On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 13:27 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Monday 03 April 2006 12:18, Sjoerd Mullender wrote: > >When you boot off your DVD, you'll see on the screen something about > >booting with "linux text", but at the bottom of the screen there is > >something about hitting F2 to get options. If you were to do that, > > you would see the "askmethod" option. So, perhaps try "linux text > > askmethod"? It works. You get the option to do whatever you wa > > > >1. Boot off your DVD. > >2. Read screen. In particular the message about F2 and Options. > >3. Hit F2. > >4. Read screen. Notice the "askmethod" option. > >5. Boot with "linux text askmethod". > >6. You'll get the option to do whatever you want with your partitions. > >In text mode. > > > >I maintain, it's all there. > > It may be on *that* screen, but thats not the screen one would > intuitively use for that. Those options should be fully available at > the top of the drive prep menu, and I don't have a quarter to call > somebody who *thinks* they are simplifying it for Joe & Jane Sixpack > and tell him/her thay they are an idiot for doing it preemptively, long > before one is even thinking of how the target drive is to be prepared. > Just like the organization line in my headers, absolutely none. > ---- there is a mechanism for providing feedback...bugzilla. I've read it here many times...it's not a bug if it's not in bugzilla. Craig
