Re: Out of Box Experience for Cheetah.

Download it and install it Paul Watson Tel: +44 1414161772 +1 913-400-2620 Mob: +44 7818003457 +1 913-636-2858 Web: www.oninit.com Failure is not as frightening as regret. Attend IDUG 2007 San Jose, North America May 6-10, 2007 Visit http://www.iiug.org/conf for more information. > -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@serendipita.com] > Posted At: 17 March 2007 06:54 > Posted To: comp.databases.informix > Conversation: Out of Box Experience for Cheetah. > Subject: Re: Out of Box Experience for Cheetah. > > > > Richard Kofler said: > > Obnoxio The Clown schrieb: > >> DL Redden said: > >>> Wouldn't it be nice if the installer was smart enough to > sniff out > >>> the machine info and suggest a reasonable list of > configurations to > >>> choose from based on the machine size. That would be most > useful for > >>> getting started right out of the box. > >> > >> Although it's possible to write something that probed a > box's config, > >> it would be a lot of very platform-specific maintenance. Maybe we > >> could write something on a GPL basis as a community with > designated > >> maintenance teams for each supported platform ... ? > >> > > > > First - I am not an expert is this things! Just a user. > > Maybe the solution is, to offer a solution ready to run > with Knoppix > > or some such bootable Linux or even packaged for vmware player. > > But are they supported platforms? Anyway, that's a different > issue from making it better out of the box for ALL users. > > -- > Bye now, > Obnoxio > > "I'm astonished anyone pays real money for this crap." > -- Cosmo > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous > content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is > believed to be clean. >