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Welcome |
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You should send this message to general list. Your idea is great. |
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My reguards |
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R.Woroniecki |
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Dnia 23-08-2010 o godz. 17:42 Maciej Grela napisa³(a): |
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> Hi, |
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> I've been recently trying to install Gentoo on a new machine and |
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> noticed, that the x86/amd64 |
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> Installation Handbook could use a few updates to better reflect the |
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> reality of today`s Linux. |
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> I`d like to add the following things (most important first): |
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> 1. Replace the 'fdisk' with 'parted' in the partitioning section. |
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> 'cfdisk' could be also mentioned. |
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> A notice about MSDOS and GPT disk labels could be added to help people |
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> with large disk drives |
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> which cannot be partitioned in the legacy way. |
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> 2. Write about configuring wpa_supplicant for basic PSK in the |
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> "Preparing for Wireless Access" |
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> section. No one uses WEP anymore. |
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> 3. Add ext4 to the list of supported filesystems. |
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> 4. In the "8.a. Filesystem Information" describe the ability to define |
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> block devices using |
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> UUID="" and LABEL="", this approach is much better than hardcoding |
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> device names. |
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> 5. Remove the chapter dealing with LILO. I don't think anyone uses |
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> that bootloader anymore. |
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> What do you think about these proposals ? Also, will posting bugs for |
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> every change with |
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> guidexml patches attached be the proper way to handle this ? |
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> Best regards, |
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> Maciej Grela |