6 Sep
2002
6 Sep
'02
10:20 a.m.
On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Frederick Noronha wrote:
- Holding a few demos of various installs. Andrew asked: "Please let us know when you'll will demo an install." He underlined the need for handholding for new users to get past the partitioning stage.
ok, this is what I tried the last time I had to (and failed because of a faulty CD). I asked the audience how many had never used a computer before, or who had the least experience, and then asked that guy to come forward and install linux on the system.
I asked him to go ahead with what he thought was right, and to ask me if he had doubts. We proceeded well, right past the partitioning stage - with only three partitions (/ /boot and swap). The install froze during unpacking the packages because the CD had become damaged from being used so often.
We used redhat 7.2
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