Re: Installation
On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 04:36:36AM -0700, Weaver wrote:
[…]
> Finish Partitioning and Write to Disc
>
> At the top is an annotation which says:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> “This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and
> mountpoints. Select a partition to modify its settings (filesystem,
> mountpoint, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to
> initiate its partition table.”
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> This is beyond Double-Dutch to a newbie. If you said 'mountpoint' to your
> average newbie, he would be looking round for the horse. Likewise with
> 'partition' (office furniture) and 'filesystem' (the technique required
> to get out of jail when they catch him, now that he has his hands on some
> 'real' hacker software).
>
> When you need to relay some information to somebody, you need to make an
> accurate assessment of the communication level of your audience.
> Otherwise, you simply don't communicate. If they aren't in front of you in
> order to do this, you assume no knowledge and operate from that
> 'mountpoint'.
>
> Here's an example – rough, not at all polished:
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Partitioning
> Partitions are allocated areas on your hard drive, set by the installer,
> where different parts of your working operating system reside.
> The root (/) partition is where all your programmes will be installed and
> must be bootable so that your operating system is accessible after
> installation.
> The swap partition is an area on your hard drive where process exchange
> takes place when your system is working. It is the equivalent of 'Virtual
> Memory'.
> The home (/home) partition is where all your personal and professional
> data will be kept.
> By selecting any of these – arrow keys and 'enter', you can adjust the
> size of them to suit your particular needs. This automatic partitioning
> would probably be most suitable for initial use, however you will still be
> able to adjust their size in the future if needed.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> There is absolutely no need to get into $ cat /etc/fstab at this point in
> time. Or separate /boot partitions, or any other complexity. They'll get
> to that later. What is required now is to convey the simplest of pictures,
> but still convey the required information and only the required
> information. This provides information, orientation and a jumping off
> point for further advancement, without the confusion born of complexity.
>
> So, onward we go....
Unless you submit it against d-i as a patch, there *is* no onward. If it
gets rejected, there should be an explanation as to why.
Patches are still being accepted against d-i, but hurry.
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