On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 12:17:29AM +0100, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > [Joey Hess] > > Why would we want to make that an option? It doesn't sound like a > > good kind of option, it just buys you more complexity and more ways > > to fail for no gain. I am not interested in supporting people who > > try to do that with base-config. > > It saves me a reboot, and speeds up the install. I can complete the > install before reboot from the hard drive, and I can check that all > services work as they should when the machine boots from the hard > drive. When I run base-installer after boot from HD, I must install > the software and then reboot again to make sure all services will > start as they should after reboot.
Not having to reboot makes unattended network installs simpler. (e.g. Sun's Jumpstart) Ryan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
