On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:38:48PM -0600, Martin Maney wrote: > > I came at this roundabout: I was looking for some background on using > debootstrap (1), and that led me, eventually, to the install guide at > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch-preparing.en.html#s-linux-upgrade > > On the whole, this was very useful, and I want to thank all of those > who have contributed to this over the years. But one bit is at least > misleading as it stands. The problem is in 3.7.5.1, where an example > of a multi-partition setup is shown. Earlier, there was explicit > instruction to mount *one* partition for installation, and here it > blithely tells you to go ahead and mount the (presumably still empty) > partitions on the chroot's /var, /usr, ...
3.7 is a stand-alone section that really should be moved to the appendix. Where was the 'earlier' you referred to? That's what should be clarified. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
