On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 11:21:33 -0600, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 11:03, David Curry wrote: > > > >>Yes, but there is no imstructions for how it is to be done or at least > > >>telling people that when you go to burn a iso image your software > > >>should have a option of .iso extension . > > > > > > >There should at least be a hint that you do not treat the image > > >like a file that is copied to a cd in the usual way. > > > > > > > > The only problem I see here is for non-English speakers who struggle > > with understanding material written in English. > > OK, I guess most of the Windows users I know in the US have a problem > with English. Maybe there is a special dialect that they use. Who said anything about users in the US? Or are those the only people that this list is meant to help? There are a lot of people all over the world who want to use linux. You can even install Fedora in swahili. > > > The web page referenced > > above has plenty of pointers that people need to download ISO images. > > There is a page section heading in large bolded text that reads, "Write > > files to media" which is followed by > > > > "Note: ISO images are not written to CDs/DVDs the same way as files." > > "If you are already running Fedora Core, refer to CD-Rs and CD-RWs for > > instructions on using cdrecord to burn ISOs to CD." > > This is one of those theory-vs.-practice things. In theory, you might > expect that to generate a working CD. In practice it doesn't as easily > determined by the number of failures mentioned on the mailing list > and in my case by windows users asking why their CD's won't install. > > > But, in my opinion most English speakers posting > > such messages are individuals who are prone to try "winging it" and > > haven't bothered to undertake even the most cursory preparatory research. > > Yes, if they weren't this type, they wouldn't be installing Linux for > the first time on their own. And the exceptional thing about the ones > you've seen is that they managed to get on the mailing list and post > the question. That's probably a very small percentage of the actual > failures. You have to write the instructions for the intended > audience. Commercial companies often hire specialized technical writers > just to deal with the problem that first-time users rarely do what > an experienced developer expects them to do. And they sometimes revise > their documentation when informed by the support department that > errors from certain misconceptions are happening all the time. > > -- > Les Mikesell > les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Dotan Cohen http://EnglishLirics.com/ http://Song-Lirics.com/
