Date: Thu, 15 Jun 1995 13:25:32 +0100 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freebsd.org> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: "How to install 2.0.5R" tutorial wanted. Message-ID: <199506151225.NAA00329@whisker.internet-eireann.ie>
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I think it can be safely said that, largely, 2.0.5R is easier to install that 2.0R. However, there are also some new concepts being introduced here and it's already been noted that the 2.0.5R installation isn't entirely fault-tolerant when it comes to users coloring outside the lines. Therefore, I thought it might be nice if someone could write down the steps involved in a "typical installation", one chapter each for tape, ftp, NFS and floppy (the CDROM install I don't expect anyone to document yet, given that the CDs aren't back from duplication! :). I also don't think that the various types of installation instructions need necessarily be done by the same person - one composite document could be put together from a variety of sources. Yes, I've already written an "installation guide", but I think that I'm too close to the problem and there are aspects of the installation that I probably took far too much for granted when I wrote the doc. Something written from the user's point of view would be FAR superior to my own stuff, and would save new installers a lot of trouble. If the users of FreeBSD are going to have better initial doc and support then to some extent they're going to have to help themselves. I and the other people working at the core will certainly do our best but there's no substitute for perspective, and we're far too wrapped up in the process to always know how it looks from the "outside." Any takers? It would be of great help, and your chance to do your bit to enhance FreeBSD overall. Thanks! Jordan
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