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Re: Installation Party Summary
Or Sagi writes:
> > > 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.
I said "ask" for all, not "require" all. We ask for everything
needed, and we cope with what we get. Also, I don't mean to ask for
anything directly X related. More video hardware related, which if
they don't know it & can't figure it out, they should a) ask their
dealer to find out for them, and b) bring the manuals.
On a related topic, it'd be extremely useful to have various dos
probing programs available, such as something to display irq info,
maybe msd and/or Norton's sysinfo, etc.
BTW, this also goes for my other point, namely defrag & repartition
first. As with everything, some people will be able to, and some
people will run into problems. Maybe we should have 2 start times,
something like "Arrive at 9am, or at 8 if you haven't repartitioned
your disk yet". But, "Repartition if you can", seems reasonable, if
we organize a startup 1 hr (or so) intro to Linux lecture for while
people are defraging & repartitioning...
Harvey
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