From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Feb 15 8:10:21 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 0B76337B402 for ; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:10:04 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1FGA3q80775; Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:10:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 08:10:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202151610.g1FGA3q80775@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Tom Rhodes Subject: Re: docs/34953: [New Patch] provided 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/34953; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Tom Rhodes To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Cc: Subject: Re: docs/34953: [New Patch] provided Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 11:05:38 -0500 (EST) This is an update to the handbook diff I submitted. Thanks to Ceri for pointing my little mistake out near the bottom! The majority of this is the same however ;) --Tom Rhodes diff -ru handbook.old/disks/chapter.sgml handbook/disks/chapter.sgml --- handbook.old/disks/chapter.sgml Fri Feb 15 00:09:14 2002 +++ handbook/disks/chapter.sgml Fri Feb 15 00:34:05 2002 @@ -193,18 +193,12 @@ /stand/sysinstall and enter the Configure menu. Within the FreeBSD Configuration Menu, scroll down and - select the Partition item. Next you should - be presented with a list of hard drives installed in your - system. If you do not see da1 listed, you - need to recheck your physical installation and - dmesg output in the file - /var/run/dmesg.boot. + select the Fdisk option. - FDISK Partition Editor - Select da1 to enter the FDISK - Partition Editor. Type A to + FDISK Partition Editor + Once inside FDISK, we can type A to use the entire disk for FreeBSD. When asked if you want to remain cooperative with any future possible operating systems, answer YES. Write the @@ -219,13 +213,14 @@ Disk Label Editor BSD partitions - Next, Sysinstall will + Next, you need to exit Sysinstall + and start it again. Follow the directions above, although this + time choose the Label option. This will enter the Disk Label Editor. This is where you will create the traditional BSD partitions. A disk can have up to eight partitions, labeled a-h. - A few of - the partition labels have special uses. The + A few of the partition labels have special uses. The a partition is used for the root partition (/). Thus only your system disk (e.g, the disk you boot from) should have an a diff -ru handbook.old/install/chapter.sgml handbook/install/chapter.sgml --- handbook.old/install/chapter.sgml Fri Feb 15 00:09:15 2002 +++ handbook/install/chapter.sgml Fri Feb 15 00:28:05 2002 @@ -4585,6 +4585,21 @@ that case, the probes for the conflicting driver(s) should be disabled. + + Some installation problems can be avoided or alleviated by + by updating the firmware on various hardware components, most notably + the motherboard. The motherboard firmware may also be referred to + as BIOS and most of the motherboard or computer + manufactures have a website where the upgrades and upgrade information + may be located. + + Most manufacturers strongly advise against upgrading the motherboard + BIOS unless there is a good reason for doing so, which + could possibly be a critical update of sorts. The upgrade process + can go wrong, causing permanent damage to the + BIOS chip. + + Do not disable any drivers you will need during the installation, such as your screen (sc0). diff -ru handbook.old/x11/chapter.sgml handbook/x11/chapter.sgml --- handbook.old/x11/chapter.sgml Fri Feb 15 00:09:12 2002 +++ handbook/x11/chapter.sgml Fri Feb 15 00:40:31 2002 @@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ letter in the Roman alphabet. X can be called X, X Window System, - X11, and other terms. X Windows is - to be avoided wherever possible; see &man.X.1; for more - information. + X11, and other terms. Calling X11 + X Windows can offend some people; + see &man.X.1; for a bit more insight on this. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message