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Date:      Mon, 13 Aug 2001 17:52:35 -0400
From:      Randy Pratt <rpratt@ezwv.com>
To:        Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Handbook addition: Install
Message-ID:  <01081317510000.23082@k6-2.weeble.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010813110804.A84120@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>
References:  <01081121030602.00381@k6-2.weeble.com> <20010813110804.A84120@canyon.nothing-going-on.org>

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On Monday 13 August 2001 06:08, you wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 09:03:06PM -0400, Randy Pratt wrote:
> > They are posted at:
> >
> >          http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/hdbk/view/  (html build)
> >          http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/hdbk/src/     (sources)
>
> A couple of comments.
>
> I don't think we should be reproducing the help text in the Handbook,
> unless we punt it to an appendix, or similar.  It disrupts the flow of
> the text, and will confuse the reader if it gets out of sync with the
> text in sysinstall.

I agree that it does interrupt the flow and should be removed.

> I think the security profile section may now be out of date after
> Robert's recent changes.

I'm aware of the change but have not looked at it in detail as yet.  I had 
planned on doing a fresh install very shortly to confirm things.

> We should probably crop some of the images -- anything that shows a four
> line dialog box on a big blue background should really just be showing
> the dialog box, no background.  This is something that can happen to the
> .scr files post-import though.

I wasn't aware that cropping could be done on .scr images and still use the 
scr2* utilities.  I have used hexedit on .scr files but had to retain the 
original size to produce images.  Cropping would be an added bonus.

> Apart from those minor niggles, this is great.  I'd suggest pulling out
> the help text, and then committing without delay.

I'll chop the help text sections and proceed with the commit.

Randy

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