Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-08 Thread Frank Hale
> VMware has been around for at least 18 months.. > Where have ya > been? Hehehehe. > I know, I just never thought about it until now. > Using CDRW like CDR's though works fine as long as > your writer > and reader support CDRW disks. Mine does, its worked fine so far. > Mount the iso image

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-07 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Frank Hale wrote: >Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:43:11 -0400 >From: Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: anaconda's code > >> If you're planning on making a distribution based on Red Hat, two >> thing

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-07 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, Frank Hale wrote: >Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:16:00 -0400 >From: Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: anaconda's code > >> If you're planning on making a distribution based on Red Hat, two >> thing

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-07 Thread Gene C.
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Frank Hale wrote: > > If you're planning on making a distribution based on Red Hat, two > > things will simplify your life greatly. > > > > 1) VMware > > 2) CDRW media instead of CDR media. No coasters. > > > > Hope this helps you out. > > Thank you, I promptly downloaded VM

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-06 Thread Frank Hale
> If you're planning on making a distribution based on Red Hat, two > things will simplify your life greatly. > > 1) VMware > 2) CDRW media instead of CDR media. No coasters. > > Hope this helps you out. Thank you, I promptly downloaded VMware evaluation, dug out my CDRW's which had been coll

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-06 Thread Frank Hale
> If you're planning on making a distribution based on Red Hat, two > things will simplify your life greatly. > > 1) VMware > 2) CDRW media instead of CDR media. No coasters. > > Hope this helps you out. > TTYL Well right now it just has customized packages to install. I've done away with stu

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-06 Thread Mike A. Harris
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Frank Hale wrote: >> What are you having trouble understanding? > >I'd like to run the anaconda installer on my local drive. I've copied >the entire install CD to /redhat_cd. Since I modified alot of the >install packages and comps file. I made some new pixmaps and such for >t

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread jfm2
> > > I believe there's an old saying: "It was difficult to write, it should be > > difficult to read". > > They probably don't want anyone messing with it thats why there is no > comments. It just makes me so angry that the code has no comments plus > is very ugly to look at, modify, compile, e

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Matt Wilson
On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 07:42:42PM -0400, Frank Hale wrote: > > So I should get anaconda-7 and use it instead of the one which comes > with 6.2? Well, more bugs are fixed in the 7 code, but if you're shooting for a 6.2 based CD, you may as well take the least invasive approach and use the 6.2 co

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Frank Hale
> You'd be better off starting from the > .src.rpm in pinstripe and doing all your testing from > BUILD/anaconda-7.0/, though. > So I should get anaconda-7 and use it instead of the one which comes with 6.2? > And, by the way, I'm not inclined to help you much more if you > continue speaking th

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Matt Wilson
>From the main anaconda file: # booleans - value is 0 for false or non-zero for true # test - in test mode? # xmode - bring up text mode in a X terminal window? # debug - in debug mode? # serial - install via serial port (?) # expert - in expert mode? #

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Frank Hale
> > What are you having trouble understanding? I'd like to run the anaconda installer on my local drive. I've copied the entire install CD to /redhat_cd. Since I modified alot of the install packages and comps file. I made some new pixmaps and such for the installer. I'd like to run anaconda in

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Frank Hale
> I believe there's an old saying: "It was difficult to write, it should be > difficult to read". They probably don't want anyone messing with it thats why there is no comments. It just makes me so angry that the code has no comments plus is very ugly to look at, modify, compile, etc I wonder

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Matt Wilson
You're reading the wrong file. The important ones are fairly well commented. Also, people unfamiliar with Python sometimes have trouble getting used to some of the constructs... If you're used to reading Python, the anaconda code is pretty self explanatory. What are you having trouble understa

Re: anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Pekka Savola
On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Frank Hale wrote: > Do the programmers at RedHat believe in putting comments in anaconda? > Jesus christ the code couldn't be anymore unreadable. > > Frank I believe there's an old saying: "It was difficult to write, it should be difficult to read". ;-) -- Pekka Savola

anaconda's code

2000-08-05 Thread Frank Hale
Do the programmers at RedHat believe in putting comments in anaconda? Jesus christ the code couldn't be anymore unreadable. Frank ___ Redhat-devel-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-devel-list