On 07/28/2012 01:11 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Micha,
Are you still good for your offer to write a VM Howto?
We were discussing this in our daily IRC meeting and agreed that it
would be good to have one.
I'll give it a shot over this weekend.
Your guidelines seem fine. As I mentioned, I'll put together a VM
overview, covering only the "why" and machine requirements. Then it will
have links to:
* your current page
* setting up a virtualbox VM straight from the *.vmdk version of the
Live DVD.
* the VM wiki page
That should be an improvement.
Thanks,
Micha
What I suggest is:
1. Try to ensure that the doc is concise, so there is less to
translate. (The current VM that I wrote is too long).
2. Describe how to set up a VM for only one VM. Our quickstarts should
be quick, (and easy to maintain), and shouldn't confuse users by
asking them to decide on which VM to use.
3. I'm open to suggestions re which VM you think you should write to.
I'd guess you would select the easiest, or most widely used Open
Source VM, but this will probably be your call.
4. Finish with a link to an OSGeo-Live-VM wiki page. The wiki page can
include much more detail, including how to install multiple versions
of VMs.
Lastly, I'm being really bad by hoping to get some docs within a day
or 2 - which will be required if we are to give translators enough
time to translate it. (I'm also hoping to review it for you).
I've created an issue to track this here:
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/966
On 25/07/12 12:28, Hamish wrote:
Cameron wrote:
I suggest that we should:
1. Describe one way to create a VM inside OSGeo docs
2. Describe one way to create an ISO inside OSGeo docs
Point to wiki pages where we can describe multiple ways for
creating ISO/VMs.
or perhaps just describe what a VM is, how it works, and what you need
to run one on the disc, + the link to the rich mediawiki howtos pages.
Similar for booting off persistent USB sticks which may be a new concept
to some conference goers.
2c,
Hamish
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Micha Silver
GIS Consultant, Arava Development Co.
http://www.surfaces.co.il
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