From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Oct 17 23:40: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E555C37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.ruhr.de (in-ruhr4.ruhr.de [212.23.134.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 82AF543E9E for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 23:40:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ue@nathan.ruhr.de) Received: (qmail 11990 invoked by uid 10); 18 Oct 2002 06:40:03 -0000 Received: from nathan.internal (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nathan.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9I6ZBp7084888 for ; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:35:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ue@nathan.internal) Received: (from ue@localhost) by nathan.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9I6ZBBp084887 for freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:35:11 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:35:11 +0200 From: Udo Erdelhoff To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Please review: new handbook chapter on serial install Message-ID: <20021018063510.GB74874@nathan.internal> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20021015195849.GA76747@nathan.internal> <20021017210306.GA74874@nathan.internal> <20021018003454.A20983@sumuk.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021018003454.A20983@sumuk.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, On Fri, Oct 18, 2002 at 12:34:54AM +0200, Martin Heinen wrote: > > + only change is the addition of a > > + boot.config 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 boot.config? boot.config (that should be /boot.config) does not look that much different from boot.config 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. > > + > > + Connect your serial console to the new FreeBSD system, > > + just as explained above. > > 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 > > + After a while, you should see activity on your serial > > + console, probably the spiner, 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. > > + In order to allow log-ins over the serial console, a > > + &man.getty.8; must be running on the > > + ttyd0. To do this, select > > + Configuration, then > > + TTYs, and change the settings for > > We could markup Configuration and TTYs with > or . 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