On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:53 AM, Max Hetrick
<maxhetrick@verizon.net> wrote:
Max Hetrick wrote:
> Someone added a very bright disclaimer, so all should be good in the
> future. I do agree with others that using /dev/sdX would probably be
> wise as well in documentation, but that doesn't fix the true root of the
> problem. People really should watch cutting and pasting, or typing,
> commands on a Linux root without understanding what it is that the
> commands are doing.
>
> Is it possible you could help him with some basic Linux lessons then,
> and/or point him to some beginner material so this doesn't happen again.
>
> I just had a problem with blaming the author of a document, (I didn't
> even write it) when the user did not read the document. If he doesn't
> speak or read English well, then that doesn't help that, nor does adding
> warnings help either if he can't read English well.
>
> I'm not certain what languages the page has been translated to, but
> perhaps look into that for him as well. Or can you translate the page?
Sorry for posting that to the main list. I hit reply and didn't see that
the reply to was still set for the main list.