Joshua D Doll wrote: > Mark Knecht wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:32 PM, Paul Hartman >> <paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I completely agree. I like the control also. >> >> I only took a *very* small exception to Joshua's statement that a 'new >> user' could read, follow it and understand what it's telling him/her >> to do and then do it and come out with a working machine. I think it's >> true if the new user builds exactly the 3 partition example shown in >> the docs and does *only* the very basic install on a machine that >> doesn't have Windows, etc. However I think that the docs (not the >> software!) could be improved to handle things like dual-boot, either >> another distro or windows, etc. which personally I think 'new users' >> come up against. Issues about stuff like where to put the MBR, why and >> why not to do that sort of thing, requires (or is vastly enhanced) if >> that new user has some knowledge about hard drives, booting, etc. >> >> - Mark >> >> >> > I 100% agree that the docs can and should cover more. Maybe a > flowchart would be useful? > > --Joshua Doll > >
I wish the man pages had more examples. Give me a real world example and I can wrap my poor brain around what it should look like when I do something. Dale :-) :-)
