Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 00:53:50 GMT From: minimarmot@gmail.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/114182: SLIP is super-ultra-modern (handbook/install chapter) Message-ID: <200707010053.l610roYc002379@prolepsis.scs.uiuc.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <200707010100.l6110BX5098741@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 114182 >Category: docs >Synopsis: SLIP is super-ultra-modern (handbook/install chapter) >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sun Jul 01 01:00:11 GMT 2007 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Ben Kaduk >Release: FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT i386 >Organization: >Environment: System: FreeBSD prolepsis.scs.uiuc.edu 7.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT #1: Sun Apr 1 16:59:00 UTC 2007 kaduk@prolepsis.scs.uiuc.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 >Description: There is a subsection of ``Advanced Installation'' on installing over a network. This subsection describes methods for SLIP, PPP, and Ethernet networking. We sound rather archaic if we lead off the list with the (in the words of Murray Stokely) super cutting-edge SLIP protocol. >How-To-Repeat: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html >Fix: --- chapter.sgml.orig Sat Jun 30 17:15:48 2007 +++ chapter.sgml Sat Jun 30 17:23:11 2007 @@ -4569,9 +4594,34 @@ <tertiary>Ethernet</tertiary> </indexterm> <para>There are three types of network installations available. - Serial port (SLIP or PPP), Parallel port (PLIP (laplink cable)), - or Ethernet (a standard Ethernet controller (includes some - PCMCIA)).</para> + Ethernet (a standard Ethernet controller), Serial port + (SLIP or PPP), or Parallel port (PLIP (laplink cable)).</para> + + <para>For the fastest possible network installation, an + Ethernet adapter is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most + common PC Ethernet cards; a table of supported cards (and their + required settings) is provided in the Hardware Notes for each + release of FreeBSD. If you are using one of the supported PCMCIA + Ethernet cards, also be sure that it is plugged in + <emphasis>before</emphasis> the laptop is powered on! FreeBSD does + not, unfortunately, currently support hot insertion of PCMCIA cards + during installation.</para> + + <para>You will also need to know your IP address on the network, + the netmask value for your address class, and the name of your + machine. If you are installing over a PPP connection and do not + have a static IP, fear not, the IP address can be dynamically + assigned by your ISP. Your system administrator can tell you + which values to use for your particular network setup. If you + will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address, + you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a + gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address) + to use in talking to it. If you want to install by FTP via a + HTTP proxy, you will also need the proxy's address. + If you do not know the answers to all or most of these questions, + then you should really probably talk to your system administrator + or ISP <emphasis>before</emphasis> trying this type of + installation.</para> <para>The SLIP support is rather primitive, and limited primarily to hard-wired links, such as a serial cable running between a @@ -4604,32 +4654,6 @@ over the parallel port is much higher than what is typically possible over a serial line (up to 50 kbytes/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation.</para> - - <para>Finally, for the fastest possible network installation, an - Ethernet adapter is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most - common PC Ethernet cards; a table of supported cards (and their - required settings) is provided in the Hardware Notes for each - release of FreeBSD. If you are using one of the supported PCMCIA - Ethernet cards, also be sure that it is plugged in - <emphasis>before</emphasis> the laptop is powered on! FreeBSD does - not, unfortunately, currently support hot insertion of PCMCIA cards - during installation.</para> - - <para>You will also need to know your IP address on the network, - the netmask value for your address class, and the name of your - machine. If you are installing over a PPP connection and do not - have a static IP, fear not, the IP address can be dynamically - assigned by your ISP. Your system administrator can tell you - which values to use for your particular network setup. If you - will be referring to other hosts by name rather than IP address, - you will also need a name server and possibly the address of a - gateway (if you are using PPP, it is your provider's IP address) - to use in talking to it. If you want to install by FTP via a - HTTP proxy, you will also need the proxy's address. - If you do not know the answers to all or most of these questions, - then you should really probably talk to your system administrator - or ISP <emphasis>before</emphasis> trying this type of - installation.</para> <sect3> <title>Before Installing via NFS</title> --------- Unless something got lost in PR-land, this is all I've got in terms of minor grammar and style corrections for the install chapter. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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