Re: Install Manual

2021-09-12 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Sep 11, 2021 at 02:32:13AM +0300, mh2 drake wrote: > Hi i want to help with project I can't do better than to copy and quote Paul Wise about how to contribute to Debian documentation in general and the how to help link at the end. The install manual will also be mainteined in a git repos

Re: install manual

2012-03-20 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Bernard Zijlstra (bernard.zijls...@gmail.com): > If I try to download a templates.pot.gz file with wget from > http://www.debian.org/international/l10n/po-debconf/pot it times out on > me. Seems like the i18n.debian.net webserver is off-line. Yes, see debian-i18n mailing list..:-(. We're

Re: install manual

2012-03-19 Thread Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 18-03-2012 10:30, Bernard Zijlstra wrote: > To whom it may concern, > > I've put f...@funlabs.org in the CC line because it is in the tail of the > webpage. Thank you. > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/ contains several links to the domain

Re: install manual

2012-03-19 Thread Bernard Zijlstra
Hello Christian and Dutch localization team, On Mon, 2012-03-19 at 07:10 +0100, Christian PERRIER wrote: > Yeah. The Dutch translation of the install manual was managed by...the > install manual main maintainer, and former Debian Installer release > manager, namely Frans Pop, who passed in August

Re: install manual

2012-03-19 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Bernard Zijlstra (bernard.zijls...@gmail.com): > To whom it may concern, Hello Bernard, thanks for your mail. > > I've put f...@funlabs.org in the CC line because it is in the tail of the > webpage. > > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/ contains several links to the > domain ettin.o

Re: Install Manual

2010-11-12 Thread Christian PERRIER
Quoting Daniel Takashi (daniel.taka...@gmail.com): > I would like to help with translations. > How do I proceed? Wish some guidance. What language do you intend to work on? (cc'ing you as I don't know if you're subscribed to the list. No need to CC me as I am subscribed) signature.asc Descrip

Re: Install Manual

2009-10-07 Thread Don Wright
On Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:36:02 -0400, Randy Myers wrote: >I'm new to LINUX, but am working hard to eliminate Windows 100%. The >problem I run into is installing open source packages. For example, >Adobe Flash Player 10 (several bookmarks require it) and Pidgin does not >work--basically I think Yaho

Re: Install Manual

2006-04-10 Thread Jens Seidel
Hi Franziska, this is a English list so I answer (partly in) English. Am Montag, 10. April 2006 11:37 schrieb Franziska Schröder: > ich würde gerne bei Übersetzungen helfen. It's really nice that you want to help translating Debian into German. I CC:ed the German list and we should discuss every

Re: Install Manual

2006-04-10 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Franziska Schröder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hallo, > > ich würde gerne bei Übersetzungen helfen. > > Ich benutze Debian zu Hause und würde mich freuen, es unterstützen zu > können. > > Außderdem bin ich gelernte Fremdsprachenkorrespondentin und würde so > gerne mein Englisch auf aktuelle

Re: install manual

2004-11-12 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2004-11-11 22:31:21, schrieb John Toliver: > Hello, > > I just recently purchased a copy of Debian to experiment with as an OS. I > would like to know if their were a downloadable copy of the installation > manual I could have as opposed to spidering the manual from the website? It is on the

Re: install manual

2004-11-12 Thread Frans Pop
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 12 November 2004 04:31, John Toliver wrote: > I just recently purchased a copy of Debian to experiment with as an OS. > I would like to know if their were a downloadable copy of the > installation manual I could have as opposed to spidering

Re: Install manual language codes

2003-11-12 Thread Gleydson Mazioli da Silva
Hi Denis, I'm worried about a future integration among Makefile scripts of di and content negociation with Apache Debian server. If no objection, I'll move pt to pt_BR to follow the Brazilian potfile's default. [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Denis Barbier) escreveu em Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:58:29 +0100: > O

Re: Install manual language codes

2003-11-12 Thread Denis Barbier
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:03:27PM +, Gleydson Mazioli da Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I've started to translate the Sarge install manual for Brazilian language, and > I'would like to know about if will still be used the language ou country code > to specify the main doc languages. Eg. "pt_BR" ins

Re: Install manual language codes

2003-11-12 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Nov 12, 2003 at 02:03:27PM +, Gleydson Mazioli da Silva wrote: > Hi, > > I've started to translate the Sarge install manual for Brazilian language, and > I'would like to know about if will still be used the language ou country code > to specify the main doc languages. Eg. "pt_BR" ins

Re: [install manual] Some comments about doc/manual/ files

2003-06-15 Thread Chris Tillman
> here are some comments and questions about doc/manual/ files: > * The trailing dollar in $Id$ keyword is almost always lacking Ah, that's what it is. Thanks. > * Many files have no $Id$ keyword I'll fix those too. > * When applying validate.sh.patch, one can validate a single file, >

Re: Install manual...

2001-07-13 Thread Marcin Owsiany
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 12:35:42PM -0700, David Kimdon wrote: > > I am using word. > What word? He probably means MS Word, the famous cra^H^H^Heditor. As far as I know install manual is available only in plain text, HTML and PDF formats. If you want to print it, use the PDF format - it's best for

Re: Install manual...

2001-07-13 Thread David Kimdon
Hi Dominique, Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:09:58PM +0200 wrote: > Hello > As you would this, I write this message only for say that I organise the > install manual of debian 2.2. Are you looking for the manual? It is at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/#new-inst > I am using word. What word?

Re: Install Manual Updates Phase 2

2001-07-03 Thread Chris Tillman
> On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 06:59:26PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > >> Quite honestly, there are only two cases that I see are all that valid: >> >> (a) if you're a single user, single disk workstation, just make one >> partition for swap, and one big one for everything else >> >> (b) if you're

Re: Install Manual Updates Phase 2

2001-07-03 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 06:59:26PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > Quite honestly, there are only two cases that I see are all that valid: > > (a) if you're a single user, single disk workstation, just make one > partition for swap, and one big one for everything else > > (b) if you're a serve

Re: Install Manual Updates Phase 2

2001-07-03 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Quite honestly, there are only two cases that I see are all that valid: (a) if you're a single user, single disk workstation, just make one partition for swap, and one big one for everything else (b) if you're a server, than you bettah split out /tmp, /var, /usr, possibly /var/mail, yadda y

Re: Install Manual Updates Phase 2

2001-07-02 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 01:14:24AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > if your going to split off /usr you need to split off /var /tmp and /home as > well. How so? Many systems work fine with /var, /tmp and even /home on the root partition. People who are installing servers will have their own parti

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-22 Thread Chris Tillman
> Hi, > >> Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > 7.30 Advanced Package Selection with dselect >> > (new) Package Installation from the Command Line > > I suppose this is about using apt to install packages, right? > Perhaps there should be a small note in there that apt can't handle

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-22 Thread Chris Tillman
> Anyhow, I think it might > be wise to throw patches up here for comment prior to committing > them. That's my plan. Chapter 2 went by last week, in case you missed it: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot-0106/msg00788.html > Alternatively, I can make a CVS branch for your work and we can > me

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-22 Thread Filip Van Raemdonck
Hi, > Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 9 (new chapter) Task and Package Installation > > 7.28 Package Installation: Simple or Advanced > > 7.29 Simple Package Selection -- The Task Installer > > 7.30 Advanced Package Selection with dselect > > (new) Package Installation from the C

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-22 Thread siward
Adam Di Carlo wrote: > siward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hello Chris, > > nice that youre working on docs, > > i send you a few thoughts, hope you like them. > > > > I think the document should start with chapter 0 : "Welcome to this > > document". > > contents, warning about docum

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-21 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > OK, perhaps you could copy me with the "Sysadmin Hints on Debian Linux", I > wasn't around then. Sure Attached. > >> 9 Technical Information on the Debian Installer > > > > Thanks for working on this, Chris. > > I'm enjoying it, hope the outpu

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-21 Thread Chris Tillman
> Chris Tillman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Here's my thinking about re-organization the manual along the lines >> you proposed. We'll need much less space to talk about installation >> source options without a base tarball or floppies. > > god knows that might come back, you know :) > Well

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-21 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:02:19AM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > 4.5 Example Partitioning > > delete -> 4.6 Partitioning Prior to Installation (we recommend > > using Debian partitioning tools) > > Not always true! See the discussion Ethan and I had. See my comments > above. We should have

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-15 Thread siward
Chris Tillman wrote: > Here's my thinking about re-organization the manual along the lines > you proposed. We'll need much less space to talk about installation > source options without a base tarball or floppies. > > Installing Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 For PowerPC > > Contents > > 1 Welcome to Deb

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-14 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 03:37:01PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > > Yes... It would be great if we had more info for people who are > installing debian but wanna retain their existing OS. I admit the > boot-loader configuration stuff isn't likely to solve that (well, if > we use grub on i386, t

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-14 Thread Ethan Benson
On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 07:44:16AM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > 3 Before Installing Debian GNU/Linux > > > > 3.1 Backups > > 3.2 Information You Will Need > > (was 4.2) Planning Use of the System > > 3.3 Pre-installation Hardware and Operating System Setup > > (was 5.1) Overview of the Install

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-14 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > 3 Before Installing Debian GNU/Linux > > > > 3.1 Backups > > 3.2 Information You Will Need > > (was 4.2) Planning Use of the System > > 3.3 Pre-installation Hardware and Operating System Setup > > (was 5.1) Overview of the Installation Process > >

Re: Install manual organization

2001-06-14 Thread Chris Tillman
> 3 Before Installing Debian GNU/Linux > > 3.1 Backups > 3.2 Information You Will Need > (was 4.2) Planning Use of the System > 3.3 Pre-installation Hardware and Operating System Setup > (was 5.1) Overview of the Installation Process add here: Pre-Partitioning to Support Dual Booting -- creat

Re: install manual todo

2001-06-13 Thread Adam Di Carlo
"Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm up for getting started ... sounds like a good plan to me. Any inputs are > welcome! I'd be happy to review work that you've done, of course... -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onshored.com/> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: install manual todo

2001-06-12 Thread Chris Tillman
> > FYI, my rough thoughts on the install manual todo: > > - we should merge chapters ch-inst-methods and ch-rescue-boot; don't >focus on describing everything, but rather traverse it by the >installation method. Basically, merge ch-inst-methods into >ch-rescue-boot. > > - Descrip