From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 8 16:24:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA7B737B401 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:24:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mf2.bredband.net (mf2.bredband.net [195.54.106.37]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52DEF43F75 for ; Tue, 8 Apr 2003 16:24:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mk-freebsd@bredband.net) Received: from localhost.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se ([213.112.193.73]) by mf2.bredband.net with ESMTP <20030408232359.MDBO273.mf2@localhost.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se> for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:23:59 +0200 Received: from c-49c170d5.036-23-6f72652.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (localhost [127.0.0.1])with ESMTP id h38NNxQ5077178 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:23:59 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mk-freebsd@bredband.net) Received: (from martink@localhost) (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h38NNrEM077177 for freebsd-doc@freebsd.org; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:23:53 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from mk-freebsd@bredband.net) Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2003 01:23:53 +0200 From: Martin Karlsson To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030408232353.GA586@c-49c170d5.bredbandsbolaget.se> Mail-Followup-To: Martin Karlsson , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Powered-by: FreeBSD X-PGP-Keyid: 9C924660 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5970 BE22 2C33 4D8F 53FD 7E34 66FF 9332 9C92 4660 X-PGP-Key: http://www.krutov.org/martin_karlsson.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Subject: should the docs cater to 5 or 4? or both? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 23:24:02 -0000 Hi, I'm doing some work on the handbook, section 12.6 (floppy disks), and I have some questions: Should I describe the methods (for formatting floppies, for example) applicable to 4-RELEASE or 5-RELEASE? Or both? I notice that the handbook states that it "covers [...] use of FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE", but at the same time, there are lots of references such as "Note: In FreeBSD 5.0, devfs(5) will automatically manage device nodes in /dev, so use of MAKEDEV is not necessary.". Taking fdformat(1) and low-level formatting of floppies as an example, in 4.8 one appends the size to the floppy device node (/dev/fd0.1440) while in 5.0 one uses the -f flag, with a value from fdcontrol(8). Which method should be described? Thanks for reading, and best regards, -- Martin Karlsson