Re: Install scripts and Syslinux

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+1 to this

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 11:11 AM, Myra Nelson <myra.nelson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I would like to thank all those who are working so diligently to make Arch
> Linux more usable. There are just too many to list in one spot.
>
> Dave's install scripts are great. This was the easiest install I've ever
> done save plugging in an MSDOS disk.
>
> To all those trying to come up with a graphical installer, I've never cared
> for them starting with anaconda and FreeBSD' sys install. Doing the install
> with these scripts removes all doubt about what's been done. Yes the AIF
> put most of it in your face and was a very laudable project, but these
> scripts take out all the doubt and forces you to think about how and what
> you are doing. They also make it possible to plug another hard disk into a
> running machine, do the install, then reboot to the new disk without using
> any external drives. That's the part I really love.
>
> Thanks for the tips about ext4 on the boot partition. I do have one
> question relating to the genfstab script. All the other scripts work with
> sudo but genfstab doesn't. I get an error message "permission denied" I
> have to su to root then run it.
>
> Myfra
>
> --
> Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!


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