Max Power schreef:
> A Unix / Linux / BSD fix I would like to see in the next 6 months:
> universal support for installing to USB drives (Live CDs / DVDs) ...
>
> 1. The preference for installing to USB should be paramount. The risk of
> wiping one's XP or Vista drive for most users is not worth it. Most of
> the user interfaces practically force wiping your HD by default. It
> should take several prompts (where you have to agree) to do this. There
> are not enough prompts around for this dangerous operation.

You have a point.

But many (most) distributions already give the option to install to a
disk and partition of choice.

Your claim 'force wiping your HD by default' is in my view only
applicable to Microsoft products.

Having a multi-boot system with links to removable media has it's
challenges, it should not crash when the media is not present.

A lot of problems could be avoided by fool proof installers but even
more could be gained by newbies reading TFM.
I know some people will see that as the typical reason that has held
back Linux on the Desktop for so many years, yet the world does not need
an other OS that is wide open to all kinds of abuse.