From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Nov 7 19:40: 5 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C474737B401 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:40:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7CD5043E6E for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gA83e3x3090240 for ; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gA83e35g090239; Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:40:03 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 19:40:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200211080340.gA83e35g090239@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Cc: From: Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Reply-To: Tom Rhodes Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The following reply was made to PR docs/44595; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes To: bmah@FreeBSD.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/44595: Handbook only documents UserConfig for boot-time kernel config Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2002 22:31:00 -0500 On Thu, 07 Nov 2002 18:10:04 -0800 bmah@FreeBSD.org (Bruce A. Mah) wrote: > 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. > > > Perhaps I'll just 'draft' a paragraph and you review it before I do the actual commit. This will keep changes to 1 and hopefully is good enough to please everyone. -- Tom Rhodes To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message