On Fri, Mar 9, 2012, at 08:47 PM, Lars Hansson wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 8:33 PM, Dmitrij D. Czarkoff <czark...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > So you state that the fact that "if one chooses to use the whole disk,
> > the whole disk is used" needs further documentation?
> 
> Well, since this is the one of the few (only?) destructive actions the
> installer takes
> I can certainly see why being really clear could be considered an
> improvement.
> That said, I have never had this problem myself but maybe that's because
> I
> only very rarely install on multi-boot systems. I don't need this
> particular feature
> but it won't bother me if it is implemented either.
> 
> > Hell no! There is no improvement in making 100% clear statement twice as
> > long just because of one user who failed to read that statement. More
> > precisely, it is clear direct damage, as it makes the "text/information"
> > ratio twice as high with no increase in the "information" part.
> 
> I can remember when people said similar things about the installer in the
> early 2000's.
> Funny how it has been improved since then with all kinds of stuff, like
> not
> having to manually calculate the slice sizes and deal with LBA/CHS etc.
> 
> Cheers,
> Lars
> 
> 

Please remove all references to multibooting from the FAQ.
Thank you.

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