On Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:17:24 -0600, "Alex Mauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Thanks much for (taking part in anyway, not sure how much you did > ;-)) writing such excellent installation instructions.
You are welcome; and thank you for your compliment. > However (there's always one of those, isn't there) I do have a few > comments. First, it's possible to install from a DOS partition w/o > using root.bin, linux, or install.bat. write the rescue image to > floppy, put the base2_0.tgz (and I assume eventually base2_1.tgz), > and both floppy images into another drive/partition (presumably a > DOS one that is being kept...in fact, with the current install > instructions don't you have to be keeping the DOS partition that is > booted from?) ...anyway, boot from the rescue diskette, and tada, > it's installing. I definitely prefer this method to the one listed > in the installation instructions (fewer files to download, only > 4...makes it somewhat less complex I think) That's a good point. I'll add this as an alternative in Section 5.4.1 "Installing from a DOS partition" > Lastly, looking at the 2.1 installation instructions, I don't like > the "table of contents" format that it's in...makes it a pain to > print as well as read. Hope my comments and suggestions go well > towards improving this excellent guide! Oh, you mean the many different HTML files instead of one file? As for printing, I can and shall produce PDFs on the www.debian.org pages. As for reading, *one* huge huge huge HTML file is ergonomically *proven* to be inferior to a broken-up system. The ASCII file is one big file if you prefer to read it as one file; and the PDF, of course (even that is broken into pages). -- .....Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>
