From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 22 17:53:38 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 259A116A41F for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:53:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wisher21@gmail.com) Received: from zproxy.gmail.com (zproxy.gmail.com [64.233.162.193]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A92DB43D5F for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:53:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wisher21@gmail.com) Received: by zproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id m7so1713857nzf for ; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:53:30 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type; b=jniP+w3NZ579bf8Wg+SN+BLHvM3aHqtRwgexufopmMT3kQp/cL1cjsU/LcBnbQR7Cb14EYhmmIAW4G50TPTAh3ZQZzsD3ArxzVzyEaZGI6py8nktO0mo0dYJxsSDhUVqQ4CMj8Q8YntVrtCM8Ph44XqRRbwN/Z5FMCD6Jz5/Uxk= Received: by 10.65.186.13 with SMTP id n13mr4762182qbp; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:53:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.153.17 with HTTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:53:29 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <57aea3040511220953m7f7b42e7qcc26536680d1a481@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 11:53:29 -0600 From: Ben Racine To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Suggestion to update the installation guide. X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 17:53:38 -0000 I've only been using FreeBSD for a few months here, but in that time I've gained a good deal of experience with it and I've truly appreciated how nice it's been to work with in general. However, I did have some issues with a full installation when I first got started, which I detailed here: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/htdig/freebsd-hackers/2005-September/01373= 0.html Now, the installation guide doesn't cover how to actually perform a full installation from a DOS partition with the newer 2 CD installation, and I can definitely see some situations where it's necessary to install this way, as I've run into them myself. I would like to contribute to the project in this small way, and submit an updated installation guide subsection which explains how to perform the equivalent of a full cd installation from a DOS partition. The easiest way to do this is to: Extract the ISO images for both of the cds and merge them both into one tre= e Modify the cdrom.inf and INDEX files appropriately My question is, at this point, I know what I'd like to do, however, I'm still rather new at this all. I would like to contribute this to the community, and I'd be happy to submit an appropriately modified cdrom.inf, INDEX file, and updated guide for performing a full DOS installation. Would this viewed as appropriate, and if so, how do I go about this? I know that personally, having this information included would have saved me many hours of guesswork. What do I need to do and where should I direct this? Thank you, Ben Racine