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> Hi all, |
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> I have a few concerns about the new install-guide. The documentation |
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> within it is quite complete, and is able to guide a user from the |
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> beginning to the end of an install of Gentoo, but it's getting out of |
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> hand. |
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> When I began using Gentoo there was a 12 page long text file which |
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> detailed the steps to take and a few alternatives. Compressed, and |
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> without verbiate description, the entire guide was able to be shrunk |
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> down to about a page and a half (on x86 CD's, for 1.2). |
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> The original guides, the text files, gave someone a feel for the install |
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> itself, as in the basic steps. Network config, partition, format, unzip |
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> a stage, copy resolv.conf, chroot, sync, bootstrap, system, |
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> kernel/syslogd/cron, lilo.conf, fstab, done. |
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> I'm concerned that the new guide, which covers not only x86 but all |
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> architectures in a massive document is not going to be helpful for a |
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> relatively new user who just wants to get it installed on their PowerMac |
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> or their new Pentium 4. Commentary is a good thing, and inclusion of |
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> instructions for all architectures is slick, but I think it needs to be |
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> moderated slightly. |
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gentoo was not developed for the "new user" in mind. |
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