Bug 16426
Summary: | online docs still talk about Gnome and KDE workstations setups | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | borgia |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Sandra Moore <smoore> |
Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 7.1 | CC: | adstrong |
Target Milestone: | --- | ||
Target Release: | --- | ||
Hardware: | i386 | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2000-12-12 21:42:12 UTC | Type: | --- |
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oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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Description
borgia
2000-08-17 11:10:51 UTC
The documentation is apparently incorrect for this screen - the GNOME and KDE workstation options are presented later. Just choose workstation and continue through the install. This is RC2 and the online help in that screen still makes the distinction. Very confusing for non betatesters (i.e., nearly everybody). If the online docs are incorrect (I haven't had a chance to check it out), we will have to wait and correct it for the next release. However, the docs that I sent to Matt were corrected to show that GNOME and KDE were not choices anymore and said the following: (in SGML so bare with it here) <sect1 id="s1-help-screens-instpath"> <title>Install Options</title> <para> How do you want to install &RHL;? </para> <para> A full installation will destroy any previously saved information on the selected partitions. </para> <para> An upgrade will preserve existing &RHL; system data. </para> <para> If you want to perform a full installation, you must choose the class (or type) of the installation. Your options are: Workstation, Server, or Custom. </para> <para> If you don't know which installation class you want, read the following very carefully. </para> <para> <command>Please note:</command> In addition to the installation methods mentioned below, &RHL; can also be installed "within" an already existing FAT (DOS/Windows) partition. This "partitionless" installation method is selected once you label a DOS partition as <command>/</command> during the <application>Disk Druid</application> partitioning screen. It overrides the automatic partition deletion used in workstation-class installations. </para> <para> Workstation-class installations will install the X Window System and the desktop manager of your choice. <emphasis>A workstation-class installation removes any Linux-related partitions on all installed hard drives (and uses all free unpartitioned disk space).</emphasis> All non-Linux-related partitions will be left untouched, and you will be able to boot other installed operating systems, in addition to &RH;, after the installation. </para> <para> If you want your system to function as a Linux-based server, and you don't want to heavily customize your system configuration or install the X Window System, a server-class installation is most appropriate. <emphasis>A server-class installation removes ALL existing partitions on ALL installed hard drives, so choose this installation class only if you're sure you have nothing you want saved!</emphasis> This includes ALL partitions in use by other operating systems. <emphasis>ALL drives will be erased -- we're not kidding!</emphasis> </para> <para> Only the custom-class installation gives you complete flexibility. During a custom-class installation, it is up to <emphasis>you</emphasis> how disk space should be partitioned. You have complete control over the packages that will be installed on your system. You can also determine whether you'll use LILO to boot your system. Unless you have prior Linux experience, you should not select the custom-class installation method. </para> <para> For more information concerning the differences among workstation-, server-, and custom-class installations, please refer to the &RHLIG;. </para> </sect1> Why it wasn't updated ... I don't know, but I have the above in SGML in the install-help/help-screens.sgml file in CVS. --sam |