[plug] RE: Feedback: [newbie] Helping The Mandrake folks with feedback

[Russell Hobman]

> Goodaye John, I have just bought a Mandrake 8.0 PowerPak and have been
> reading the documentation on how to set it up on my PC. I have a few
> suggestions for the documentation as I have written below as I am still
> confused over how to set up some aspects of Linux.
> 
> 1. the setup menu could do with an option for a single user/desktop PC
> environment.
> 2. the instructions to make and use a boot floppy disk are unclear.
> 3. it is not clear how to set up raid and reiserfs over two HDD's
> 4. I am planning to run windows under M8 through win4lin, not a dual boot
> system - do I still need fat32 partitions?
> 5. if I install windows through win4lin/linux do they make use of fat32 or
> reiserfs format?
> 6. does the reiserfs and raid work with windows files in this case or just
> native M8?
> 7. can windows running under win4lin read windows programs/files installed
> on Linux partitions or other fat 32 disk?
> 8. the naming convention for Linux partitions/directories is unclear.
> i.e.. is Boot the same as Root?
> 9. it is unclear on the space to allocate to each partition for Linux to
> operate satisfactory and what space left to install other software.
> 10. can Mandrake 8 boot automatically for me after a power failure or do I
> have to be right there to set everything up again?
> 
> john, could you add these issues to your list and if anyone could help
> clarify any of these points it would be much appreciated. regards,
> Russell. 
> 
>  --- John Rigby <rigby at fablor.com> wrote: > From: John Rigby
> <rigby at fablor.com>
> > Organisation: Fablor
> > To: "Newbie" <newbie at linux-mandrake.com>
> > Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 15:47:58 +1000
> > Subject: [newbie] Helping The Mandrake folks with feedback
> > 
> > Hi folks,  I just posted YAPL and realised that it might just sound
> unappreciative.  Certainly not the case.  It is the GNU world of  Linux
> and Mandrake that restores my faith in humanity every day after reading
> the News Of The World!   
> > 
> > With all of this in mind, I would like to ask the other REAL Newbies  (
> *non-commandliners*) on the list to send me the "gotchas" that
> caught/catch them when starting out and I will put them into a report
> that I am writing for Mandrake to help others along the way.
> > 
> > It can be done! We can escape that other one!  AND take others with  us!
> :-)  
> > > -- 
> > Cheers, John
> > 
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> >