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Re: Installation Party Summary



> > 1. The Washington Linux Users Group asks people to defrag & repartition
> > *before* arriving.  Maybe that would help...
> 
> I would NOT trust a newbie, no matter his afiliation, to defrag and, 
> worse, repartition the disk.
i think you are over reacting here, most newbies i know *can* 
defrag and repartition the disk without help, and anyway there are a lot
of readme's regarding repartitioning.
> 
> > 5. I often find that the biggest hassle with installing linux is
> > finding out thedetails of peoples' hardware.  So, lets have a form
> > for people to fill out before coming.  It should ask for *all* the
> > details of their system (what cards, what brands, what configurations,
> > what monitor (max hsync, max vsync, max dot clock), IRQs, dma usage,
> > hard disk (chs, partition table, brand, ...) ...).  If they come with
> > enough info, it'll make the installations more foolproof, less risky,
> > and make installing X easier (and safer).
I dont beleive most newbies will be able to provide *all* of the details,
espacially the X related ones.

Ors.



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