Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 09:23:01 +0100 From: Nik Clayton <nik@freebsd.org> To: "Bruce A. Mah" <bmah@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.org>, freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml Message-ID: <20010817092301.B59279@clan.nothing-going-on.org> In-Reply-To: <200108170411.f7H4BD828408@intruder.bmah.org>; from bmah@FreeBSD.org on Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:11:13PM -0700 References: <200108161609.f7GG9HH21329@freefall.freebsd.org> <200108170411.f7H4BD828408@intruder.bmah.org>
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 09:11:13PM -0700, Bruce A. Mah wrote:
> If memory serves me right, Nik Clayton wrote:
> > nik 2001/08/16 09:09:17 PDT
> >=20
> > Modified files:
> > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install chapter.sgml=20
> > Log:
> > Rewrite the intro material. Explain what partitions are. Nuke the
> > copy that talks about view.exe, makeflp.bat, install.bat, and others,
> > because they don't exist any more.
>=20
> One concern I have about the intro material (which is quite nice BTW) is
> that it is now even i386-centric than the old text. Do you think this
> will be a problem?
It's not something I'm entirely comfortable with, but I can only write
about what I know. At this point we really need someone with an Alpha
who can write about the install process, and tell us how much of the
process is common between i386 and alpha,
> PPS. "All the world has to talk like 'merikans" nitpick: s/disc/disk/.
My understanding has always been that hard disks are "disk" (obviously),
while floppies, CDs, and DVDs are "disc".
Having just looked at this in more detail, I disc-overed (<groan>)
http://www.dictionary.com/cgi-bin/dict.pl?term=3Dcompact%20disk
which has an interesting usage note. You learn something new every day.
N
--=20
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