From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Tue Dec 12 07:13:28 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CD8BE8FF68; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:13:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED6C36FBA4; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:13:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id vBC7DRcx012540; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:13:27 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from eadler@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id vBC7DRfu012539; Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:13:27 GMT (envelope-from eadler@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201712120713.vBC7DRfu012539@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: eadler set sender to eadler@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Eitan Adler Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:13:27 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r51297 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq X-SVN-Group: doc-head X-SVN-Commit-Author: eadler X-SVN-Commit-Paths: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq X-SVN-Commit-Revision: 51297 X-SVN-Commit-Repository: doc MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 07:13:28 -0000 Author: eadler Date: Tue Dec 12 07:13:26 2017 New Revision: 51297 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/51297 Log: no-install-cdrom: remove FAQ about IDE drives I have not seen an IDE drive in many years on a new system. If we want to keep this information it should be be documented in a better place than a long list of questions that users tend not to read. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Tue Dec 12 07:04:11 2017 (r51296) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Tue Dec 12 07:13:26 2017 (r51297) @@ -1273,30 +1273,6 @@ - - I booted from a CD, but the install program - says no CD-ROM is found. Where did it go? - - - - The usual cause of this problem is a mis-configured - CD-ROM drive. Many PCs now ship with the CD-ROM as the - slave device on the secondary IDE controller, with no - master device on that controller. This is illegal - according to the ATAPI specification, but &windows; plays - fast and loose with the specification, and the BIOS - ignores it when booting. This is why the BIOS was able to - see the CD-ROM to boot from it, but why &os; cannot see it - to complete the install. - - Reconfigure the system so that the CD-ROM is either - the master device on the IDE controller it is attached to, - or make sure that it is the slave on an IDE controller - that also has a master device. - - - - Do I need to install the source?