[rescue] Re: the infamous missing CD

Jonathan C. Patschke jp at celestrion.net
Thu Sep 4 17:23:15 CDT 2003


On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Earl D. Baugh Jr. wrote:

> 1) How did you get this to happen, it hasn't ever happened to me.
>
>         For this install, I installed a full install of Solaris 9.

You are using the installation CD.  Don't do that.  Use the "Solaris
Software 1 of 2" CD.  You will get no errors performing a full install
from there.  The installation CD is a waste of bandwidth and media.

> 4)  You're being unfair to call this a bait-and-switch.
>
> The definition of "bait and switch" according to
> http://www.investorwords.com/cgi-bin/getword.cgi?389 (which is "illegal"
> in the stock arena, but quite clearly not in this case) is:

Okay, how about an authoritative definition, like from Black's Law or
the OED?  I'm willing to bet that the legal definition for "bait and
switch" invloves you needing to buy a product in the first place.

-- 
Jonathan Patschke   )  "Gamer weenies...are the sludge at the bottom
Elgin, TX          (    of the user swamp."           --Gary Nichols



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