From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 17 21:18:42 2004 Return-Path: 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 023AE16A4CF; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:18:42 +0000 (GMT) Received: from a.mail.sonic.net (a.mail.sonic.net [64.142.16.245]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E29F943D53; Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:18:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from bmah@freebsd.org) Received: from [192.168.0.27] (dns.packetdesign.com [65.192.41.10]) (authenticated bits=0) by a.mail.sonic.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i7HLIeAF030306 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:18:41 -0700 From: "Bruce A. Mah" To: Tom Rhodes In-Reply-To: <20040817170850.7f27608a@localhost> References: <20040818.002504.07648782.hrs@eos.ocn.ne.jp> <20040817113649.0c60a790@localhost> <1092761125.864.22.camel@localhost.kitchenlab.org> <20040817130822.142f72e5@localhost> <1092767220.864.43.camel@localhost.kitchenlab.org> <20040817170850.7f27608a@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-vG+6Oju+PcTUqyUFv/zu" Message-Id: <1092777444.864.54.camel@localhost.kitchenlab.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 14:17:24 -0700 cc: "Bruce A. Mah" cc: Hiroki Sato cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: TODO items for 5.3R X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 21:18:42 -0000 --=-vG+6Oju+PcTUqyUFv/zu Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 14:08, Tom Rhodes wrote: > > I was toying around about a year ago with a way to make a doc CD-ROM > > that had renderings of the entire doc tree. Last time I hauled it out = a > > few months ago, it mostly worked. It's in doc/release. Not sure if > > this is interesting or useful. >=20 > The only problem with this is that OpenBoot needs to be explicitly > informed about a bootable disc. Of course, that doesn't stop > companies like BSDMall for example, from shipping a little card > for this architecture. Ah, sorry, I meant that the "doc disk" would *only* have the data on it. Think of a CD-ROM with a bunch of HTML, PDF, etc. files on it. =20 I was thinking that someone would be able to burn a "doc disk" CD-ROM, and presto, they'd have an off-line Handbook. Obviously they need something to view the files, but this eliminates the need for them to have network access. Bruce. --=-vG+6Oju+PcTUqyUFv/zu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBInXk2MoxcVugUsMRAkZuAKCgnmpRd1cdW/ZfxH6FioiBrQzcFgCgpXcZ 0zxTKrstxzlDnpAKUxZx+fI= =7wyQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-vG+6Oju+PcTUqyUFv/zu--