[haiku-doc] Re: Installation docs with css and javascript

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> From: Humdinger <humdingerb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: haiku-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 1:34:34 PM
> Subject: [haiku-doc] Re: Installation docs with css and javascript
 
> I just committed the installation topic to SVN. Please have a look at it and 
> tell me if the direction is OK. I restructured a bit... You'll see that the 
> page 
> install-usb.html isn't part of the user guide. I think there are much overlap 
> to 
> install-raw.html. Both deal with installing a raw-image to a partition/USB 
> drive.
> Maybe you can try to unify these things.
> Also, when looking into the source of installation.html you'll find the last 
> two 
> topics commented out (The UserBuildConfig may be a candidate for another link 
> under "Compiling/Installing from source code"). Those are still part of other 
> topics. Maybe you can transplant them from there.

Hello, I've checked out your restructuring, and it looks good. My next steps:

Including USB install in the RAW page (I think different sections might apply, 
at least for the windows install?) The reason I separated these docs is because 
I wanted a clean and easy section for beginners. USB installing is the easiest 
method to install haiku right now, so I thought beginners could get lost when 
mixing up both methods (to partition or usb). So how do you see it... different 
sections on the same page, or a USB/Partition section for unixes and a 
different section for windows? I'm thinking, maybe I'll split it up like so:

- Flatten to partition (HD or USB) on Unix
- Flatten to partition (HD or USB) on Windows
- Copying to partition (BeOS and Haiku)
- Making bootable (if flattened to HD partition)
- Configuring GRUB will be linked to the new section in the Source stuff.

Now for the GRUB, Exchanging files to and from Haiku, and the UserBuildConfig. 
All these will eventually go on a separate topic, and all we'll have to do is 
link the correct documents to there. There are many ways of setting 
UserBuildConfig, so more than one way could be talked about (Quick and easy, 
Profiles etc). Btw, there is a doc that covers transferring files in the 
bfs_shell like in your Linux from source guide (the one you translated. Who is 
the author BTW? It's certainly not me :-). I will merge it with the existing 
one, and move the section to Exchanging files...

> As it only complicates things I'll keep my fingers from the whole 
> installation 
> topic for now so you can work undisturbed. If you need a second opinion on 
> things or would like to pass on some topic, don't hesitate to post on this 
> list.

Well I hope I'm helping you out. Since you seem to have been doing much, I'll 
try to releive you from a bit of work.

> To everyone else reading this: I don't know how much of these instruction 
> Philippe could verify, I at least have neither Mac nor Windows or a BeOS 
> capable 
> machine. So if anyone finds errors or better solutions, please let us know.

I've currently tested with success:
- Haiku to USB (Linux)
- Compiling/Building on Linux

I am currently testing the Compiling/Building on Mac OS X and have run into a 
problem. I'm looking into that and waiting for an answer. If corrections have 
to be made, I will do so.

I will test in future:
- Haiku to USB (Mac OS X) and add whatever info needs to be added to the docs.
- Haiku to USB (Windows XP on VirtualBox)

That's all I can do. I don't have BeOS so I wont be working with it.

Cheers,
Socapex_2K



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