From owner-freebsd-net Fri Oct 12 3: 3:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx0.grolier.fr (relay.grolier.fr [194.158.96.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC4CA37B403; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 03:03:09 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hautmedoc.dockes.com (bas30-235.idf.w.club-internet.fr [212.194.14.235]) by mx0.grolier.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 15BC3C2FD; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:03:07 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from dockes@localhost) by hautmedoc.dockes.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id f9CA37p10022; Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:03:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from dockes) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 12:03:07 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200110121003.f9CA37p10022@hautmedoc.dockes.com> From: Jean-Francois Dockes To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org Subject: Updated 'diskless operation' section for the handbook X-Mailer: VM 6.95 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I recently configured a diskless FreeBSD machine, and I found the handbook section to be outdated to the point of irrelevance. I wrote an updated version, which I hereby submit for review, as suggested by the documentation project 'Submitting documentation' section. I hope that the text is mostly technically correct. At least, the things I describe work for me, with a 4.4-STABLE system, using the standard rc files, and they are consistent with any recent information I could find on the subject. In any case it can't be *less* helpful than the old, netboot based, version. The text will certainly require some amount of translation from 'french english' to the real thing, and a lot of style editing. The document can be found at http://perso.wanadoo.fr/dockes/patches/diskless.html 'chapter.sgml', in the same directory, has the docbook source. I am eagerly waiting for comments. Jean-Francois Dockes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message