Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:46:26 +0900 (JST) From: Ryusuke SUZUKI <ryusuke@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Release version information in the installation page. Message-ID: <20110329.184626.189690266.ryusuke@jp.FreeBSD.org>
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----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar_29_18_46_26_2011_835)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, freebsd-doc@ I would like to update the release version infomation in the FreeBSD Handbook installation page (doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml). How about the follwing patch? Regards, Ryusuke diff -u -r1.420 chapter.sgml --- chapter.sgml 22 Feb 2011 20:57:42 -0000 1.420 +++ chapter.sgml 28 Mar 2011 15:13:20 -0000 @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ <title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title> <important> - <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are + <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.X, floppy disk images are no longer available. Please see above for instructions on how to install &os; using a USB memory stick or just use a CDROM or a DVD.</para> @@ -4369,11 +4369,11 @@ <para>From the &os; system where is saved the installation ISO image, for example - <filename>&os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename>, + <filename>&os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename>, use the &man.tar.1; utility to extract all the files:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput> -&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -C <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable> -pxvf &os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</userinput></screen> +&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -C <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable> -pxvf &os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</userinput></screen> <para>Now you must set the installation media to boot into a serial console. You have to add to the @@ -4389,7 +4389,7 @@ used:</para> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkisofs -v -b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot -r -J -V "<replaceable>Headless_install</replaceable>" \ - -o <replaceable>Headless-</replaceable>&os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput></screen> + -o <replaceable>Headless-</replaceable>&os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput></screen> <para>Now that you have your ISO image configured correctly, you can burn it on a CD-R with your favorite burning @@ -4553,8 +4553,7 @@ off USB drives. It also supports booting into a <quote>livefs</quote> based rescue mode. The documentation packages are provided but no other - packages. This image is not available for &os; 7.3 - and earlier.</entry> + packages. This image is not available for &os; 7.X.</entry> </row> <row> @@ -4570,7 +4569,7 @@ <entry>A CD image with as many third-party packages as would fit on the disc. This image is not - available for &os; 8.0 and later.</entry> + available for &os; 8.X.</entry> </row> <row> @@ -4578,7 +4577,7 @@ <entry>Another CD image with as many third-party packages as would fit on the disc. This image is - not available for &os; 8.0 and later.</entry> + not available for &os; 8.X.</entry> </row> <row> @@ -4600,7 +4599,7 @@ <note> <para>&os; 7.X releases before &os; 7.3 and - &os; 8.X releases before &os; 8.1 used a + &os; 8.0 used a different naming convention. The names of their ISO images are not prefixed with <literal>&os;-</literal>.</para> ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar_29_18_46_26_2011_835)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk2RqnIACgkQG5rRvmPSlyQx/ACg2ve53yw72Ph+zH6s4zBOvQJQ +OsAn2GziEa4wD9c/GgTgTKoFLtCO58k =3iAg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar_29_18_46_26_2011_835)----
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