From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 26 13:50:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.21]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D1E8B37B426 for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:50:01 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1QLo1S14773; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:50:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 13:50:01 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202262150.g1QLo1S14773@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: docs/35155: [PATCH] Misc corrections to the Handbook, chapter 2 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/35155; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/35155: [PATCH] Misc corrections to the Handbook, chapter 2 Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 16:43:10 -0500 (EST) diff -ru handbook.old/install/chapter.sgml handbook/install/chapter.sgml --- handbook.old/install/chapter.sgml Tue Feb 26 16:27:25 2002 +++ handbook/install/chapter.sgml Tue Feb 26 16:39:16 2002 @@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ If there are no conflicts listed then you can skip this step. Otherwise, the remaining conflicts need to be examined. If they - do not have the indication of an "allowed conflict" in the message + do not have the indication of an allowed conflict in the message area, then either the IRQ/address for device probe will need to be changed, or the IRQ/address on the hardware will need to be changed. @@ -2705,7 +2705,7 @@ the real server. For example, assuming you want to install from ftp.FreeBSD.org, using the proxy FTP server foo.example.com, listening on port - 1024. + 1034. In this case, you go to the options menu, set the FTP username to ftp@ftp.FreeBSD.org, and the password to your @@ -2958,7 +2958,7 @@ Choosing [ Yes ] and pressing Enter will bring - the machine up on the network and be ready for use after leaving + the machine up on the network and be ready for use after leaving the installation. @@ -4217,7 +4217,7 @@ use a shell that does not exist or you will not be able to login. - The user was also added to the group "wheel" to be able to + The user was also added to the group wheel to be able to become a superuser with root privileges. When you are satisfied, press &gui.ok; and @@ -4514,7 +4514,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. It is safe to turn off the power after the shutdown command - has been issued and the message "Please press any key to reboot" + has been issued and the message Please press any key to reboot appears. If any key is pressed instead of turning off the power switch, the system will reboot. @@ -4821,7 +4821,7 @@ headless (serial console) serial console - This type of installation is called a "headless install", + This type of installation is called a headless install, because the machine that you are trying to install FreeBSD on either does not have a monitor attached to it, or does not even have a VGA output. How is this possible you ask? Using a @@ -4928,8 +4928,8 @@ Here is where you must set the floppy to boot into a serial console. You have to make a file called - boot.config containing "/boot/loader - -h". All this does is pass a flag to the bootloader to + boot.config containing /boot/loader + -h. All this does is pass a flag to the bootloader to boot into a serial console. &prompt.root; echo "/boot/loader -h" > boot.config @@ -5002,7 +5002,7 @@ FreeBSD installation media and/or source. This might be physical media, such as a tape, or a source that Sysinstall can use to retrieve the files, such as a local FTP site, or an MS-DOS - partition. For example; + partition. For example: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message