Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 08:32:57 +1000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Christoph Sold" <so@server.i-clue.de>, "Nik Clayton" <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Newbie Docs Message-ID: <001f01bfdbd0$a8d512c0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER> References: <37B38B12.A1E9D43C@gargoyle.apana.org.au> <20000620194349.A418@kilt.nothing-going-on.org> <3950F5E7.33134061@i-clue.de>
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Thats ancient history :) ..... I decided ages ago that the best way to get intelligible docs was to write them myself, so hence the "Pedantic FreeBSD" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Christoph Sold" <so@server.i-clue.de> To: "Nik Clayton" <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>; <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2000 3:05 AM Subject: Re: Newbie Docs > > > 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.. > > 2.2.1.1. Creating the Boot Floppies > > First, you have to create two BSD format boot floppies. Those floppies cannot > be created using standard DOS or windows tools. For more information, please > read the installation boot image information. > > To create the boot floppies... > > - Download both image files from the floppies directory of the FreeBSD FTP site > or your local mirror. Beware: Some versions of Netscape wreak havoc on those > images. [Explain how to get the images without ascii translation, or > auto-expansion through tools like netzip.] > > > > Just my $.05 > -Christoph Sold > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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