[3082] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: SIPB Installer Bugs: Custom Install
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Wed Oct 11 13:24:23 2000
To: Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 11 Oct 2000 13:24:09 -0400
In-Reply-To: Alex Coventry's message of "Wed, 11 Oct 2000 13:10:09 -0400"
Message-ID: <sjm66mz1ebq.fsf@indiana.mit.edu>
Alex Coventry <alex_c@MIT.EDU> writes:
> > consider the fact that people might consider taking their Athena-ized
> > linux boxes home with them after they leave MIT, at which point they
> > wont have ready AFS access and should be able to install things
> > locally.
>
> In that case, perhaps we should point them to the standard RedHat
> installer, since you seem to be implying that they will be doing a
> reinstall after they leave MIT.
I said no such thing. I'm implying that a student may install their
machine at the onset with the belief that they will keep the machine
after they leave. In other words, install it at MIT but keep using it
off-campus. I suspect many of them wouldn't re-install, because it's
a relatively challenging task, and also they probably don't want to
lose local data and configuration.
> Alex.
-derek
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