Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Matthew Burgess wrote: > >> On Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:21:24 -0500, Bruce Dubbs <bruce.du...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >>> I'm thinking about moving grub back to Chapter 6 and then changing the >>> grub section in Chapter 8 to "Setting up the boot loader" to discuss >>> actually >>> installing grub into /boot and the MBR. >>> >>> My thought is that the importance and complexity of setting up the system >>> to boot warrants its own section. >>> >> I think this approach is sensible, Bruce. Ideally, I like to see all >> packages >> built, installed and configured within chapter 6, and thinking about this >> some >> more, I reckon we could do without chapter 8 completely. >> >> I think moving Grub to chapter 6 (complete with configuration instructions) >> and the kernel too would work just as well as it does now. The /etc/fstab >> page could move to the bootscripts section, as it's obviously of critical >> importance to the boot process. >> > > I don't like the idea of moving the kernel to Chapter 6. To me, that is the > culmination of the book. It should be last and basically have its own > chapter. > > I agree. I like the concept of compiling all programs except kernel in ch6 and then do the "final touches" in ch8 along with the kernel as a wrap up. There is a great deal of content around configuration of a base system that we could expand on if we wanted (I might write a hint to start the process).
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