From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.1 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_NONE,FAKE_REPLY_B, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailcity.com (fes.whowhere.com [209.185.123.154]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 6C17C20ED746 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:23:28 -0600 (CST) Received: from Unknown/Local ([?.?.?.?]) by mailcity.com; Fri Mar 15 11:19:40 2002 To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:19:40 -0600 From: "Nathan Nutter" Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sent-Mail: on X-Mailer: MailCity Service X-Priority: 3 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New Install Instructions X-Sender-Ip: 24.207.182.158 Organization: Lycos Mail (http://mail.lycos.com:80) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Language: en Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Reply-To: nathan.nutter@lycos.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: f3858eae-1088-41e0-b761-37659afc5bea X-Archives-Hash: 102e2648275739171b24f768ff131511 I am not sure if regular users are allowed to post here, but I have some suggestions about install instructions. 1. In either the "/etc/localtime" or the "/etc/rc.conf" section add a note about setting "localtime" or "UTC", I thought that most people use localtime, so maybe it should be default in /etc/rc.conf(which is unrelated to this of course). 2. In the "Final Configuration" section you didn't mention lilo in summary since you added it; also, in the "lilo" section it almost seems like that is the next step, maybe show that you can do lilo or grub, user following down the list might not realise or may do both. 3. Link or more info on USE flags would be awesome. 4. In the "Setting up partitions" section, note about ext2/3 being resizeable, xfs growth but not shrink, etc. would be helpful. I realize you have a link to in-depth discusion about filesystems, but I don't think this was discussed in those articles either. Also a not about parted and/or fips and other tools to modify partitions. 5. Booting section, maybe make link to 3 separate pages, rather than all in one, same with lilo and grub install section. BTW, I think the install instructions are excellent, they are to the point, and easy to follow, color coding is nice. Good Work. Panax --- On 15 Mar 2002 10:11:33 -070 Daniel Robbins wrote: >On Thu, 2002-03-14 at 23:34, Michael Lang wrote: >> Here are the new install instructions. Not knowing the "proper" way to put >> this out for review, I have put it up at the following URL (my pardons if >> this breaks any protocols): >> >> http://www.gibberishcode.net/gentoo-web/xsl/build.html > >I like your new instructions. Please continue to refine them based on >comments in here, and then when you feel they're ready, submit them on >bugzilla and we'll do one last edit and then make them our official >docs. I think they're better than what we have. > >Best Regards, > >-- >Daniel Robbins >Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org >Gentoo Technologies, Inc. > >_______________________________________________ >gentoo-dev mailing list >gentoo-dev@gentoo.org >http://lists.gentoo.org/mailman/listinfo/gentoo-dev > 2,000,000,000 Web Pages--you only need 1. Save time with My Lycos. http://my.lycos.com