Andre Reis wrote:
> 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?
I'm all for that. Maybe we can get a show of hands of folks willing to
contribute to the documentation effort.
The Openfiler manual is considerably outdated, moving it to a Wiki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'd be happy to hand out accounts on the Openfiler trac wiki to anyone
who's interested in putting down their openfiler-related thoughts. I'd
however rather not like to have the responsibility of managing said
wiki; so we'd need a wiki editor (or two) who don't mind doing the
babysitting.
R.
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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