Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2025 19:24:55 +0000 From: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-doc-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: git: a2f2b29405 - main - handbook/bsdinstall: Use latest release macro Message-ID: <69484987.357c7.3f2e8be4@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch main has been updated by ziaee: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/doc/commit/?id=a2f2b294050cf2b62c5e5195c43b7ea0b2d6188e commit a2f2b294050cf2b62c5e5195c43b7ea0b2d6188e Author: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2025-12-21 19:02:49 +0000 Commit: Alexander Ziaee <ziaee@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2025-12-21 19:23:52 +0000 handbook/bsdinstall: Use latest release macro Reported by: WillT <william@hashbangapps.com> Closes: https://github.com/freebsd/freebsd-doc/pull/560 --- documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc index 2712331049..7286e61806 100644 --- a/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc +++ b/documentation/content/en/books/handbook/bsdinstall/_index.adoc @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Installation file types: After downloading the image file, download at least one _checksum_ file from the same directory. There are two _checksum_ files available, named after the release number and the architecture name. -For example: `CHECKSUM.SHA256-FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64` and `CHECKSUM.SHA512-FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64`. +For example: `CHECKSUM.SHA256-FreeBSD-{rel-latest}-RELEASE-amd64` and `CHECKSUM.SHA512-FreeBSD-{rel-latest}-RELEASE-amd64`. After downloading one of the files (or both), calculate the _checksum_ for the image file and compare it with the one shown in the _checksum_ file. Note that comparing the calculated _checksum_ against the correct file is needed, as they correspond to two different algorithms: SHA256 and SHA512. @@ -193,8 +193,8 @@ Verifying the _checksum_ in FreeBSD can be done automatically using man:sha256su [source,shell] .... -% sha256sum -c CHECKSUM.SHA256-FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64 --ignore-missing -FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso: OK +% sha256sum -c CHECKSUM.SHA256-FreeBSD-{rel-latest}-RELEASE-amd64 --ignore-missing +FreeBSD-{rel-latest}-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso: OK .... The checksums must match exactly. @@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ Be *very careful* that the correct device is used as this command will destroy t + [source,shell] .... -# dd if=FreeBSD-13.1-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1M conv=sync +# dd if=FreeBSD-{rel-latest}-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img of=/dev/da0 bs=1M conv=sync .... + If this command fails, verify that the USB stick is not mounted and that the device name is for the disk, not a partition.home | help
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