From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 11 13:27:45 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: doc@FreeBSD.org 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 7FA6316A41F for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:27:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: from mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2800D43D46 for ; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:27:44 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org) Received: (qmail 21284 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2005 13:27:44 -0000 Received: from dsl092-078-145.bos1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO be-well.ilk.org) ([66.92.78.145]) (envelope-sender ) by mail26.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 11 Sep 2005 13:27:44 -0000 Received: by be-well.ilk.org (Postfix, from userid 1147) id 1459A2F; Sun, 11 Sep 2005 09:27:42 -0400 (EDT) Sender: lowell@be-well.ilk.org To: "Peter Leftwich" References: <14869.63.109.229.13.1126307829.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 11 Sep 2005 09:27:42 -0400 In-Reply-To: <14869.63.109.229.13.1126307829.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Message-ID: <44mzmjybsh.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 69 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Suggestions for www.freebsd.org and questions X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: doc@FreeBSD.org List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2005 13:27:45 -0000 "Peter Leftwich" writes: > Hi everyone. I was studying up on > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.4R/installation-i386.html > which I have at home on two CD-Rs and which I plan to install this > weekend - hhooot whoot!! > > Some suggestions for the freebsd.org webmaster. Perhaps others > might find these useful as well? > > [1] I think the URL above ought to have a sort of organized, list of > contents at the top such as > > 1.3 Topic1 > 1.4 Topic2 > 1.5 Topic-Or-FAQ-Question3... > > The list would be a Table of Contents at the beginning, with each > section **hyperlinked** for easier, faster knowledge transference. That sounds like a good idea, if done well. Sounds like a good way for you to contribute. > [2] I noticed that the links below are general instructions, but > maybe having two very similar documents throws off some people > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/index.html > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/install.html Um, that's the main index versus the installation chapter index. They kind of have to be separate; it's a hierarchy of topics. Maybe if you showed a suggestion, it would be clearer what you meant. > [2] Lastly, some background - I came to the site seeking general > install recommendations, such as about suggested mountpoints and > slices (partition) ideology and sizes. Has this been asked before? > I have a 200GB HDD and no definite plan about setting up slices and > dirs!! Ah. Another #2. Very tricky. :-) It depends on how you use it. Nobody's managed to come up with a description that covers everybody. Greg Lehey ("Complete FreeBSD") recommends not partitioning at all unless you have a specific reason otherwise. I do that on my laptop (or did, when my laptop had a functioning disk drive). I tend to partition specifically to make backups convenient. > [3] Disk space required? I realize the website gives minimum > recommendations such as 160mb and 24mb RAM for example. Is it a > good idea to set up an OS-only slice / bare minimum / then have a > separate slice for my binaries and XFree86? That's typically "/" vs. "/usr". Very common; the installer does that for you. > [4] FOUR is here as a great tip if you have not seen this page: > http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptops/index.pl great idea!! but > it would be neat if each 'datasheet' or 'lab report' if you will, > linked to the product listed at an official company URL e.g. > http://store.ibm.com/products.php?ThinkpadXYZ1000 That's not official documentation, but it does accept comments from anyone; you can add any links you think helpful. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/