Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 05:20:02 -0800 (PST) From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@pittgoth.com> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: re: docs/34524 (FAQ addition) Message-ID: <200202011320.g11DK2541722@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR docs/34524; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Hiten Pandya <hiten@pittgoth.com>
To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org
Cc:
Subject: re: docs/34524 (FAQ addition)
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 08:15:17 -0500 (EST)
hi,
I h've finally made the FAQ entry as well, just
as pointed out by sheldon. Please do not hesitate
to contact me, for suggestions/comments/critics. ;)
regards,
- Hiten
- <hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org>
--- book.sgml Thu Jan 31 03:18:44 2002
+++ book.sgml.new Fri Feb 1 07:50:01 2002
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's
<quote>Net/2</quote> to the i386, known as
<quote>386BSD</quote>, though very little of the 386BSD
- code remains. A fuller description of what FreeBSD is and
+ code remains. A full description of what FreeBSD is and
how it can work for you may be found on the <ulink
URL="../../../../index.html">FreeBSD home
page</ulink>.</para>
@@ -1159,6 +1159,23 @@
FreeBSD</ulink>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
+ </answer>
+ </qandaentry>
+
+ <qanaentry>
+ <question id="install-failure">
+ <para>Why does the installation fail at startup (during the PnP
+ scan)?</para>
+ </question>
+
+ <answer>
+ <para>Many Problem Reports have been filed mentioning that the
+ installation failed at startup, during the PnP scan. Make sure you
+ have applied all the latest <literal>BIOS</literal> firmware
+ updates, and other firmware updates for your hardware. If you are
+ still experiencing problems, please submit a
+ <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html">Problem Report
+ </ulink>, so that it can be analyzed.
</answer>
</qandaentry>
The above patch should be applied to the FreeBSD FAQ, and it
will be added into the installation section.
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