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From: Luke-Jr <luke-jr@g.o>
To: foser <foser@×××××××××××××××××.net>, gentoo-dev@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 01:16:35
Message-Id: 200308200116.33551.luke-jr@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in by foser
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4 I think the point is, the docs only explain how to do with fdisk what can also
5 be done with cfdisk and cfdisk is easier to use. Might as well explain cfdisk
6 and if someone wants to use fdisk, they should already know how anyway.
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8 On Tuesday 19 August 2003 04:18 pm, foser wrote:
9 > On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 18:11, Svyatogor wrote:
10 > > I've been told that both of them are on LiveCD anyway. So the issue is
11 > > which one do we explain in the Installation Guide. Let's look at it this
12 > > way. Does cfdisk miss any feature required for installtion? I don't think
13 > > so. So it would be much nicer to the user to explain him how to use
14 > > cfdisk - an easy tool. If, however, there is work he wonts to do with
15 > > fdisk - fair enough noone forbids it.
16 >
17 > I don't think that's a good idea, choice is not always good. Explaining
18 > a lot of different ways to achieve the same thing is cluttering the
19 > install docs, those are large enough already. Have the fdisk parts of
20 > the docs not proven by now they are sufficient ?
21 >
22 > - foser
23 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in donnie berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in Stewart Honsberger <blkdeath@g.o>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Replacing fdisk with cfdisk in foser <foser@×××××××××××××××××.net>