On Mon, Sep 09, 2002 at 03:12:28AM +0200, Axel Schlicht wrote: > Chris Tillman wrote: > > > (If it fails try the other CDs) > > Do you have a suggested rewording? It seems to be succinct, accurate and > > to the point. A longer explanation would explain that we have tried hard > > to accomodate as many different machine architectures as possible, by > > providing differently configured boot kernels on the different CDs, > > one of which should boot on most any machine. But, that's covered in > > much more detail in > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-rescue-boot.en.html#s-install-cd > What about providing something like indicating a file which lists all > possible kernels on all CD's. should be a text file so that a simple cat > | more will sufice to read it.
That would be the README's in /install/doc > > > Archive path (only one available) : /instmnt > > We tried to not ask questions where only one response was possible; > > apparently this one was missed. > So it will be remedied soon. No, as someone else mentioned we're not working on boot-floppies any more. We'll need help testing the new installer once it becomes available. You'd agree it's a minor problem? > > > What can I delete? > > Are you really tight on disk space? With 20-40G disks, most users just > > don't worry about disk space at this level any more. You would be > > absolutely amazed how much of that M$ system you're leaving behind is > > useless on a particular machine. > I simply hate having anything unneeded on my box. Maybe I'm slightly > paranoid with all the stuff spying on you under windoze. (And I started > out with an extremely expensive 10 MB harddisk a couple of years ago. So > I'm still unwilling to waste space) In that case, you'll be interested in a little program called cruft. It needs decent documentation, too. > > Please submit a detailed bug report on base-config. There should be a > > way back. (BTW, reportbug is an excellent program to use to report bugs). > Will do this. > As I have to work in many languages, some of them with non-Roman > letters, internationalization is very important and confusing for me. I hope you can help us clear this up for the user. > > Good point. It's the database of configuration questions you have > > asked and answered. The debconf man page is installed with > > debconf-doc, which is _not_ installed by default. Please write a bug > > on debconf asking that it either install a man page, or prohibit any > > other packages from using its name in vain. > Will do. > > We would certainly appreciate your help in the testing and > > documentation areas. There are all too few people in Debian who are > > good documentors. Most are programmers who associate writing > > documentation with eating broccoli, and IMHO really appreciate having > > docs built for them by the people that can figure out how to use their > > programs. Most are willing to help you figure it out though. > As soon as I have everything in place, especially the networking / > gateway / securing part, I will come back. Offered translating already > over a year ago, but have never been able to get Linux work with my > modem / ISDN card. Now with DSL things should be better. Oh yeah. Definitely. Better & faster. > > > How shall I ever recommend Linux and especially Debian to anybody, if > > > the installation is still so clumsy, and documentation (especially on > > > how to configure something, the EXACT format with ALL options of config > > > files etc.) is still either nonexistent or only to be found by a long > > > time developer. > > > > You would have been helped a lot by the install manual, I think. Some > > of the details are properly hidden and defaulted until you investigate > > how else that program can serve you. There are many documentation > > weaknesses. > Found the manual, will read it now. (So far I could alway install > everything without to much trouble. Woody was the first version giving > me a real nightmare.) > Maybe it would be a nice idea to include a big file sumarizing all the > changes in a eays to scan format. Espacially changed config tools and > file formats. A list of changed app names was in the book included in my > distro. Our attempt is the release notes (on the CD or website). > > Did you ask Google? > Google and X is not the best combination. Maybe I didn't find the > correct keywords, but I now have a couple of links to look into. Google and lynx get along pretty well. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]