From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Oct 17 5:18: 7 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 929C437B401 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:18:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.ruhr.de (in-ruhr4.ruhr.de [212.23.134.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3BFCB43E7B for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 05:15:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ue@nathan.ruhr.de) Received: (qmail 9487 invoked by uid 10); 17 Oct 2002 12:14:46 -0000 Received: from nathan.internal (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nathan.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id g9HCGvp7060994; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:16:57 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ue@nathan.internal) Received: (from ue@localhost) by nathan.internal (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id g9HCGvct060993; Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:16:57 +0200 (CEST) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:16:57 +0200 From: Udo Erdelhoff To: Giorgos Keramidas Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Please review: new handbook chapter on serial install Message-ID: <20021017121656.GI76747@nathan.internal> Mail-Followup-To: Giorgos Keramidas , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org References: <20021015195849.GA76747@nathan.internal> <20021017111934.GD14331@hades.hell.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20021017111934.GD14331@hades.hell.gr> 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 Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 02:19:35PM +0300, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On 2002-10-15 21:58, Udo Erdelhoff wrote: > > + modified boot floppy. The easiest solution (and the only one > > + described in this chapter) is to create a modified boot floppy > > + because this can be done with the on-board tools of a standard > > + installation. [...] > > I'd probably prefer "system tools" instead of "on-board tools". the precise variant would be 'with the tools that are available on a standard system' or even 'with the tools that are available on a &os; system after a standard installation'. > > + After a while, you should see activity on your serial > > + console, probably the sppiner, followed by the > > + usual start messages from the kernel. > > `spinner' perhaps? What is this supposed to mean? Are you referring > to the spinning character that is visible right before the kernel boots? Exactly - is there another, 'official' name for the thing? > > + Fixit menu. Just type echo -P > > + > /boot.config, exit the shell, quit > > I usually prefer seeing commands in elements, that stand out > a lot better than in running text. The tags are > more fit imho for marking up command names that have to be seen as > part of a sentence instead of literal terminal output. My suggestion > for this part would something like: > > &prompt.root; echo -P > /boot.config Followed by another line with the exit and some rewording to avoid having a sentence interrupted by a screen element. Those are hell for any translator... /s/Udo -- If Bill Gates had a dime for every time a Windows box crashed... ...Oh, wait a minute, he already does. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message