From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 3 6:10:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from heorot.1nova.com (heorot.1nova.com [63.105.24.23]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E9937B403 for ; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 06:10:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hamellr@1nova.com) Received: by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BBFC418EA; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 06:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by heorot.1nova.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA71318E9; Fri, 3 Aug 2001 06:10:19 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2001 06:10:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Rick Hamell To: DAlSault@aol.com Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Handbook lack.. In-Reply-To: <84.19a16d04.289bc58b@aol.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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 > I need it stated explicitly that the install creates a slice for FreeBSD and > does not attempt to write over my present OS and data and apps. I'm sitting > here with my image disks but I don't dare run them because I don't know what > will happen to my sytem. I don't dare guess. Your handbook states that the > install does everything, but it doesn't say what that everything is. Your > everything and mine may not be the same. You need to more explicitly state > what the install does. Do I need to run a disk partitioning program first? > That's my confusion. Perhaps http://people.freebsd.org/~rpratt/ will help you? Then you can come back and rewrite the relevant section of the handbook! :) Rick ******************************************************************* Rick's FreeBSD Web page http://heorot.1nova.com/freebsd Ace Logan's Hardware Guide http://hw.shatteredcrystal.com ***FreeBSD - The Power to Serve! http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message