The material I have now looks almost like a complete guide, although it's a bit short of being that. So I've made it buildable rather than keep throwing files into Bugzilla. I've also revised the markup in all files to bring them into line with Fedora docs.
DocBook: http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-0.1.tar.gz
HTML output: http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-en/index.html
There are a number of blank sections, some because I haven't got the resources to test these features properly:
- Partitioning (as discussed, probably needs somebody with a multi-disc RAID system) - Boot Loader (as above) - Dual Boot
The Network Login configuration in the System User screen has a large number of options, and may even warrent being broken out into a separate section (or appendix, since many installations may not use these features). Realistically I'm not going to be able to tackle a number of these features, so somebody with a purer UNIX network may be better able to handle this.
The two other things which are untested are USB boot (Beginning the Installation) and wireless (the Network Configuration screen, presuming anaconda can handle wireless cards) - again I don't have the equipment to test these, although the text is complete as is.
Kickstart and Boot Options appendices may be written up over the next few days.
Still learning as I go along, so all help and comments gratefully received. -- Stuart Ellis s.ellis@fastmail.co.uk
Great work Stuart! This will make it much easier for people to review the guide and give you feedback.
Tammy
On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 02:24 +0100, Stuart Ellis wrote:
The material I have now looks almost like a complete guide, although it's a bit short of being that. So I've made it buildable rather than keep throwing files into Bugzilla. I've also revised the markup in all files to bring them into line with Fedora docs.
DocBook: http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-0.1.tar.gz
HTML output: http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-en/index.html
There are a number of blank sections, some because I haven't got the resources to test these features properly:
- Partitioning (as discussed, probably needs somebody with a multi-disc
RAID system)
- Boot Loader (as above)
- Dual Boot
The Network Login configuration in the System User screen has a large number of options, and may even warrent being broken out into a separate section (or appendix, since many installations may not use these features). Realistically I'm not going to be able to tackle a number of these features, so somebody with a purer UNIX network may be better able to handle this.
The two other things which are untested are USB boot (Beginning the Installation) and wireless (the Network Configuration screen, presuming anaconda can handle wireless cards) - again I don't have the equipment to test these, although the text is complete as is.
Kickstart and Boot Options appendices may be written up over the next few days.
Still learning as I go along, so all help and comments gratefully received. -- Stuart Ellis s.ellis@fastmail.co.uk
On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 16:23:17 -0400, "Tammy Fox" tfox@redhat.com said:
This will make it much easier for people to review the guide and give you feedback.
Tammy
I hope so. In hindsight I've been too intent on trying to make this document viable as quickly as possible.
The structure and content here are certainly not set in stone. The FDP will always be working on an Installation Guide one way or another, hopefully this will help to get things going by providing a base to work on. -- Stuart Ellis s.ellis@fastmail.co.uk
Hi
a few notes
Please ask the readers to check the relevant release notes early
http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-en/s1-aborting-installat...
The above section might be better as a note
http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-en/s1-selinux.html
Might be important to linux to the current fedora selinux faq
Why havent you given the screenshots yet? It might be worth it to write a faq and refer to that in this guide
I hope you would be able to get this included before the release on nov 9th. overall a much needed document. good work
regards Rahul Sundaram
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On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 17:35:40 -0700 (PDT), "Rahul Sundaram" rahulsundaram@yahoo.co.in said:
Please ask the readers to check the relevant release notes early
There was a paragraph for this in the introduction, which I've now reworked to make the Release Notes more prominent.
http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-en/s1-aborting-installat...
The above section might be better as a note
I agree - this has now been moved to chapter 2 as a note.
http://www.se.clara.net/fedora/fedora-install-guide-en/s1-selinux.html
Might be important to linux to the current fedora selinux faq
The targetted policy means that SELinux shouldn't interfere with anything other than the network services it locks down, so it ought to be invisible to most users. I wrote the text to read quickly with each section as self-contained as possible for those readers who just want to look up one item, so I would rather avoid putting external links in the main chapters, but see below...
Why havent you given the screenshots yet?
The view was that we should get the text done, and then do all of the screenshots at once for consistency. So at the moment there are just placeholders where screenshots should be.
It might be worth it to write a faq and refer to that in this guide
There isn't an official FAQ at the moment, but there is an unofficial FAQ Website and couple of other very popular independent sites on the Web offering support. Building some kind of relationship between the various groups will be a big task - at the moment I don't think that the Fedora Project "officially" recognises or endorses any of these sites, so we can't really include links to them.
On the other hand I think that the Installation Guide should provide a smooth progression for new users by suggesting how they might use their new system, and pointing them to other sources of information that are available. I have an idea about this, but it needs a bit more thought. -- Stuart Ellis s.ellis@fastmail.co.uk