From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 6 08:22:05 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD4EB1065674; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:22:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (ns0.blackend.org [82.227.222.164]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F4658FC17; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 08:22:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (gothic.blackend.org [192.168.1.203]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id o768M3m0086274; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:22:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: from gothic.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o768M2vJ001663; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:22:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@gothic.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by gothic.blackend.org (8.14.4/8.14.3/Submit) id o768M214001662; Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:22:02 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:22:02 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Johann Kois Message-ID: <20100806082202.GA1537@gothic.blackend.org> References: <201008060800.o7680BOK029774@freefall.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <201008060800.o7680BOK029774@freefall.freebsd.org> X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 8.0-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/149230: [handbook] Homepage is not correct, no boot floppy exist X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:22:05 -0000 On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 08:00:11AM +0000, Johann Kois wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/149230; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Johann Kois > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, nobody99@gmx.at > Cc: > Subject: Re: docs/149230: [handbook] Homepage is not correct, no boot floppy > exist > Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:57:54 +0000 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Not a website problem. Rather a problem of the handbook (the original, > meaning the English version). > > Root cause: > Automatic build of floppy images has been disabled starting with 8.0. > > See the following thread on the stable mailinglist for more information: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-May/056705.html > > Best way to proceed for the moment is probably to put a note into the > handbook "that you can still create floppy images under 8.0. But you > must do it manually". As the floppy images are still there for 7.X. > If you have time to work on this addition, please do it :) If not I'll do it with the rest of some updates I'm (and others like Glen Barber) working on for this chapter. -- Marc