Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 13:14:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r41096 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install Message-ID: <201303051314.r25DEDR0083958@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: dru Date: Tue Mar 5 13:14:13 2013 New Revision: 41096 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/41096 Log: Remove reference to 7.x and make clear that floppies are only for pc98. Submitted by: hrs Approved by: gbj (mentor) Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml Tue Mar 5 11:04:56 2013 (r41095) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml Tue Mar 5 13:14:13 2013 (r41096) @@ -587,13 +587,12 @@ <sect2 id="install-boot-media"> <title>Prepare the Boot Media</title> - <para>The FreeBSD installation process is started by booting your + <para>The FreeBSD installation process is started by booting the computer into the FreeBSD installer—it is not a program you run - within another operating system. Your computer normally boots using - the operating system installed on your hard disk, but it can also be - configured to use a <quote>bootable</quote> floppy disk. - Most modern computers can also - boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive or from a USB disk.</para> + within another operating system. The computer normally boots + using the operating system installed on the hard disk, but it + can also be configured to boot from a CDROM or from a USB + disk.</para> <tip> <para>If you have FreeBSD on CDROM or DVD (either one you purchased @@ -718,43 +717,27 @@ </step> </procedure> - <para>To create boot floppy images, follow these steps:</para> + <para>To create the boot floppy images for a &os;/&arch.pc98; + installation, follow these steps:</para> <procedure> <step> <title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title> - <important> - <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>, floppy disk images are - no longer available. Please see above for instructions - on how to install &os; using a USB memory stick or just - use a CDROM or a DVD.</para> - </important> - - <para>The boot disks are available on your installation media - in the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory, and - can also be downloaded from the floppies directory, - <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable>arch</replaceable>/<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>. - Replace <replaceable>arch</replaceable> and - <replaceable>version</replaceable> - with the architecture and the version number - which you want to install, respectively. - For example, the boot floppy images for - &os;/&arch.i386; &rel2.current;-RELEASE are available - from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE/floppies/"></ulink>.</para>; - - <para>The floppy images have a <filename>.flp</filename> extension. - The <filename>floppies/</filename> directory contains a number of - different images, and the ones you will need to use depends on the - version of FreeBSD you are installing, and in some cases, the - hardware you are installing to. - In most cases you will need four - floppies, <filename>boot.flp</filename>, - <filename>kern1.flp</filename>, - <filename>kern2.flp</filename>, and - <filename>kern3.flp</filename>. Check - <filename>README.TXT</filename> in the same directory for the - most up to date information about these floppy images.</para> + <para>The &os;/&arch.pc98; boot disks + can be downloaded from the floppies directory, + <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/pc98/<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>. + Replace <replaceable>version</replaceable> with the + version number to install.</para> + + <para>The floppy images have a <filename>.flp</filename> + extension. <filename + class="directory">floppies/</filename> contains a number + of different images. Download + <filename>boot.flp</filename> as well as the number of + files associated with the type of installation, such as + <literal>kern.small*</literal> or + <literal>kern*</literal>.</para> <important> <para>Your FTP program must use <emphasis>binary mode</emphasis> @@ -768,7 +751,7 @@ <step> <title>Prepare the Floppy Disks</title> - <para>You must prepare one floppy disk per image file you had to + <para>Prepare one floppy disk per image file you had to download. It is imperative that these disks are free from defects. The easiest way to test this is to format the disks for yourself. Do not trust pre-formatted floppies. The format @@ -913,12 +896,12 @@ We can take no responsibility for lost d opportunity.</para> <note> - <para>For &os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>, installation - boot floppies are available and can be prepared as - described in <xref linkend="install-boot-media"/>. One of - them will be the first boot disc: - <filename>boot.flp</filename>. Put this disc in your - floppy drive and boot the computer.</para> + <para>For &os;/&arch.pc98;, installation boot floppies are + available and can be prepared as described in <xref + linkend="install-boot-media"/>. The first floppy + disc will contain <filename>boot.flp</filename>. Put + this floppy in the floppy drive to boot into the + installer.</para> </note> <para>If your computer starts up as normal and loads your existing @@ -3067,31 +3050,6 @@ Press [Enter] now to invoke an editor on the post-installation configuration.</para> </sect2> - <sect2 id="linuxcomp"> - <title>Linux Compatibility</title> - - <note> - <para>This part only applies to &os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> - installation, if you install &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable> - this screen will not be proposed.</para> - </note> - - <screen> User Confirmation Requested - Would you like to enable Linux binary compatibility? - - [ Yes ] No</screen> - - <para>Selecting &gui.yes; and pressing - <keycap>Enter</keycap> will allow - running Linux software on FreeBSD. The install will add - the appropriate packages for Linux compatibility.</para> - - <para>If installing by FTP, the machine will need to be connected to - the Internet. Sometimes a remote ftp site will not have all the - distributions like the Linux binary compatibility. This can - be installed later if necessary.</para> - </sect2> - <sect2 id="mouse"> <title>Mouse Settings</title> @@ -4473,11 +4431,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen> <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cu -l /dev/cuau0</userinput></screen> - <para>On &os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> use the following command - instead:</para> - - <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cu -l /dev/cuad0</userinput></screen> - </step> </procedure> @@ -4597,7 +4550,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen> off USB drives. It also supports booting into a <quote>livefs</quote> based rescue mode. The documentation packages are provided but no other - packages. This image is not available for &os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</entry> + packages.</entry> </row> <row> @@ -4642,14 +4595,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen> </tgroup> </table> - <note> - <para>&os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> releases before - &os; 7.3 and &os; 8.0 used a - different naming convention. The names of their ISO - images are not prefixed with - <literal>&os;-</literal>.</para> - </note> - <para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> download one of either the <literal>bootonly</literal> ISO image, or the image of <literal>disc1</literal>. Do not download
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