From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 3 10:50:01 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC23116A4DA for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:50:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (blackend.org [212.11.35.229]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B981B43D5D for ; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 10:49:57 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from marc@blackend.org) Received: from abigail.blackend.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k73AnoSZ018706; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:49:51 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc@abigail.blackend.org) Received: (from marc@localhost) by abigail.blackend.org (8.13.4/8.13.3/Submit) id k73Ano4d018705; Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:49:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from marc) Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2006 12:49:50 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille To: Daniel Gerzo Message-ID: <20060803104950.GA17680@abigail.blackend.org> Mail-Followup-To: Daniel Gerzo , Jonathan Horne , freebsd-doc@freebsd.org References: <200608022134.53769.freebsd@dfwlp.com> <894214962.20060803120227@rulez.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <894214962.20060803120227@rulez.sk> X-Useless-Header: blackend.org X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: handbook installation screenshots outdated X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:50:01 -0000 On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 12:02:27PM +0200, Daniel Gerzo wrote: > Hello Jonathan, > > Thursday, August 3, 2006, 4:34:53 AM, you wrote: > > > ive noticed that the installation screenshots that are featured in the > > handbook are quite outdated. i recently, much for my own purposes, wrote up > > some documentation on how to install FreeBSD-6.1, and i took screenshots of > > nearly every step of the entire installation. > > It's well known problem for doc@ people. The whole installation > chapter needs updating, it's not only screenshots. > > > if possible, i would like to donate their use to the handbook, so that it > > could be updated to match what is the latest release. > > That would be pretty neat. May I ask you, how did you took your > screenshots? Do you have those very first when FreeBSD is booting? > For information, the ones in the Handbook have been "captured" with vidcontrol, then converted to PNG with src2png (the manual page gives examples of command lines to use). The booting screens can be easily captured with a serial console setup. Marc