From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Feb 2 16:40:24 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 73DC137B41F for ; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 16:40:03 -0800 (PST) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g130e3c76350; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 16:40:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 16:40:03 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200202030040.g130e3c76350@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: From: Andrew McKay Subject: Re: docs/34524: [PATCH] - Add important pre-installation notice Reply-To: Andrew McKay 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/34524; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Andrew McKay To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: docs/34524: [PATCH] - Add important pre-installation notice Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2002 00:32:32 +0000 (GMT) On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Michael Lucas wrote: > One minor nit: you combine an emphasis and CAPITALS. I'd just use > . Combining italics and capitals isn't very > professional-looking. It's like the use of multiple exclamation > points. This should, therefore, be the best patch ever...being as it is the combined efforts of me, Gary and Michael. And yeah, I had reservations about the combination of and CAPS but I went with it because you can never have too much stress...or something :) -- also at: http://www.openirc.co.uk/freebsd/install.diff --- chapter.sgml Sat Feb 2 12:18:14 2002 +++ chapter.sgml.new Sat Feb 2 12:22:45 2002 @@ -4553,6 +4553,18 @@ questions and answers for people wishing to dual-boot FreeBSD with MS-DOS. + + Some installation problems can be avoided or alleviated by + updating the firmware on various hardware components, most notably the + motherboard. If the installation fails then updating the BIOS may + solve the problem. Refer to your motherboard manufacturer's website + for information on BIOS revisions and upgrade instructions. + Most manufacturers strongly advise against upgrading motherboard + BIOSs unless you have a good reason for doing so. The + process can go wrong, causing the BIOS to be + permanently destroyed. + + What to Do If Something Goes Wrong... -- -- Andrew McKay To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message