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Date:      Mon, 05 Apr 1999 12:40:11 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <dpilgrim@uswest.net>
To:        Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>
Cc:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>, Donald Wilde <dwilde1@thuntek.net>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: The FreeBSD Installation Guide Project [Was: Re: FreeBSD Adovcacy]
Message-ID:  <3709119B.D697D91C@uswest.net>
References:  <Pine.HPP.3.96.990405103236.2526A-100000@hp9000.chc-chimes.com>

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Bill Fumerola wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Darren Pilgrim wrote:
> 
> > This is exactly the kind of thing I'm talking about.  Perhaps you'd
> > like to read my other comments and elaboration about the IGP?  I'm not
> > trying to replace the Handbook.
> 
> All of your comments have said 'the handbook is inadequete, let's make
> something new.'

I didn't say it was inadequate period, I said it was inadequate for
people new to unix.

> No offense to people who have FreeBSD help sites, but if I have a question
> I go straight to the FAQ/Handbook, and usually nothing else. It's silly to
> spread ourselves so thin across several documents. It's not like the
> handbook can't have sub-sections
> 
> A. Installing FreeBSD
>         i. For beginners
>         ii. For people with experience
>         iii. For experts

Just where do you suppose these extra subsections might come from?
I'm not going to prevent Nik (or others) from incorporating my work if
he wants to do so.

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