From owner-svn-doc-all@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 25 17:36:49 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45A2B13C; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:36:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kaduk@mit.edu) Received: from dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (DMZ-MAILSEC-SCANNER-4.MIT.EDU [18.9.25.15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B92DEC12; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:36:48 +0000 (UTC) X-AuditID: 1209190f-b7f586d000000915-38-5102c2afec7b Received: from mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu ( [18.7.62.39]) by dmz-mailsec-scanner-4.mit.edu (Symantec Messaging Gateway) with SMTP id FD.2D.02325.FA2C2015; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:36:47 -0500 (EST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (OUTGOING-AUTH.MIT.EDU [18.7.22.103]) by mailhub-auth-4.mit.edu (8.13.8/8.9.2) with ESMTP id r0PHalu2028918; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:36:47 -0500 Received: from multics.mit.edu (SYSTEM-LOW-SIPB.MIT.EDU [18.187.2.37]) (authenticated bits=56) (User authenticated as kaduk@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.13.6/8.12.4) with ESMTP id r0PHajeo017218 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:36:46 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kaduk@localhost) by multics.mit.edu (8.12.9.20060308) id r0PHahoN019782; Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:36:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 12:36:43 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk To: Eitan Adler Subject: Re: svn commit: r40736 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq In-Reply-To: <201301241734.r0OHYuJe022211@svn.freebsd.org> Message-ID: References: <201301241734.r0OHYuJe022211@svn.freebsd.org> User-Agent: Alpine 1.10 (GSO 962 2008-03-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Brightmail-Tracker: H4sIAAAAAAAAA+NgFvrDIsWRmVeSWpSXmKPExsUixG6nrrv+EFOgwd4/BhY/Ph5istj1dw6z xY1F+5ksdvf3MjuweMz4NJ8lgDGKyyYlNSezLLVI3y6BK2Pa/x7mgn7hitedl5gbGG/zdTFy ckgImEjMejSdHcIWk7hwbz1bFyMXh5DAPkaJh42f2EASQgIbGCX+3a2FSJxgknj4fzYrhNPA KNE8q4Oli5GDg0VAW+LpygKQBjYBFYmZbzaCNYsA2d/3/2QCsZkFoiT2LG1kBbGFBRwkns84 zgJicwpYSUw7d5oJZAwvUPzENA+IvZYSC3d/AjtOVEBHYvX+KWDlvAKCEidnPmGBGGkpce7P dbYJjIKzkKRmIUktYGRaxSibklulm5uYmVOcmqxbnJyYl5dapGuil5tZopeaUrqJERSwnJL8 Oxi/HVQ6xCjAwajEw+uxgClQiDWxrLgy9xCjJAeTkiiv+wGgEF9SfkplRmJxRnxRaU5q8SFG CQ5mJRFeGROgHG9KYmVValE+TEqag0VJnPdqyk1/IYH0xJLU7NTUgtQimKwMB4eSBC8DMDKF BItS01Mr0jJzShDSTBycIMN5gIbfPggyvLggMbc4Mx0if4pRl2Pxie7njEIsefl5qVLivF9A igRAijJK8+DmwBLNK0ZxoLeEeblA1vEAkxTcpFdAS5iAluyf9T8AaElJIkJKqoGx5qmB9OuP JwwiFRU6j397tjkwdtmcIKWwgOdnv5/oO9TM8bRoanOewGHOANGjs+4urr5rUdkefIetfndQ C99UqYznfSkBn/ck6+2aEr4sXP/yelf5zRELPt8SMen8PumQXe3CVwK2pbU3p+3jlvgtvmYn p81zF4nI9CRewyffb3mYOgquFctVYinOSDTUYi4qTgQAMHubXQ8DAAA= Cc: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, doc-committers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:36:49 -0000 On Thu, 24 Jan 2013, Eitan Adler wrote: > Author: eadler > Date: Thu Jan 24 17:34:55 2013 > New Revision: 40736 > URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/40736 > > Log: > Remove install-bad-blocks: > > 95% bogus, user-controlled bad block mapping stopped being a > thing about 20 years ago Was the removal of boot-floppy-strangeness intentional as well? It looks quite poorly written regardless... -Ben > > Noted by: scottl > Approved by: bcr (mentor, implicit) > > Modified: > head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > > Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml > ============================================================================== > --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Thu Jan 24 15:03:30 2013 (r40735) > +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Thu Jan 24 17:34:55 2013 (r40736) > @@ -1382,41 +1382,6 @@ > > > > - > - Can I install on a disk with bad blocks? > - > - > - > - You can, but it is a bad idea. > - > - If you are seeing bad block errors with a modern IDE > - drive, chances are the drive is going to die very soon (the > - drive's internal remapping functions are no longer > - sufficient to fix the bad blocks, which means the disk is > - heavily corrupted); we suggest you buy a new hard > - drive. > - > - > - > - > - > - Strange things happen when I boot the install disk! > - What is happening? > - > - > - > - If you are seeing things like the machine grinding to a > - halt or spontaneously rebooting when you try to boot the > - &os; installer, make sure that the SHA256 hash of > - the image matches the one on the website. If you > - accidently downloaded the disk image in binary (or > - image) mode the will be corrupted. (Do not be embarrassed, > - even the best of us have accidentally downloaded a binary > - file in ASCII mode at least once!) > - > - > - > - > > I booted from my ATAPI CD-ROM, but the install program > says no CD-ROM is found. Where did it go? >