From: Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> A web page would be the ideal format, so that the main index is kept
> simple and then you have as many levels as you like to demonstrate things.
I wrote the installation manual as HTML (formatting "by hand"), and then
exported the .txt file from Netscape.
On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
> Looks great! We should expand on this (maybe on a web page) to make
> a more complete documentaion of dselect. People tend to read stuff
> they can print out, but get flustered in an application like
> dselect.
>
> Tim
>
> PS: I'll make the web page an
In your email to me, Lindsay Allen, you wrote:
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> On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
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> > In the Access part, explain what the common cdrom devices are,
> > what to do if you have problems with nfs (I have written up locally
> > about the nfs.o problem, and have a ftpable copy),
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Tim Sailer wrote:
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> In the Access part, explain what the common cdrom devices are,
> what to do if you have problems with nfs (I have written up locally
> about the nfs.o problem, and have a ftpable copy), and offer
> a little more detail on the ftp method. Maybe point to
On Wed, 20 Nov 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:
> I don't know whether it's really necessary to advise people not to
> select any large packages at this stage. Everything ought to work
> reasonably well if they just select what they want.
Unfortunately, it doesn't. I took a 1.1.4 CD release, followed t
> Bruce asked me to come up with something to help those new to dselect
> when they come to install 1.2 .
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> > > Are you serious? You want _me_ to document dselect?
>
> > Not being an expert might be an asset. The users have my installation
> > manual to get them up to the login prompt, and th
I've read your document, and though I'm obviously no good at figuring
out whether it'll be any good for beginners I've attached my one
detailed comment about it.
Thanks for your work !
Ian.
In s.2, Select:
> I suggest installing little more than a bare minimum at this point as
> you will have am
Bruce asked me to come up with something to help those new to dselect
when they come to install 1.2 .
> > Are you serious? You want _me_ to document dselect?
> Not being an expert might be an asset. The users have my installation
> manual to get them up to the login prompt, and then nothing. S
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