Re: Installation
On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:11 am, Chris Bannister wrote:
> 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.
Done!
Regards,
Weaver
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