FC5 Boot Issue?
Mike Chambers
mike at miketc.com
Sun Mar 19 23:08:08 UTC 2006
On Sun, 2006-03-19 at 16:32 -0600, Anthony Messina wrote:
> i understand very clearly your position, mike. however, i would like to
> point out that the many users on this list may be in a better position
> to offer support after more people (perhaps) encounter the same problem
> that the original poster is having.
Agreed (unless the ones who helped test are on this list).
> as you may well know, if you are the only person in the world having a
> problem with any open source solution, it is difficult to get support.
> on the other hand, if it's a "known issue," the resolution comes a bit
> more quickly. the same holds true for proprietary solutions. ever try
> to call microsoft for help after you've scoured their support site with
> no answer and the phone tech asks if you've checked the website; cause
> that's what s/he's doing! *grumble*
True.
> i do suspect, though, that the issue of installing on a notebook will
> become more of an issue tomorrow, as 3 cases have surfaced already.
> maybe tomorrow, people can document the specifics of the issue including
> hardware, etc.
This may be true as well.
> after the official release, we can also then be more assured that s/he
> is using a real release. it would be possible for any mirror or it's
> maintainer to rename the fc5-test3 releases and put them ina '5'
> directory just to joke around - though i'm not suggesting that is the
> case, but, as your footer says, it might be funny if it were so, and
> maybe even hilarious if it were a production system. :)
Heh, but I would suspect that they are offical anyway :P
--
Mike Chambers
Madisonville, KY
"It's only funny until someone gets hurt, then it's hilarious!"
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