From owner-freebsd-bugs Wed Dec 18 14:00:04 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA00458 for bugs-outgoing; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:00:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id OAA00443; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:00:02 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 14:00:02 -0800 (PST) Resent-Message-Id: <199612182200.OAA00443@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: gnats (GNATS Management) Resent-To: freebsd-bugs Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats@freefall.FreeBSD.org, dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (cisco-ts8-line9.uoregon.edu [128.223.150.73]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id NAA00272 for ; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:56:37 -0800 (PST) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.2/8.6.12) id NAA00959; Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:56:34 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199612182156.NAA00959@gdi.uoregon.edu> Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 13:56:34 -0800 (PST) From: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org X-Send-Pr-Version: 3.2 Subject: docs/2244: patch to remove references to root.flp from handbook Sender: owner-bugs@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >Number: 2244 >Category: docs >Synopsis: patch to remove references to root.flp from handbook >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed Dec 18 14:00:01 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Doug White >Organization: >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-ALPHA i386 >Environment: Any FreeBSD system >Description: Apologies for the duplicate bug submission, the last one had the wrong email address. Please close it. The Handbook, specifically install.sgml, contains references to the now-defunct root.flp boot floppy image. Today I read another message from some poor soul who is looking for 'root.flp'. This is the last straw! The included patch removes these references from the Handbook. Please check this patch before committing. My sgmlfmt throws horrible fits on the -current handbook so I can't check this. send-pr will probably munge the patch because of the , so this patch will also be available via the Web at http://resnet.uoregon.edu/install.patch >How-To-Repeat: Read the handbook, section 2.2 :) >Fix: --- install.sgml Thu Dec 12 19:11:04 1996 +++ install.sgml.old Wed Dec 18 13:31:50 1996 @@ -421,17 +421,6 @@ things the hard way, you must first prepare some floppies for the install. - - The first floppy that you will need in addition to the boot.flp - image is ``floppies/root.flp'', which is somewhat special in that - it is not a DOS filesystem floppy at all, but rather a floppy "image" - (it's actually a gzip'd cpio file). You can create this floppy in - the same way that you created the boot floppy . Once this floppy is - made, you can go on to make the distribution set floppies - using ordinary DOS or UFS (if you are preparing the floppies on - another FreeBSD machine) formatted diskettes. - You will need, at minimum, as many 1.44MB or 1.2MB floppies as it takes to hold all files in the bin (binary distribution) directory. If you are preparing these floppies under DOS, then @@ -493,10 +482,7 @@ C> XCOPY /S E:\FLOPPIES C:\FREEBSD\FLOPPIES\ assuming that C: is where you have free space - and E: is where your CDROM is mounted. Note - that you need the FLOPPIES directory because - the root.flp image is needed during an MS-DOS - installation. + and E: is where your CDROM is mounted. For as many `DISTS' you wish to install from MS-DOS (and you have free space for), install each one under @@ -522,9 +508,6 @@ cd /freebsd/distdir tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) dist1 .. dist2 - Make sure that the `floppies/' directory is one of the - ``dists'' given above, since the installation will look - for `floppies/root.flp' on the tape. When you go to do the installation, you should also make sure that you leave enough room in some temporary >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: