Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 17:01:01 -0500 From: Mark Mayo <mark@vmunix.com> To: Matthew Fuller <fullermd@mortis.futuresouth.com> Cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG, newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Call for review: installation Message-ID: <19980330170101.11679@vmunix.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.980330133614.220A-100000@mortis>; from Matthew Fuller on Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 01:38:49PM -0600 References: <19980329223358.11226@vmunix.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95LJ1.1b3.980330133614.220A-100000@mortis>
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On Mon, Mar 30, 1998 at 01:38:49PM -0600, Matthew Fuller wrote: > On Sun, 29 Mar 1998, Mark Mayo wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 23, 1998 at 08:13:53PM -0600, Matthew Fuller wrote: > > > I've redone the installation documentation, from scratch basically. It > > > consists now of two parts: the installation instructions, which guide you > > > through the installation from your decision to run FreeBSD, and the > > > installation checklist, which details the things you need and how to > > > prepare for the installation. I'd like to get some reviewers on this. > > > > > > > I'll read over your document - BTW, have you checked out > > the effort Chris Coleman and I started at > > http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/ ? > > > > We also wrote an entire section on the installation.. > > > > -Mark > I did look at that. > It IS a wonderful set of information on installation, but, IMNHO (In My > Never Humble Opinion ;), far too long. My goal was to produce something > short, simple, and reasonably thorough; something that could be read as a > distinct piece of documentation in 5 or 10 minutes. The section you have > there is very well suited for a section or a chapter of a book, but I'm > aiming at a slightly more immediate (and more impatient, probably) need > here. Cool. Sounds like a great idea. Good luck! -Mark > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > | FreeBSD; the way computers were meant to be | > * "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, is * > | that I haven't figured out how to light the middle yet."| > * fullermd@mortis.futuresouth.com :-} MAtthew Fuller * > | http://keystone.westminster.edu/~fullermd | > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mark Mayo mark@vmunix.com RingZero Comp. http://www.vmunix.com/mark finger mark@vmunix.com for my PGP key and GCS code ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "The problem is how do you build tools that understand your programs at a deeper semantic level." - James Gosling To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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