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Article #16779Re: OS/2 Wish List
From: Paul L Barnfather
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:16
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 15:16
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Joe Morris (jcmorris@mwunix.mitre.org) wrote: : If it hasn't already been requested: a decent routine to handle loading : of files from the distribution diskettes after the initial installation : is complete. : Even Microsoft doesn't make you insert disks which are unnecessary for : the requested configuration change. The way that OS/2 works when : changing the system configuration is even worse than the old Microsoft : Word installer which, if you selected several printer drivers, made you : play the nimble fingered floppy flipper: at least each time you inserted : a disk the setup program actually needed something from that disk. OS/2 : setup seems to want to see every disk just on the off chance that it might : contain something useful. : And similar comments apply to the installation of a new printer: you must : guess which printer driver disk contains the files for the printer you : want to install. : I don't have the 2.1 beta; possibly (hopefully) this has changed...please? : Joe Morris / MITRE No, it hasn't... Paul.
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