) in the post-boot configuration, why are MD5 passwords defaulted to > "No" ie not enabled ? > > (4) this is not totally related to debian-boot, but are there any plans > to ship Woody with a 2.4 kernel ? > nope, and you are right, that isn't debian-boot who decides. -David -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
