Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2012 21:24:50 +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: r39886 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201210312124.q9VLOoka034258@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Wed Oct 31 21:24:50 2012 New Revision: 39886 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39886 Log: Improve the answer relating to corrupted downloads. 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 21:24:47 2012 (r39885) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Oct 31 21:24:50 2012 (r39886) @@ -1252,21 +1252,17 @@ <qandaentry> <question id="floppy-image-too-large"> - <para>What do I do if the floppy images does not fit on a - single floppy?</para> + <para>What do I do if the images do not fit on a + single disk?</para> </question> <answer> - <para>A 3.5 inch (1.44 MB) floppy can accommodate - 1,474,560 bytes of data. The boot image is exactly - 1,474,560 bytes in size.</para> - - <para>Common mistakes when preparing the boot floppy + <para>Common mistakes when preparing the boot media are:</para> <itemizedlist> <listitem> - <para>Not downloading the floppy image in + <para>Not downloading the image in <emphasis>binary</emphasis> mode when using <acronym>FTP</acronym>.</para> @@ -1274,7 +1270,8 @@ <emphasis>ascii</emphasis> and attempt to change any end-of-line characters received to match the conventions used by the client's system. This will almost - invariably corrupt the boot image. Check the size of + invariably corrupt the boot image. Check the SHA-256 + of the downloaded boot image: if it is not <emphasis>exactly</emphasis> that on the server, then the download process is suspect.</para>
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