From owner-freebsd-sysinstall@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 15 05:50:47 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 4BB3980E; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:50:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com) Received: from mx1.fisglobal.com (mx1.fisglobal.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C01CB21; Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:50:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.fisglobal.com ([10.132.206.15]) by ltcfislmsgpa03.fnfis.com (8.14.5/8.14.5) with ESMTP id r0F5ojXx010990 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NOT); Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:50:45 -0600 Received: from [10.0.0.102] (10.14.152.61) by smtp.fisglobal.com (10.132.206.15) with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 14.2.309.2; Mon, 14 Jan 2013 23:50:44 -0600 Subject: Re: FAQ help: bsdinstall documentation MIME-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" From: Devin Teske In-Reply-To: Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 21:50:43 -0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <9812CED3-636A-4F8D-8685-5BF286B601B1@fisglobal.com> References: To: Eitan Adler X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) X-Originating-IP: [10.14.152.61] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.9.8327, 1.0.431, 0.0.0000 definitions=2013-01-15_02:2013-01-14,2013-01-15,1970-01-01 signatures=0 Cc: Devin Teske , freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list Reply-To: Devin Teske List-Id: Sysinstall Work List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:50:47 -0000 On Jan 14, 2013, at 6:25 PM, Devin Teske wrote: > (raises hand) >=20 > Let me have a look at this. > --=20 > Devin >=20 >=20 > On Dec 14, 2012, at 10:06 PM, Eitan Adler wrote: >=20 >> Hi all, >>=20 >> The following questions in the FAQ mention sysinstall in the answer. >> I am looking for new content to fix, replace, or update these >> questions. >>=20 >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#bootmanag= er-restore At one time, we could have done s/sysinstall/sade/ but that is no longer th= e only change that would need to be made considering recent SVN r244859 whe= re sade is now bsdinstall (read: the keystroke instructions are all wrong n= ow). We have time tho (time before MFC, time before Releng, etc. etc.). 9.1 stil= l has sade based on sysinstall, so the quick-fix of s/sysinstall/sade/ will= fix this portion of the documentation (for now, until SVN r244859 makes it= into a releng release). >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#new-huge-= disk s/sysinstall(8), or fdisk(8) and disklabel(8)/bsdinstall(8), or gpart(8) an= d [optionally] geom(8)/ The note about boot0cfg should stand (we still use it heavily on all system= s we deploy). >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#nt-bootlo= ader As far as I know bsdinstall doesn't offer this functionality (yet). We coul= d switch the documentation over to talking about boot0cfg. Thoughts? >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#dangerous= ly-dedicated We can switch out fdisk for gpart but we'll also have to note that the dang= erous dedication is only when applying legacy partition (MBR style) opposed= to GPT. But I suspect this isn't about fdisk, but instead sysinstall (so i= gnore that as fdisk is still very much alive). Come to think of it, that section doesn't mention sysinstall -- why was it = under review again? >> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#forgot-ro= ot-pw bsdinstall does offer the ability to launch a shell, so we could switch thi= s over to talking about running the commands on a shell obtained via bsdins= tall. --=20 Devin >>=20 >> I am willing to >> - turn the content into docbook [1] >> - edit content for clarity and English grammar >> - commit the final result >>=20 >> If anyone is interested in helping please reply to this email message >> with some new content. >>=20 >> [1] patches to the documentation are appreciated as they make my job >> easier, but they are not required. >>=20 >> --=20 >> Eitan Adler >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-sysinstall@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sysinstall >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sysinstall-unsubscribe@freebsd= .org" >=20 _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. 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