From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EeoRP-00007F-IF for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:49:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with SMTP id jAN6mXtB027503; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:48:33 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id jAN6kkZn019950 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:46:47 GMT Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EeoP0-0003Rr-DN for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 06:46:46 +0000 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Eeo7k-0002EK-1S for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:28:58 +0100 Received: from 206-163-249-177.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca ([206.163.249.177]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:28:55 +0100 Received: from dirtyepic.sk by 206-163-249-177.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 23 Nov 2005 07:28:55 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: R Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Decision to remove stage1/2 from installation documentation Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:16:38 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20051122144745.GR12982@mail.lieber.org> <20051122143743.GV5305@sole.infis.univ.trieste.it> <1132672444.27288.18.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <438338AE.1060501@gentoo.org> <1132674486.27288.24.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <46059ce10511222115r650f7c2bm4f6902f2851b47e2@mail.gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 206-163-249-177.yktn.hsdb.sasknet.sk.ca User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.6a1 (X11/20051120) In-Reply-To: <46059ce10511222115r650f7c2bm4f6902f2851b47e2@mail.gmail.com> Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 0552188a-cf49-4a4a-83f5-ef55d8423c7e X-Archives-Hash: de5708419a416df6c6f31ee3f47529d1 Dan Meltzer wrote: > On 11/22/05, R Hill wrote: >> What about someone on dialup who needs a rescue CD to boot into their system >> after they've trashed the MBR? 88MiB vs 14MiB is a big difference in this case. > Erm, why would I need a stage 1 for a rescue cd? christ, i must be tired. for some reason i equated stage 1 with the minimal install cd. it's been too long since i did an install. sorry. the only place i could see a need for stage 1 instructions would be doing a networkless install on the minimal cd, which isn't possible anyways. > It removes no functionality, it adds no functionality. It simply > changes it. How is this GLEP materiel? it's not. it's obvious that a lot of people (including me) are confused about exactly what the deal is here. this is why things need to be made clear before the fact, not after they happen, and need to be discussed with both devs and users to make sure everyone's on the same page, instead of spending all day violently misunderstanding each other. --de. -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list