From: Lindsay Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A web page would be the ideal format, so that the main index is kept
simple and then you have as many levels as you like to demonstrate things.
I wrote the installation manual as HTML (formatting by hand), and then
exported the .txt file from Netscape. It
On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
Looks great! We should expand on this (maybe on a web page) to make
a more complete documentaion of dselect. People tend to read stuff
they can print out, but get flustered in an application like
dselect.
Tim
PS: I'll make the web page and add
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
I don't know whether it's really necessary to advise people not to
select any large packages at this stage. Everything ought to work
reasonably well if they just select what they want.
Unfortunately, it doesn't. I took a 1.1.4 CD release, followed the
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
In the Access part, explain what the common cdrom devices are,
what to do if you have problems with nfs (I have written up locally
about the nfs.o problem, and have a ftpable copy), and offer
a little more detail on the ftp method. Maybe point to
In your email to me, Lindsay Allen, you wrote:
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
In the Access part, explain what the common cdrom devices are,
what to do if you have problems with nfs (I have written up locally
about the nfs.o problem, and have a ftpable copy), and offer
Bruce asked me to come up with something to help those new to dselect
when they come to install 1.2 .
Are you serious? You want _me_ to document dselect?
Not being an expert might be an asset. The users have my installation
manual to get them up to the login prompt, and then nothing.
I've read your document, and though I'm obviously no good at figuring
out whether it'll be any good for beginners I've attached my one
detailed comment about it.
Thanks for your work !
Ian.
In s.2, Select:
I suggest installing little more than a bare minimum at this point as
you will have
Bruce asked me to come up with something to help those new to dselect
when they come to install 1.2 .
Are you serious? You want _me_ to document dselect?
Not being an expert might be an asset. The users have my installation
manual to get them up to the login prompt, and then
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