From: myglc2 <myglc2@gmail.com>
To: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Some things to be aware of for docs
Date: Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:28:05 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87twl94nii.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20160215220044.GB22646@jasmine
Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> writes:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 02:33:47PM -0500, Esteban Enrique wrote:
[...]
>> First, formatting the drive. I have some experience with Arch Linux, so I
>> had a general sense of how to use fdisk. However, for the vast majority of
>> those who don't know about this, there could be a link or a self-contained
>> explanation that goes through the process of formatting the disk.
[...]
> On the other hand, in the meantime, *our* potential users are struggling
> to get started.
[...]
> What do people think?
A user should be able to try GuixSD without knowing anything about
partitioning. So, there should concrete and simple instructions (e.g. 1
DOS partition no swap) guaranteed to work on an actual hard drive.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-02-15 22:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-02-15 19:33 Some things to be aware of for docs Esteban Enrique
2016-02-15 22:00 ` Leo Famulari
2016-02-15 22:28 ` myglc2 [this message]
2016-02-16 2:06 ` Esteban Enrique
2016-02-15 22:51 ` Esteban Enrique
2016-02-16 0:00 ` Nils Gillmann
2016-02-15 23:54 ` Nils Gillmann
2016-02-16 0:07 ` Leo Famulari
2016-02-24 21:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-02-24 21:28 ` Andreas Enge
2016-02-27 17:27 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-02-27 18:13 ` Andreas Enge
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