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Joshua D Doll wrote: |
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> Mark Knecht wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Paul Hartman |
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>> <paul.hartman+gentoo@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> I completely agree. I like the control also. |
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>> I only took a *very* small exception to Joshua's statement that a 'new |
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>> user' could read, follow it and understand what it's telling him/her |
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>> to do and then do it and come out with a working machine. I think it's |
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>> true if the new user builds exactly the 3 partition example shown in |
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>> the docs and does *only* the very basic install on a machine that |
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>> doesn't have Windows, etc. However I think that the docs (not the |
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>> software!) could be improved to handle things like dual-boot, either |
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>> another distro or windows, etc. which personally I think 'new users' |
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>> come up against. Issues about stuff like where to put the MBR, why and |
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>> why not to do that sort of thing, requires (or is vastly enhanced) if |
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>> that new user has some knowledge about hard drives, booting, etc. |
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>> - Mark |
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> I 100% agree that the docs can and should cover more. Maybe a |
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> flowchart would be useful? |
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> --Joshua Doll |
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I wish the man pages had more examples. Give me a real world example |
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and I can wrap my poor brain around what it should look like when I do |
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something. |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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