Re: Here's my Mac doc diff
> But one thing I always wonder about, did you mac guys actually test the
> potato installation?
I'll be brave and say, no, I don't think I tested it according to what you
have on your ftp site. I know I used a 2.2 base I got from somewhere that
doesn't exist anymore...but hey, I just got two new computers (if you can
call machines made in 1993/1994 "new") : a Quadra 700, and an LCII. I'll be
getting them running Linux this week.
> There are some things which (all of) you describe,
> which are obviously wrong (ie resc1440.bin is no more, its rescue.bin), at
> least as far as I can tell from my Amiga experiance.
> And one more thing, please don't forget that this is ment as a
> _quickinstall_, please lets keep this text short.
These instructions are pretty detailed for being "quick"! I'm very surprised
to find out they are supposed to be "quick" and that there are even more
detailed instructions somewhere...
> The full documentation is
> in doc/ and is part of the boot-floppies. If you want to help there (and
> m68k definetely needs an update here), please contact the boot-floppies
> team. That doc contains very detailed information about the whole
> installation and more, the quickinstall is supposed to list only the most
> important things needed to get going. I mean, mentioning Toy Story is
> correct, (except that woody is the _next_ release, not the previous), but
> its not needed for somebody to install debian/potato.
The reason I did the Toy Story thing is because I had trouble switching from
a number based release system to one using names. Besides, I had no idea why
they were named in the first place. (Actually, why are they named? :-) I got
used to it, of course, but for a while I didn't know which name came first.
> Maybe it would be a good idea to direct the users at the very beginning to
> the "real" docs. I think its only due to historical reasons, that this is
> not (yet) mentioned in the quickinstall. I probably said this before, but I
> thought I just mention it again, in case you forgot.
I'll have to look at the "real" docs, then :-)
Russell
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