Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 18:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Message-ID: <200211080220.gA82K2Nu049699@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/44595; it has been noted by GNATS. From: bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) To: Tom Rhodes <trhodes@FreeBSD.org> Cc: bmah@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 18:10:04 -0800 --==_Exmh_1945237144P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Tom Rhodes wrote: > I added information about device.hints(5) to the boot chapter. Would > a quick paragraph which: > > Explains that UserConfig is not in 5.0 OK. Remember that it's not just "not in 5.0", but "not in releases beginning with 5.0" or something like that. > Users must see the device.hints(5) manual page and/or It's really hard to read the manpage if you're installing for the first time. :-) > Read THIS section of the handbook for information on device.hints(5) A new user is less likely to want to know about the booting process than what steps they need to do to get some grotty old ISA Ethernet board to work. It's best if you can keep the new text self-contained...I'd like to use the install chapter in the handbook to replace INSTALL.TXT someday. > be sufficient? Or do you have a better approach? Bruce. --==_Exmh_1945237144P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.0 (FreeBSD) Comment: Exmh version 2.5+ 20020506 iD8DBQE9yxz82MoxcVugUsMRAsEAAJ9/j0WkT+1ViWwPsCz3Q2E3huVgPQCgthbd VYPxy4Z5XttXWsLXLwr1Vt0= =Rcam -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1945237144P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the messagehelp
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