Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen From: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (Wm E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: Software installation opinions needed Message-ID: <1976@sixhub.UUCP> Date: 30 Sep 90 02:21:08 GMT References: <25908@shamash.cdc.com> <1990Sep19.144819.12179@dg-rtp.dg.com> <24542@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> <0706TQG@xds13.ferranti.com> Reply-To: davidsen@sixhub.UUCP (bill davidsen) Organization: *IX Public Access UNIX, Schenectady NY Lines: 15 In article <0706TQG@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: | And to top it off, this on a system that already has one of the best | automatic software installation systems I've ever seen. The PC versions of UNIX have very good installations, and I just installed a beta V.4 which asked all the questions up front, then told me to put the tape in the drive and go away. Good stuff. Of course with all the installs and builds I selected it ran six hourse and 36 minutes to install, but I didn't have to stand there while it happened. -- bill davidsen - davidsen@sixhub.uucp (uunet!crdgw1!sixhub!davidsen) sysop *IX BBS and Public Access UNIX moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 80386 mailing list "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me