Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!uflorida!umd5!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!urbsdc!kworrell From: kworrell@urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: FOLLOW-UP: Microsoft C V5.1 Set Message-ID: <27000023@urbsdc> Date: 6 May 88 15:57:00 GMT References: <1510@slvblc.UUCP> Lines: 30 Nf-ID: #R:slvblc.UUCP:1510:urbsdc:27000023:000:1400 Nf-From: urbsdc.Urbana.Gould.COM!kworrell May 6 10:57:00 1988 If we are in a flaming mode about setup programs, we should also be torching IBM for their auto-configuration system. I find that it is nice when it works (and it does work most of the time) but it has some limitations. The worst is that you can't boot the machine with an unknown adapter installed. This is just a pain. There should be some 'out' so that you can still use the machine without that hardware option. If you have two floppy drives, it automatically assumes that both are 3-1/2" disks. I have a standard Model 80 and a 5-1/4" Sysgen drive (which I like a lot). Now suppose that I want to copy an adapter option disk's info to my reference disk. Well, they said, "He's got 2 drives, we might as well use both and have him put the ref disk in A: and the Adapter option disk in B:." But this doesn't work at all if the I have 2 3-1/2" disks. Automation is a good thing assuming that you can think up every possible configuration. We know this isn't possible. There should always be a manual way out. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kurt J. Worrell USEnet: ihnp4!uiucuxc!ccvaxa!kworrell Gould CSD-Urbana ARPAnet: kworrell@gswd-vms.arpa 1101 E. University !ARPAnet1: kworrell@Gould.COM Urbana, IL 61801 BELLnet: (217) 384-8500, x740 **** Standard Disclaimer ***