Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:23:53 +0200 From: Martin Karlsson <mk-freebsd@bredband.net> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: should the docs cater to 5 or 4? or both? Message-ID: <20030408232353.GA586@c-49c170d5.bredbandsbolaget.se>
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Hi, I'm doing some work on the handbook, section 12.6 (floppy disks), and I have some questions: Should I describe the methods (for formatting floppies, for example) applicable to 4-RELEASE or 5-RELEASE? Or both? I notice that the handbook states that it "covers [...] use of FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE", but at the same time, there are lots of references such as "Note: In FreeBSD 5.0, devfs(5) will automatically manage device nodes in /dev, so use of MAKEDEV is not necessary.". Taking fdformat(1) and low-level formatting of floppies as an example, in 4.8 one appends the size to the floppy device node (/dev/fd0.1440) while in 5.0 one uses the -f flag, with a value from fdcontrol(8). Which method should be described? Thanks for reading, and best regards, -- Martin Karlsson
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