On Wednesday, 3 December 1997, David Wright writes:
> > On Monday, 1 December 1997, Bill Leach writes:
> >
> > > > As an aside, why call the debian setup floppy "resc1440.bin" when it
> > > > could be named something like "boot.bin", or "debian.bin" (alongside
> > > > debi1200.bin/boot1200.bin)?
> > >
> > > Well, because it _is_ a "rescue" floppy and can be used to boot and
> > > recover the system in the event of catastrophic failures (in the really
> > > extreme case of failure the second disk might be needed too).
> >
> > /continuing off-topic rant
> > Uh, yes i did read something like that in the doc. So what you're saying
> > is that there _is_ no install floppy, but you can use the rescue floppy
> > to install your system. That's handy. And what luck! Otherwise we would
> > have had a complete distribution, including rescue facilities (!), but
> > no-one would have been able to use it, because we forgot to make an install
+
> > floppy.
> >
> > I just wanted to note that:
> > * you've got to read this in the doc, --- it wasn't clear to me at
> > first glance (note: as it very well could have been),
>
> "Rescue Disk" occurs frequently in the installation notes; it's even in
> several headings.
Uh, yes, it's easy enough to find. But i still don't think that frequently
mentioning something in a doc should justify the use of silly names?
> > * at your first contact with debian, you'll find that the floppy
> > you need for install is called "rescue", now that's a comforting
> > thought --- not.
> > * as a broken analogy: considering you _can_ use your car as an
> > evacuation vehicle in times of trouble, how would you call your car?
>
> You use the rescue disk as an installation disk ONCE. You then file it
> under Rescue, not Installation. If you have problems, you'll maybe use it
> several times as a Rescue Disk.
Exactly --- that's what the name suggests. I never suggested "install",
but rather something along the lines of "debian" or "boot". Isn't that
smart?
> On "comforting thoughts", yes, it's comforting to know that Debian takes the
> time and effort to think through what to do when anything goes wrong. Most
> vendors don't do that enough.
It's probably me; i'm too preoccupied. Somehow, there's always one
vendor that comes to mind when i hear about "things going wrong",
"rescueing" and "reinstalling"?
> OK, you want an analogy? You buy a tube of adhesive. You have to pierce
> the seal on the tube with the piercer. But you call the piercer a cap.
Thanks, analogies can be so much fun,
jan.
Linux: "Just throw away the c(r)ap."
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