Date: Sun, 1 Jul 2007 00:42:20 GMT From: minimarmot@gmail.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/114181: nit in handbook/install chapter (number of release ISO's) Message-ID: <200707010042.l610gKmB002277@prolepsis.scs.uiuc.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <200707010050.l610o4ea097910@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 114181 >Category: docs >Synopsis: nit in handbook/install chapter (number of release ISO's) >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 00:50:03 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: The handbook unequivocially decrees that the project makes available two CDROM images as part of each release. This isn't really true, though -- for one thing, there are N images <em>per architecture</em>. Additionally, we have a miniinst.iso as well as disc1 and disc2. Ken Smith recently noted that the amd64 monthly snapshots have been overflowing disc1 (without packages), so I don't know if that will push out a disc 3 as well. >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 @@ -4212,8 +4236,9 @@ <sect2 id="install-cdrom"> <title>Creating an Installation CDROM</title> - <para>As part of each release, the FreeBSD project makes available two - CDROM images (<quote>ISO images</quote>). These images can be written + <para>As part of each release, the FreeBSD project makes available + at least two CDROM images (<quote>ISO images</quote>) per + supported architecture. These images can be written (<quote>burned</quote>) to CDs if you have a CD writer, and then used to install FreeBSD. If you have a CD writer, and bandwidth is cheap, then this is the easiest way to install FreeBSD.</para> >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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