Cocoy Dayao wrote:
> my style has always been to get the minimal installer. chroot, install
> kernel to my specs then boot to hard drive, then start building it to
> how i want it built.
>
> the handbook is pretty specific and straight-forward. one just has to
> follow it. i've done N installs over the years and i still turn to the
> handbook, just to keep track.
>
> anyway. if people find the installer difficult.... maybe gentoo isn't
> for them.
>
> On 02 5, 09, at 7:01 PM, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
>
>> On Donnerstag 05 Februar 2009, Nikos Chantziaras wrote:.
>>>
>>>> I can't think of a single reason why the installer should operate in a
>>>> different manner to the way the thing will be used.
>>>
>>> Because installation is boring. The easier it is, the better.
>>
>> wrong. The installation needs a certain difficulty to keep idiots
>> away. Nobody
>> needs idiots (except maybe ubuntu).
>>
>
> yes, installation is VERY boring. that's part of the compromise, i guess.
>
>
> Cocoy
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> "People who are really serious about software should make their own
> hardware" -- Alan Kay
>
>
There are certain situations where the "step-by-step" installer isn't
adequate. For instance, when I was installing gentoo on my G4, it was
straight forward and easy, but when I decided to do a minimal install on
my Everex laptop, I needed to use initrd, which I previoiusly had no
experience with and the Gentoo handbook didn't mention. Granted, it
eventually worked, but I would be hesitent to say that there was
adequate documentation on it.
