On Thu, 30 May 2002, Paul A Sand wrote: > On Thu, May 30, 2002 at 01:36:53PM -0400, rpjday wrote: > > On 30 May 2002, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote: > > > > > >>>>> "MM" == Mike McLean <mikem@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > > > > MM> What else would "required" mean? > > > > > > I read it as "required for the installation to complete without > > > errors". > > > > after a careful reading of the docs, it appears that "required" means that > > that directive must either be in the ks.cfg file, or the install will > > prompt for it. > > I don't know if that's it either. Look at the "mouse" option. > (http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-7.3-Manual/custom-guide/s1-kickstart2-options.html) > > It's marked "required". The documentation claims that if it's > omitted (or supplied without arguments), "the installation program > will attempt to autodetect the mouse." So--ahem--is it *really* required? > > I think the bottom line is that the docs can be confusing. I will bet they are not confusing to the person that wrote them! :-) -- .............Tom "Nothing would please me more than being able to tdiehl@xxxxxxxxxxxx hire ten programmers and deluge the hobby market with good software." -- Bill Gates 1976 We are still waiting ....
