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Date:      Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:24:47 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org>
To:        doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r39885 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Message-ID:  <201210312124.q9VLOlUn034210@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: eadler
Date: Wed Oct 31 21:24:47 2012
New Revision: 39885
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39885

Log:
  Rewrite the answer to "which file should I download" - the only versions
  still talks about floppies as if they matter.
  
  Reviewed by:	gjb
  Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

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	Wed Oct 31 21:24:44 2012	(r39884)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Wed Oct 31 21:24:47 2012	(r39885)
@@ -1189,38 +1189,58 @@
 	</question>
 
 	<answer>
-	  <para>You need three floppy images:
-	    <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename>,
-	    <filename>floppies/kern1.flp</filename>, and
-	    <filename>floppies/kern2.flp</filename>.  These images need
-	    to be copied onto floppies by tools like
-	    <command>fdimage</command> or &man.dd.1;.</para>
+	  <para>On the
+	    <ulink url="http://www.freebsd.org/where.html">Get &os; page</ulink>
+	    select <literal>[iso]</literal> next to the
+	    architecture you want to use.</para>
 
-	  <para>If you need to download the distributions yourself (for
-	    a DOS file system install, for instance), below are some
-	    recommendations for distributions to grab:</para>
+	  <para>Any of the following can be used:</para>
 
-	  <itemizedlist>
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>base/</para>
-	    </listitem>
+	  <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
+	    <tgroup cols="2">
+	      <thead>
+		<row>
+		  <entry>file</entry>
+		  <entry>description</entry>
+		</row>
+	      </thead>
 
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>manpages/</para>
-	    </listitem>
+	      <tbody>
+		<row>
+		  <entry><filename>disc1.iso</filename></entry>
+		  <entry>Contains enough to install &os; and
+		    a minimal set of packages.</entry>
+		</row>
 
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>compat*/</para>
-	    </listitem>
+		<row>
+		  <entry><filename>dvd1.iso</filename></entry>
+		  <entry>Similar to <filename>disc1.iso</filename>
+		    but with addtional packages.</entry>
+		</row>
 
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>doc/</para>
-	    </listitem>
+		<row>
+		  <entry><filename>memstick.iso</filename></entry>
+		  <entry>A bootable image sufficient for copying to a
+		    USB stick.</entry>
+		</row>
 
-	    <listitem>
-	      <para>src/ssys.*</para>
-	    </listitem>
-	  </itemizedlist>
+		<row>
+		  <entry><filename>bootonly.iso</filename></entry>
+		  <entry>A minimal image that requires network
+		    access during installation to completely
+		    install &os;.</entry>
+		</row>
+	      </tbody>
+	    </tgroup>
+	  </informaltable>
+
+	  <para>&arch.pc98; users require three floppy images:
+	    <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename>,
+	    <filename>floppies/kern1.flp</filename>, and
+	    <filename>floppies/kern2.flp</filename>.  These images
+	    need
+	    to be copied onto floppies by tools like
+	    &man.dd.1;.</para>
 
 	  <para>Full instructions on this procedure and a little bit
 	    more about installation issues in general can be found in



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