On Mon, September 17, 2012 8:11 am, Chris Bannister wrote: > 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.
Done! Regards, Weaver -- "It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its government." -- Thomas Paine -- 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/33d5218fdf635aacacbc372e97ccaea8.squir...@fulvetta.riseup.net
