Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > > On Sat, 21 Apr 2001, Joost van der Lugt wrote: > > > Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote: > > > > > > On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Gerd Arlitt wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The info pages are fine but i needed more info and found it in the > > > > > May 2001 Linux Journal and at the IBM linux tutorials site: > > > > > http://www.cn.ibm.com/developerWorks/education/linux/l-grub_eng/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > This site did not work for me "Directory browsing failed - access > > > > forbidden" > > > > > > > Do a search for "grub" under the Linux section on developerWorks. > > > It's a tutorial that you'll have to register for. > > > > > > > This is all fine, and this is all in the "we are intelligent, we can > > figure it out" spirit. > > But basic installation of software should _not_ be hard to figure out, > > there are probably plenty more programs this applies to, and my guess is > > grub will be fixed, if not by the programmers of it, then by the > > distributions that will distribute it, by means of the install scripts > > and/or configuration scripts. > > Well, this may be true - but the discussion list exists to help > people deal with Debian GNU/Linux AS IT IS, not as you WISH it was. > Griping about it DOES NOT HELP. Unless you have a useful suggestion, > why not keep it to yourself? "Better documentation, easier to use" > is NOT a suggestion - and it's certainly not a new idea.
The list is called debian-user, I tend to think it is very informative if someone posts the fact that a package may not work well unless you are willing to go through a lot of trouble. Better documentation, easier to use are your words, not mine, I gave detailed instructions as to were the bugs were, because yes, any software that needs decent documentation to be used, and doesn't provide this, I consider _buggy_. Just look at the 'newbie' questions, and how good the oldies feel about calling them stupid. (example: Re: dpkg: Update failures 04/23/01) > > Since I could find no reason why you felt the need to switch from LILO > to Grub, was LILO not working for you? If LILO worked, why switch? Didn't have to, just tried. > > > If I am not running Irix, MacOS (or other weird stuff) and Linux on one > > box it just should not be any trouble to configure. > > I want to see the box that runs both IRIX and MacOS... :) Me too, nice example isn't it. > > > I am probably singing a different tune than is commonly sung in the > > linux community, but I do think it is about time for that tune:) > > > > Enough:-) > > Yes, it certainly is. > > Take care, You too, > > Zonker > -- > Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.ZonkerBooks.net/ > ICQ: 43599611 > -=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=-=[*]=- > "Ever feel like nothing good was ever going to happen to you?" > -- Christopher Moltisanti > "Yeah, and nothin' did. So what?" -- Paulie Walnuts > The Sopranos > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Cheers, Joost van der Lugt
