From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 22 14:39:41 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7EE58CD for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:39:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nwhitehorn@freebsd.org) Received: from argol.doit.wisc.edu (argol.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.212]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B835A07 for ; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:39:41 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Received: from wanderer.tachypleus.net (adsl-76-208-68-53.dsl.mdsnwi.sbcglobal.net [76.208.68.53]) by smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.05 32bit (built Jul 30 2009)) with ESMTPSA id <0MH10027X7E29Q20@smtpauth3.wiscmail.wisc.edu> for freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:39:40 -0600 (CST) X-Spam-PmxInfo: Server=avs-3, Version=5.6.1.2065439, Antispam-Engine: 2.7.2.376379, Antispam-Data: 2013.1.22.142416, SenderIP=76.208.68.53 X-Spam-Report: AuthenticatedSender=yes, SenderIP=76.208.68.53 X-Wisc-Sender: whitehorn@wisc.edu Message-id: <50FEA4AA.7000801@freebsd.org> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 08:39:38 -0600 From: Nathan Whitehorn User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130112 Thunderbird/17.0.2 To: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FAQ help: bsdinstall documentation References: In-reply-to: X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:39:41 -0000 On 12/15/12 00:06, Eitan Adler wrote: > Hi all, > > The following questions in the FAQ mention sysinstall in the answer. > I am looking for new content to fix, replace, or update these > questions. > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#bootmanager-restore > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#new-huge-disk > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#nt-bootloader > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#dangerously-dedicated > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#forgot-root-pw > > I am willing to > - turn the content into docbook [1] > - edit content for clarity and English grammar > - commit the final result > > If anyone is interested in helping please reply to this email message > with some new content. > > [1] patches to the documentation are appreciated as they make my job > easier, but they are not required. > Devin did a good job of answering these questions, but I had a few more thoughts: 1. The "dangerously dedicated" section is completely obsolete. The section can probably just be deleted. An alternative would be something that talks about the relative merits of MBR, BSD (formerly "dangerously dedicated"), and GPT partitioning -- MBR vs. GPT being the really important bit. 2. The jails documentation (not part of your email) should probably be revised in light of the bsdinstall jail /path/to/newjail target, which installs a jail system to a directory without rebuilding world. -Nathan