Bug#603444: debian-policy: clarifications in appendix b.4 of debian install guide
Package: debian-policy
Severity: normal
Some explanations in appendix b.4 of the Debian installation guide are unclear to me, and might therefore be unclear to others.
1. Section b.4.3 states:
"Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console
# component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you
# intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually."
Where can one find more info on this?
At what point can the user take manual control over the installation process when using this method?
If a user doesn't have a monitor attached to the computer, how would one know when it is possible to take manual control of the installation process?
Depending on the answer to the question on where one can find more info, answers to the 2 questions following that one may not be necessary.
2. Section b.4.4 reads:
"#d-i mirror/protocol string ftp
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian"
Even though the first line says mirror/protocol string ftp, some users may find it confusing that all other values begin with mirror/http/... I think it would be a good idea to state something like:
"If you will use an ftp mirror, fill mirror/http/hostname, and mirror/http/directory, with information for the ftp mirror you're going to use."
3. Section b.4.6 reads:
"If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space.
#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free"
How will this space be partitioned, as one big partition, or several smaller partitions?
If several smaller partitions, then how is the size and mount point of each partition determined?
What file system will be used on partitions created in this way?
Will this free space also have a swap partition created, or not?
The phrase
"Alternatively, you can specify a disk to partition."
leads me to understand that the discussion about recipes below doesn't apply to automatically partitioning the biggest free space, thus my confusion.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.6
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.27.21
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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