From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 3 18:53:57 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2EDD216A4CE; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:53:57 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mta10.adelphia.net (mta10.adelphia.net [68.168.78.202]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8717D43D5C; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 18:53:56 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bob@a1poweruser.com) Received: from barbish ([69.172.31.81]) by mta10.adelphia.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.01 201-2131-118-101-20041129) with SMTP id <20050403185355.HDJF7277.mta10.adelphia.net@barbish>; Sun, 3 Apr 2005 14:53:55 -0400 From: To: "Giorgos Keramidas" , "Randy Pratt" Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 14:53:54 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20050403094323.GB75971@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 Importance: Normal cc: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org cc: dot.icabod@gmail.com Subject: New Freebsd Install Guide Available X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: bob@a1poweruser.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:53:57 -0000 YES there is something major wrong with the official handbook. The majority of the content is written like the reader already has good understanding of how FreeBSD works. It is not detailed enough for someone who has no previous experience with Unix like operating systems. The referenced Install guide gives clear step by step instructions. It only uses the sysinstall process to lay down the default operating system from cdrom. Then step by step instruction on which /etc conf files need to be edited and with what data needs to be added and why. It completely side steps the many un-documented sysinstall options as functions only necessary for advanced users. If you were current on the content of the handbook you will see that the handbooks complete section on firewalls has been replaced with the complete firewall section from the Install guide we are talking about. AND if you had accessed the Install guide you would have see that it is available to everyone for download and viewing on their own PC. It is public domain and the FreeBSD-Doc group can incorporate it into the handbook or make it a separate install guide for beginners. The FreeBSD Install Guide is mirrored at the following sites. http://freebsd.easyasthat.co.uk/ http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/fbsd_installguide/index.php http://freebsd.packards-home.net/index.php www.a1poweruser.com http://freebsdinfo.org/ http://freebsd.a1poweruser.com:6088/ http://freebsd.95mb.com/ -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Giorgos Keramidas Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:43 AM To: Randy Pratt Cc: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; dot.icabod@gmail.com Subject: Re: question On 2005-04-03 00:11, Randy Pratt wrote: >On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:30:13 -0500 >"fbsd_user" wrote: >> Reinstall from scratch using cd install disk. Keep trying until you >> get it correct. That's how you learn FreeBSD. >> >> Follow instructions from this url >> http://freebsd.easyasthat.co.uk/ > > Is there something wrong with the installation instructions at: > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.ht ml > > I keep seeing you recommend that site (yours?) as the instructions to > follow. It's ok. There may be very good bits there (I haven't had a chance to read the entire document yet), so it's not very bad to suggest using it. If there are parts that we could include in the official FreeBSD doc/ tree, that would be great too. So, if anyone has used the aforementioned guide and found parts that are not covered by the official docs, please mail either me directly or the freebsd-doc list. > If there's something lacking in the official instructions, wouldn't it > be better to update those so they get a proper peer review? Agreed. Updating the official documentation, where it lacks, seems like a good thing. - Giorgos _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"