From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 22 17: 1:18 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (static98.conference.usenix.org [209.179.127.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B137237BAC7; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 17:01:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nik@nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk) Received: (from nik@localhost) by nothing-going-on.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA01874; Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:50:41 GMT (envelope-from nik) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 20:50:39 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: Christoph Sold Cc: Nik Clayton , Doug Young , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Docs Message-ID: <20000622205038.A640@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> References: <37B38B12.A1E9D43C@gargoyle.apana.org.au> <20000620194349.A418@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <3950F5E7.33134061@i-clue.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3950F5E7.33134061@i-clue.de>; from so@server.i-clue.de on Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:05:43PM +0200 Organization: FreeBSD Project Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 07:05:43PM +0200, Christoph Sold wrote: > Nik Clayton wrote: > > On Fri, Aug 13, 1999 at 01:03:49PM +1000, Doug Young wrote: > > > One thing I would like to see in the newbie documentation area is really > > > detailed step by step info on making installation floppies. [snip] > > > > Could you take a look at section 2.2.1.1 of the Handbook, titled > > "Creating the Boot Floppies", and let me know what you think of that? > > > > You should find it at > > > > http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/install-guide.html > > > > If those instructions are not sufficiently clear, could you explain the > > problems you're having, so that we can make them clearer. > > Make it more clear standard DOS/Win procedures cannot be used, just like.. [...] I'm just about to commit a re-write of this section. It should be on the website within about 12 hours. Let me know what you think. N -- Internet connection, $19.95 a month. Computer, $799.95. Modem, $149.95. Telephone line, $24.95 a month. Software, free. USENET transmission, hundreds if not thousands of dollars. Thinking before posting, priceless. Somethings in life you can't buy. For everything else, there's MasterCard. -- Graham Reed, in the Scary Devil Monastery To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message