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[Paul W. Frields]

On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 10:45:06AM -0600, Mike McGrath wrote:
> On Thu, 4 Feb 2010, Adam Pribyl wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, 3 Feb 2010, Mike McGrath wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 2 Feb 2010, Máirín Duffy wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 17:18 -0500, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> > > > > On Tue, Feb 02, 2010 at 04:22:58PM -0500, Paul W. Frields wrote:
> > > > > > For right now, entries on
> > > > > >
> > > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora (in the "See All" list)
> > > > > > http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all (in the "Let me look
> > > > > > around" list)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ...would seem right to me, for a start.
> > > > > >
> > > > > If so, better get mizmo in the loop as that isn't part of her mockup for
> > > > > the
> > > > > next iteration of the site.
> > > >
> > > > I think maybe we should decide where to put it based on which users we
> > > > think would make use of it.
> > > >
> > > > So tell me a bit about the kind of folks who would use boot.fpo? Are
> > > > these mostly more technical users (I'm guessing?) Why would they choose
> > > > to use boot.fpo rather than use a liveCD or DVD? What kinds of scenarios
> > > > are they using it in?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Anyone with network access could use it.  I think generally though right
> > > now we're targeting people with fast, solid internet connections.  I don't
> > > really think the experience level matters much as there's not much to this
> > > but if it fails I suspect troubleshooting will be odd for new users.
> >
> > Well I've read the FAQ twice, but it is not obvious to me what this is. Do I
> > understand correctly this is CD that downloads at the beginning the menu from
> > net and then starts the usuall network install of selected system? Or does the
> > menu entries start the pxeboot that loads an installation system from network
> > as usuall pxe system boot? (Also it is not very obvious what to do with
> > bfo.usb image..)
> >
> 
> I figured those who don't know how to use the usb image would follow the
> FAQ which explicitly directs people to use the iso.  And your
> understanding is correct.  Does the screen shot on the main page help?

Mike, as a former (and still in spirit) Docs guy, I thought the
explanations could be clearer, but it doesn't seem right[1] to
automatically lay an editing task on you as an Infrastructure guy to
spend a lot of time on them.  If you're OK with it, I can make a git
branch to try rewriting the text a bit, and then you and others can
take a look.  If you like them, merge them in.

I'll try to do that this weekend.

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[1] Sadly, I realized I had written "write" instead of "right" here at
    first.  Nice one, "Docs guy"!  Woo!  Now about that branch...

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