> Would it not make sense to put your manual on a wiki so that when
> questions get raised on the forums and lists, instead of re-hashing them
> out again and again, you can quickly update the wiki manual yourself,
I was also thinking on proposing the exact same thing. We have a strong
community of skilled users here, so why not leverage it? The Openfiler
manual is considerably outdated, moving it to a Wiki page would be a
positive thing, IMHO. And since your Trac system is wiki-based, you
(Rafiu) can easily keep an eye on changes (just to make sure no-one
vandalises the page with false information).
I usually keep an eye on Trac's timeline, and I'm sure others do too.
Regards,
Andre
dave johnson wrote:
Rafiu,
Would it not make sense to put your manual on a wiki so that when
questions get raised on the forums and lists, instead of re-hashing them
out again and again, you can quickly update the wiki manual yourself,
then point the user to the relevant section with: just added a section
explaining how to do this in the manual: <link>
You could even allow users to update it as well if you choose a wiki
package that allows moderated public updates. And again, if you choose
the right wiki package, freezing and exporting to a PDF or HTML
shouldn't be a large undertaking for when those milestone ISO releases
come around.
I've been using wiki-based documentation for every client project I've
setup since 2001 and have found it to be the single most determining
factor in sustained client self-sufficiency, especially when
implementing complex systems. It's simplicity and instant-update
capability is what gives it its power.
-=dave
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rafiu Fakunle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: [OF-users] I didn't see this in the manual (maybe I didn't
lookhard enough)
Hi Joe,
Joe Landman wrote:
Hi Rafiu and OF team:
I was setting up a new server last night using 2.2 and the Areca
driver disks. I had made a mistake relative to OF, in that I did not
carve up our large disk into a smaller disk for OS and a large partition
for users. Unfortunately I did not recognize this as a mistake until I
tried to create a new volume for users.
If it is not prominent, it might be worth making it so. Systems
builds should keep the OS on a separate physical disk from the services,
in the sense of carving up the raid into smaller portions.
I think we've got this recommended somewhere - but probably not
prominently enough as you've pointed out.
Documentation really needs an overhaul. I'm expecting a new manual to
be ready by Jan at the latest.
Cheerio,
R.
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