Jonathan Lemon wrote:
>
> In article <local.mail.freebsd-current/[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write:
> >Kai Großjohann wrote:
> >>
> >> "Jordan K. Hubbard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >>
> >> > I really kinda wish you'd point them to Novice^H^H^H^H^HStandard
> >> > instead since it does more than be a bit more verbose, it also makes
> >> > sure that all the appropriate steps are covered and prevents even
> >> > relatively skilled people from hanging themselves.
> >>
> >> Does this mean that this option should be called `guided'? I know a
> >> little bit about Unix but haven't installed FreeBSD more than five
> >> times or so. And I always thought that the novice install meant that
> >> I didn't get as many choices...
> >
> >"Guided". I like it. That's *PRECISELY* what this installation option
> >is. There is NO difference in the number of choices available in any of
> >the three types.
> >
> >Guided/Express/Expert. That's my vote.
>
> Cool, seconded. I actually use "novice" most of the time, simply
> because I like the hints that help me not to screw up, and I've been
> using this option (or equivalent) since 1.1.5 at least.
>
> Guided sounds like a better description to me.
Possibly, the mistake here is to present the "custom" option as an
install method at all. Given that "novice" walks you through the install
steps but still allows you to do a customised install, it should perhaps
be called "installation", the custom option should be changed to
something like "maintenance" because really that's where it's useful in
that you can go fix any bit of the system without having to walk through
all the installation steps.
No new users would try and use "maintenance" to do their installation
with.
Paul.
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