On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 13:42 +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 11:40:17AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Robert wrote: > > > > > > as far as i know it's also possible to set the counter to a specific > > > value, which might be better. so make them all be checked after 20 > > > maounts, but set the counters to 0, 1, 2, 3 and so on after the > > > isntallation. > > > > Yeah, that would probably be nicer aesthetically. But we'd want to > > remember on the other hand that its exactly the same as using > > 20,19,18,17 with counters set to 0. > > No, that's not true. The first will mean they will always stagger at > one; the second will mean they will stagger at one the first time, then > at two, then at three, and so on, until they wrap around and eventually > end you up with a case where they do *not* stagger anymore.
Yes, you're right. I only thought of that afterwards. It is the max remount setting that would want to be staggered. Staggering the counter would in a sense only work the first time round. Drew -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
