On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 04:36:36AM -0700, Weaver wrote: […] > Finish Partitioning and Write to Disc > > At the top is an annotation which says: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > “This is an overview of your currently configured partitions and > mountpoints. Select a partition to modify its settings (filesystem, > mountpoint, etc.), a free space to create partitions, or a device to > initiate its partition table.” > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This is beyond Double-Dutch to a newbie. If you said 'mountpoint' to your > average newbie, he would be looking round for the horse. Likewise with > 'partition' (office furniture) and 'filesystem' (the technique required > to get out of jail when they catch him, now that he has his hands on some > 'real' hacker software). > > When you need to relay some information to somebody, you need to make an > accurate assessment of the communication level of your audience. > Otherwise, you simply don't communicate. If they aren't in front of you in > order to do this, you assume no knowledge and operate from that > 'mountpoint'. > > Here's an example – rough, not at all polished: > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Partitioning > Partitions are allocated areas on your hard drive, set by the installer, > where different parts of your working operating system reside. > The root (/) partition is where all your programmes will be installed and > must be bootable so that your operating system is accessible after > installation. > The swap partition is an area on your hard drive where process exchange > takes place when your system is working. It is the equivalent of 'Virtual > Memory'. > The home (/home) partition is where all your personal and professional > data will be kept. > By selecting any of these – arrow keys and 'enter', you can adjust the > size of them to suit your particular needs. This automatic partitioning > would probably be most suitable for initial use, however you will still be > able to adjust their size in the future if needed. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > There is absolutely no need to get into $ cat /etc/fstab at this point in > time. Or separate /boot partitions, or any other complexity. They'll get > to that later. What is required now is to convey the simplest of pictures, > but still convey the required information and only the required > information. This provides information, orientation and a jumping off > point for further advancement, without the confusion born of complexity. > > So, onward we go....
Unless you submit it against d-i as a patch, there *is* no onward. If it gets rejected, there should be an explanation as to why. Patches are still being accepted against d-i, but hurry. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120917151145.GH8568@tal
