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Bug 47042 - Drafting a dynamic installation manual as per user needs.
Summary: Drafting a dynamic installation manual as per user needs.
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
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Reported: 2004-04-07 00:22 UTC by Amit Pansare
Modified: 2004-04-07 00:37 UTC (History)
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Description Amit Pansare 2004-04-07 00:22:49 UTC
Gentoo can be installed in many different ways and offers a lot of freedom and choices while installing. Sometimes installation manual can fall short of explaining things in more details to a very advanced user or give way too much information to a newbie.
I am wondering if it could be possible if we can create a dynamic installtion document. Ask few questions like:
1> Net connection? yes or no
2> What kind of net connection? cable/modem/adsl
..
Questions can go on regarding partitioning and asking if setup is for desktop or server, questiins can even be asked to give him set of USE flags, recommended CFLAGS... whatever we can think of. 

And an option to print the document directly from web. I guess that will solve lot of redundant questions being asked on forums and IRC.



Reproducible: Always
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Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-04-07 00:37:28 UTC
We have opted not to go this far, see 
http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/index.xml#faq