Max Hetrick wrote: > Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > > >> 1) The Title of the article says "How to Setup a Software RAID on CentOS 5" >> 2) My successor is a real HK bred and born person so his command of the >> English language is like most such persons; that is to say, very poor. >> 3) Regarding not letting him within ten feet of a production server, >> well, that is not my business anymore. When I was there, I was the lone >> ranger and so is my replacement. I guess it serves my previous boss >> right who felt he could just pick anybody of the street to replace >> because I only have high school education. Too bad he had to wait for >> over six months to get what he has now. >> 4) Max, I actually agree with you but hey, the world is not perfect. >> There will be clueless people given jobs they are not really suitable >> for but we cannot just tell them to get lost can we now? >> Posted too to centos-docs for any further discussion. >> > > 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. > Some rather explicit warnings or enough obfuscation could have made him come begging for help again rather leaving a major mess. > 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. > Have tried...I can only take that so far. Unfortunately, experience seems to be the most memorable teacher. > 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. > Bye bye data ought to be clear enough. I am just saying writers of HowTos should perhaps consider certain people that they are not targeting as possible readers. My incomplete vpopmail howto has no commands that will mess up a system whether package wise or data wise. > 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? > No can do. I am not a typical HK person. Not bred in Hong Kong (and therefore not racist like most locals) but bred in Sierra Leone. So I am illiterate in Chinese characters nevermind whether it is the traditional or simplified system. I cannot help out much with the local LUG. The few who do have a fair command of English are also the ones who help the others out - in Chinese. I will try asking them.