Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:35:11 +0200 From: Udo Erdelhoff <ue@nathan.ruhr.de> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please review: new handbook chapter on serial install Message-ID: <20021018063510.GB74874@nathan.internal> In-Reply-To: <20021018003454.A20983@sumuk.de> References: <20021015195849.GA76747@nathan.internal> <20021017210306.GA74874@nathan.internal> <20021018003454.A20983@sumuk.de>
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Hi, On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:34:54AM +0200, Martin Heinen wrote: > > + only change is the addition of a > > + <filename>boot.config</filename> file on the boot floppy. The > > It's common handbook style, but why tell the reader that boot.config > is file if we already markup <filename>boot.config</filename>? <filename>boot.config</filename> (that should be /boot.config) does not look that much different from <varname>boot.config</varname> in the output with the current docbook.css. > UFS file system doubles 'file system'. UFS partition might be a > better choice. Partition is for DOS :) I agree about the duplication part, I'll just replace UFS by standard here. > > + <step> > > + <para>Connect your serial console to the new FreeBSD system, > > + just as explained above.</para> > > Above might be far away, it should be link to the appropriate section > or completely left out (the link already appeared above). About 600-700 lines of SGML source. One of the references I missed > > + <para>After a while, you should see activity on your serial > > + console, probably the <quote>spiner</quote>, followed by the > > s!spiner!spinner! as noted by Giorgos :-) Grr, still spelled that word wrong on the second try (but at least it's a different mistake this time). > > +4 ...................... FreeBSD system console (monochrome). > > + > ^^^^^^^^ > Is there really a blank line? Yup - and I have no clue why. > > + <para>In order to allow log-ins over the serial console, a > > + &man.getty.8; must be running on the > > + <devicename>ttyd0</devicename>. To do this, select > > + <literal>Configuration</literal>, then > > + <literal>TTYs</literal>, and change the settings for > > We could markup Configuration and TTYs with <menuentry> > or <guimenuitem>. Well, sysinstall is anything but graphical user interface, so menuentry is the better choice. /s/Udo -- "When faced with a choice between evils, I always pick the one I haven't tried before." -- Mae West To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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