John on S8

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 10:40:49AM +0800, John wrote:

> How do I know what it's going to boot when I install successor to the 
> current kernel?
> 
> What about if successor to the current kernel doesn't boot?

The answer to both is "press escape".

> Please, don't hide stuff. Mostly, it's not important, but when it's 
> needed it is really seriously needed.

And when it's needed, it can be shown.  I agree with you completely about
removing information, but that's not what we've done.  It's available 
when you need it, and when you don't, it stays out of your way.

> Surely _I_ need to know when her computer won't boot. She is quite happy 
> to ignore that gobbledegook.

Correct, when it won't boot.  The rest of the time, it's irrelevant.

> >Let us know how it turns out; in as many cases as possible, we'd prefer
> >to make this work out of the box.  What kind of card is it, and where did
> >it go wrong?
> 
> The card will be a Netcomm 11g. The prism54 driver supports it (I have 
> one already running in fc 2.90). It won't work out of the box unless you 
> have a utility to find the firmware and put it in the right place, right 
> name. This is the card:

If the firmware is legal for us to redistribute, we can include it so that
it can Just Work, as we do with the Atmel and Intel firmware.  Where can it
be found?

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 - mdz