XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: ahlstromc@xzoozy.com   
      
   Homer wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
      
   > Verily I say unto thee, that Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:   
   >> Uuh wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:   
   >>> Chris Ahlstrom wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> As far as I can tell, Windows XP (SP 3) requires you to put any OEM   
   >>>> drivers you need on a floppy disk when you install XP.   
   >>>   
   >>> A better option is to slipstream the drivers, creating a custom   
   >>> image.   
   >>   
   >> Using nLite, for example.   
   >   
   > I wonder how many "typical consumers" who bought boxed copies of XP have   
   > the savvy to mess around with "nLite" and SP slipstreaming, compared to   
   > the relative simplicity of just booting from a GNU/Linux Live CD then   
   > double clicking the install button.   
   >   
   > Also, isn't creating a modified copy of the XP CD a copyright violation?   
      
   One would think so.  But it is helpful to Microsoft, which is why they don't   
   go after nLite.   
      
   --   
   I GUESS I'LL NEVER FORGET HER.  And maybe I don't want to.  Her spirit   
   was wild, like a wild monkey.  Her beauty was like a beautiful horse   
   being ridden by a wild monkey.  I forget her other qualities.   
   		-- Jack Handey, The New Mexican, 1988.   
      
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