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Here are the new install instructions. Not knowing the "proper" way to put |
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this out for review, I have put it up at the following URL (my pardons if |
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this breaks any protocols): |
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http://www.gibberishcode.net/gentoo-web/xsl/build.html |
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What to expect: |
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The first half has been completely overhauled to allow more than one method |
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of documentation to be written. I tried to take scattered notes about the |
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system requirements and misc notes and collect them into an overview so |
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that we weren't losing valuable info in cluttered notes and "oh, by the |
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way" sort of remarks. |
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I felt that it was starting to get confusing talking about both fast-binary |
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and from scratch installation methods in one sweep and it would've gotten |
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really confusing with interlacing the third method, which I have written |
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here for installing from existing distro. |
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This reorganization leads to _some_ duplication of material which you will |
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see at the modprobe area, but I figured this was better than mingling the |
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different install processes (and thus overly confusing the reader). |
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I didn't incorporate the altinstall doc which has installation over network |
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instructions, but this can probably be easily incorporated if desired. |
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Most of the changes take place before the Setting up Partitions |
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chapter. Notes were inserted as appropriate after this point. |
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A section for Lilo was added as I figured this is a common occurrence for |
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those converting over from existing distro. In any event, I have no |
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experience with Grub, so I can't comment on how to convert a Lilo system to |
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grub. |
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Please keep in mind that I am a Linux newbie, so if I said something that |
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made absolutely no sense or is completely wrong, then please definitely let |
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me know without totally trashing me. I made a lot of assumptions and |
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"interpretation" of what Linux is doing on the system level based on my |
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experience with Windoze. |
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There is a completely commented out section (search for BAH). If you can |
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offer some insights here, that would be great. |
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Regards, |
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Michael Lang |
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President |
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www.cybrains.net |
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"All things should be as simple as possible, but no simpler" -- Albert Einstein |
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