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From: bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PD Boot Disks
Message-ID: <8705210755.AA16298@cogsci.berkeley.edu>
Date: Thu, 21-May-87 03:55:09 EDT
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Posted: Thu May 21 03:55:09 1987
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Summary: Your wish is my command...

In article <> carolyn@cbmvax.UUCP (Carolyn Scheppner CATS) writes:
>>Or on the other hand, if all this is not legal, has anyone out there seen
>>any PD boot-up software that will address these problems?
>
>Yes.  They supply a script that creates the bootable disk.
>
>>That's different than a boot disk designed for the dumb dumb user who
>>wouldn't even know how to execute a script or run the CLI.  We're talking
>>first-time Amiga users here.
>
>This is true.  As I said, I'll see what I can do.


You do NOT need to require CLI knowlege to execute a script that would copy
workbench files from a user's disk to the product disk.  A file that was
passed 'round a while back called "ICONEXEC" will give a Workbench icon to
a CLI command.	I do not have a copy, but it probably ended up on a FISH
disk.


> Computer salesman can not be expected to be able to remember or figure
> out how to get to the CLI, and do an 'install' or execute a script before
> they can run a PD disk.

The *should* be able to, but *should* not have too.


> [This person] comes in
> periodically with bootable slideshow disks that he gives them for that
> purpose.  I've heard this happens at other stores.  Apparently it is
> technically illegal.  [goes on to talk about INSTALL]

Inspired by your letter, I wrote a PD version of install.  See the next
posting...