Re: Misleading examples in install guide
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:38:48PM -0600, Martin Maney wrote:
>
> I came at this roundabout: I was looking for some background on using
> debootstrap (1), and that led me, eventually, to the install guide at
>
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-linux-upgrade
>
> On the whole, this was very useful, and I want to thank all of those
> who have contributed to this over the years. But one bit is at least
> misleading as it stands. The problem is in 3.7.5.1, where an example
> of a multi-partition setup is shown. Earlier, there was explicit
> instruction to mount *one* partition for installation, and here it
> blithely tells you to go ahead and mount the (presumably still empty)
> partitions on the chroot's /var, /usr, ...
3.7 is a stand-alone section that really should be moved to the appendix.
Where was the 'earlier' you referred to? That's what should be clarified.
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"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer
under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
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