Re: getting started - docbook

[Koen Kooi <k.kooi@student.utwente.nl>]

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David Farning schreef:
> On Mon, Oct 22, 2007 at 09:14:33AM +0200, Koen Kooi wrote:
>>> Would you it be useful if I cleaned up the wiki and converted it to
>>> docbook for inclusion in the manual? 
>> Yes! yes! YES!!!!
> 
> Ok, I'll start putting a drop in replacement for the existing getting
> started chapter based on my _limited_ experience, the gettingstarted
> wiki, and questions frequent questions in the users ML.
> 
> Time permitting, I will submit a draft on Monday.  Bob, thanks for the
> offer to proof read and test.
> 
> I am thinking about going through 4 basic steps
> 1. install
> 2. configure
> 3. build
> 4. test
> 
> I would like to use a concrete example that a user can build and
> test on qemu.  Do you have a recommendation for a good machine-distro
> combination that builds well and can show a potential user the capabilities of OE?

the qemuarm, qemux86, spitz and fic-gta01 machines have complete
hardware support in (patched) versions of qemu. DISTRO=angstrom-2007.1
would be the best choice for a distro.

regards,

Koen

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