ke4nt1
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Posted: Oct. 09 2004,03:11 |
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laughing_gas :
Thanks for the link.. I hadn't read that article..
Had I found it before the published date of 8/2004,
I would have happily responded with praise and corrections..
Rapidweather :
Since you continue to insist on harping about your booting issues and your remasters,
I guess it's only fair play to harp back..
Back in Oct 2003 ,
when I began to look into DSL seriously as an alternative
to the usual fare of installing and deleting various distros,
you were a regular contributor here in DSL forums ..
I learned much from your helpful posts, and enjoyed the comraderie with you ..
Ever since the DSL 0.8 arrived on the scene, your posts are now continously
filled with negative remarks about your booting issues , and loaded with
praises and recognition regarding your remasters of the older
0.6.x and 0.7.x series of DSL releases ..
In searching the forums under your username, I've found over a dozen posts
scattered thruout the various areas offering no substance or value , only
warnings and distaste about your experiences with the new DSL 0.8 series.
What's even worse, is that your now regurgitating this crap on new, first time
users and posters to DSL's forums ..
It's truly not the good form I remember Rapidweather displaying when all was
well with the world and DSL ..
Understand this ..
DSL is not going back to syslinux on LiveCD ..
It simply will not support what the isolinux can ..
Protesting and naysaying in the forums will not change this fact ..
Other than some bad burns, a few crazy chipsets, and some video issues
on some much older gear, DSL 0.8.x series has been a huge success ..
I personally run the latest 0.8.2 on all of the 4 laptops I own, as well as the
5 desktop systems I have, my kids 4 boxes, and have had successful bootups
on all of the 25+ machines at my studios..
Not one failure to boot ... I repeat.. not one.
I frequent this forum daily, with 20-30 other regular visitors, again, no issues..
I help new users and visitors overcome their challenges many times each day.
I have yet to be left with no choice but to suggest another distro as an alternative ..
So while I do empathize with your frustrations,
The "Rapidweather Dog & Pony Show" needs to end ..
Everyone here in the forums is aware of your challenges,
and if someone new arrives on the scene, a quick search on booting issues
will certainly display your experiences with the 0.8.x series ..
Feel free to respond here in this thread, or for a more candid and personal
touch, PM me or send email ..
What I'd truly hope to discuss with you are some solutions to your challenges.
Perhaps you feel like no one at DSL has responded to your dilemma ..
Your experience and ability with adapting DSL for your own uses
goes way beyond most peoples' grasp of things "under the hood" ..
Some more factual data on chipsets, cdroms, brands, and your methods
of creating your bootable discs would be much more beneficial to myself
and others here than the warnings or the doom and gloom scenarios
you paint in your recent postings..
Regardless of the method you choose to respond to me or the userbase here,
do respond in a manner truly disclosing your thoughts on these issues ..
I'm like a rock, and no matter if your reply is true, evasive, or even insulting,
I am firm in my beliefs and convictions about DSL and it's users.
I simply can't be shaken up.. Flak just r o l l s off my shoulders..
73
ke4nt
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