Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 12:42:15 +0200 (CEST) From: root@t-hosting.hu (Charlie Root) To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: www/103061: [patch] www/en/platforms/xbox.sgml Message-ID: <20060909104215.7796599D6CE@server.t-hosting.hu> Resent-Message-ID: <200609091050.k89AoIKJ084522@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 103061 >Category: www >Synopsis: [patch] www/en/platforms/xbox.sgml >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-www >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Sat Sep 09 10:50:18 GMT 2006 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Gabor Kovesdan >Release: FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p3 amd64 >Organization: n/a >Environment: System: FreeBSD server.t-hosting.hu 6.1-RELEASE-p3 FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE-p3 #0: Sat Aug 19 11:08:15 CEST 2006 root@server.t-hosting.hu:/usr/src/sys/amd64/compile/FREEBSD amd64 >Description: - Add ® after Xbox, where the word refers to the hardware itself - Fix indentation, new levels should indented by two extra spaces >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: --- xbox.sgml.diff begins here --- Index: www/en/platforms/xbox.sgml =================================================================== RCS file: /usr/cvs/www/en/platforms/xbox.sgml,v retrieving revision 1.8 diff -u -r1.8 xbox.sgml --- www/en/platforms/xbox.sgml 27 Aug 2006 15:45:26 -0000 1.8 +++ www/en/platforms/xbox.sgml 9 Sep 2006 10:38:21 -0000 @@ -9,54 +9,54 @@ <html> &header; -<h3>Introduction</h3> + <h3>Introduction</h3> -<p>FreeBSD/xbox is a port of FreeBSD which aims to run on Microsoft® - Xbox® systems. This project was started by <a - href="mailto:rink@FreeBSD.org">&a.rink;</a>, who did most of the patching - and coding. <a href="mailto:ed@fxq.nl">Ed Schouten</a> helped with - reviewing patches and he also provided details on certain Xbox - internals.</p> - -<h3>Status</h3> - -<p>FreeBSD/xbox is supported in FreeBSD 6-STABLE and FreeBSD 7-CURRENT. - The framebuffer, Ethernet, sound and USB devices - (such as an USB keyboard for the console) are all supported.</p> - -<p>In order to aid people in installing the FreeBSD/xbox port, a combined - install/livecd has been <a - href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027894.html">created</a>. - It is available <a - href="ftp://ftp.stack.nl/pub/freebsd-xbox/">here</a>.</p>; - -<h3>Booting FreeBSD-CURRENT kernels</h3> - -<p>In order to boot FreeBSD 7-CURRENT from CVS, you must have an up-to-date - version of the Linux/xbox BIOS, called Cromwell (failure will result in your - kernel crashing immediately after loading). A Cromwell with FreeBSD UFS - patches (this will make it able to load a kernel directly from an UFS file - system) is available in the ports tree at /usr/ports/sysutils/cromwell; it - can be flashed to the EEPROM using the /usr/ports/sysutils/raincoat port (as - long as your Xbox is below version 1.6).</p> - -<p><b>Note</b>: Several Xbox drives are known to reject certain types of media. - Should you experience random hangs, panics or corruption during installation, - try a different known-working DVD/CD-ROM.</p> - -<h3>Installing on the hard drive</h3> - -<p>You can do an installation using the Live CD's, but you will need to do - everything manually. It is suggested to prepare your disk using an FreeBSD/i386 - installation and set up the /boot/xboxlinux.cfg configuration - file yourself, so Cromwell can determine which kernel to load.</p> - -<h3>Links</h3> - -<ul> - <li><a href="http://www.xbox-linux.org/">The Linux Xbox project</a></li> - <li><a href="http://www.xbox-bsd.nl/">The FreeBSD/xbox project</a></li> -</ul> + <p>FreeBSD/xbox is a port of FreeBSD which aims to run on Microsoft® + Xbox® systems. This project was started by <a + href="mailto:rink@FreeBSD.org">&a.rink;</a>, who did most of the patching + and coding. <a href="mailto:ed@fxq.nl">Ed Schouten</a> helped with + reviewing patches and he also provided details on certain Xbox® + internals.</p> + + <h3>Status</h3> + + <p>FreeBSD/xbox is supported in FreeBSD 6-STABLE and FreeBSD 7-CURRENT. + The framebuffer, Ethernet, sound and USB devices + (such as an USB keyboard for the console) are all supported.</p> + + <p>In order to aid people in installing the FreeBSD/xbox port, a combined + install/livecd has been <a + href="http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-August/027894.html">created</a>. + It is available <a + href="ftp://ftp.stack.nl/pub/freebsd-xbox/">here</a>.</p>; + + <h3>Booting FreeBSD-CURRENT kernels</h3> + + <p>In order to boot FreeBSD 7-CURRENT from CVS, you must have an up-to-date + version of the Linux/xbox BIOS, called Cromwell (failure will result in your + kernel crashing immediately after loading). A Cromwell with FreeBSD UFS + patches (this will make it able to load a kernel directly from an UFS file + system) is available in the ports tree at /usr/ports/sysutils/cromwell; it + can be flashed to the EEPROM using the /usr/ports/sysutils/raincoat port (as + long as your Xbox® is below version 1.6).</p> + + <p><b>Note</b>: Several Xbox® drives are known to reject certain types of media. + Should you experience random hangs, panics or corruption during installation, + try a different known-working DVD/CD-ROM.</p> + + <h3>Installing on the hard drive</h3> + + <p>You can do an installation using the Live CD's, but you will need to do + everything manually. It is suggested to prepare your disk using an FreeBSD/i386 + installation and set up the /boot/xboxlinux.cfg configuration + file yourself, so Cromwell can determine which kernel to load.</p> + + <h3>Links</h3> + + <ul> + <li><a href="http://www.xbox-linux.org/">The Linux Xbox project</a></li> + <li><a href="http://www.xbox-bsd.nl/">The FreeBSD/xbox project</a></li> + </ul> &footer; </html> --- xbox.sgml.diff ends here --- >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> Reply-To: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org> X-send-pr-version: 3.113 X-GNATS-Notify:
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