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Subject: Re: Installer 2.5 glitches
Message-ID: <1987Nov18.122559.17981@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu>
Date: Wed, 18-Nov-87 12:25:59 EST
Article-I.D.: gpu.1987Nov18.122559.17981
Posted: Wed Nov 18 12:25:59 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Nov-87 22:27:19 EST
References: <18374@amdahl.amdahl.com>
Reply-To: tomwest@gpu.utcs.UUCP (Tom West)
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services
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Keywords: Installer 2.5 bozo hack purgable floppy dubious
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In article <18374@amdahl.amdahl.com> Elliott S. Frank writes:
>$%@#&*!!!!
>
>I'm using the new system and finder (4.2/6.0) , and I'm running into
>problems with Installer 2.5.

[tales of easy installation onto a hard disk]

>After selecting the appropriate resources, I then got (at least)
>twenty-two (I may have lost count) "insert the following disk..." boxes,
>alternating between the system (boot) disk and the new floppy, while
>the message at the bottom of the main window said "calculating sizes...".
>
>After a fifteen second wait after the last floppy insertion, I got back
>the "this will take xxxk on [insert name of new disk here], or will
>free yyyk if deleted" message and the appropriate radio buttons
>highlighted.  Clicking "install" resulted in another orgy of floppy
>swapping that I terminated after about thirty disk insertions.

  This situation is appalling!  My father was ready to cancel every Mac order
for the Geophysics Dept because of this bug.  The idea that official Apple
system software was completely unusable on a single drive system AND THAT
THERE WAS NO WARNING OF THIS FACT gave a clear indication to him that Apple
was not serious about selling computers.  There aren't too many other
companies that could release a serious piece of system software with such
a serious glitch.  Considering that this scenario was being re-enacted
probably tens of thousands of times across the country , God knows how
many people are now ready to give up on Apple.  I managed to rescue my
father by manually installing the new system, but for anybody but the 
highly computer literate, this option is unlikely, especially since one
is told to use installer instead of just copying stuff.

  I am completely horrified that this has continued to the current release of
the system software.  Hasn't anybody at Apple *tried* actually using the 
stupid thing?

[ Yes, I am annoyed!  I basically managed to sell my father on Macs, and
  my efforts are being sabotaged by stupidities like Installer ]

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				Tom West

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