From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 29 09:46:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6E635106566B for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:46:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ryusuke@FreeBSD.org) Received: from castle.jp.FreeBSD.org (castle.jp.FreeBSD.org [IPv6:2001:218:422:1::15]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9F2F8FC0A for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:46:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (localhost [::1]) by castle.jp.FreeBSD.org (8.11.6p2+3.4W/8.11.3) with ESMTP/inet6 id p2T9kVK39816 for ; Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:46:31 +0900 (JST) (envelope-from ryusuke@FreeBSD.org) Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 18:46:26 +0900 (JST) Message-Id: <20110329.184626.189690266.ryusuke@jp.FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org From: Ryusuke SUZUKI X-Mailer: Mew version 6.1 on Emacs 22.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Multipart/Signed; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1; boundary="--Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar_29_18_46_26_2011_835)--" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Release version information in the installation page. 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: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:46:32 -0000 ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar_29_18_46_26_2011_835)-- Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, freebsd-doc@ I would like to update the release version infomation in the FreeBSD Handbook installation page (doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml). How about the follwing patch? Regards, Ryusuke diff -u -r1.420 chapter.sgml --- chapter.sgml 22 Feb 2011 20:57:42 -0000 1.420 +++ chapter.sgml 28 Mar 2011 15:13:20 -0000 @@ -708,7 +708,7 @@ Acquire the Boot Floppy Images - Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are + Please note, as of &os; 8.X, floppy disk images are no longer available. Please see above for instructions on how to install &os; using a USB memory stick or just use a CDROM or a DVD. @@ -4369,11 +4369,11 @@ From the &os; system where is saved the installation ISO image, for example - &os;-8.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso, + &os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso, use the &man.tar.1; utility to extract all the files: &prompt.root; mkdir /path/to/headless-iso -&prompt.root; tar -C /path/to/headless-iso -pxvf &os;-8.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso +&prompt.root; tar -C /path/to/headless-iso -pxvf &os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso Now you must set the installation media to boot into a serial console. You have to add to the @@ -4389,7 +4389,7 @@ used: &prompt.root; mkisofs -v -b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot -r -J -V "Headless_install" \ - -o Headless-&os;-8.1-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso /path/to/headless-iso + -o Headless-&os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso /path/to/headless-iso Now that you have your ISO image configured correctly, you can burn it on a CD-R with your favorite burning @@ -4553,8 +4553,7 @@ off USB drives. It also supports booting into a livefs based rescue mode. The documentation packages are provided but no other - packages. This image is not available for &os; 7.3 - and earlier. + packages. This image is not available for &os; 7.X. @@ -4570,7 +4569,7 @@ A CD image with as many third-party packages as would fit on the disc. This image is not - available for &os; 8.0 and later. + available for &os; 8.X. @@ -4578,7 +4577,7 @@ Another CD image with as many third-party packages as would fit on the disc. This image is - not available for &os; 8.0 and later. + not available for &os; 8.X. @@ -4600,7 +4599,7 @@ &os; 7.X releases before &os; 7.3 and - &os; 8.X releases before &os; 8.1 used a + &os; 8.0 used a different naming convention. The names of their ISO images are not prefixed with &os;-. ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar_29_18_46_26_2011_835)-- Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEABECAAYFAk2RqnIACgkQG5rRvmPSlyQx/ACg2ve53yw72Ph+zH6s4zBOvQJQ +OsAn2GziEa4wD9c/GgTgTKoFLtCO58k =3iAg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ----Security_Multipart(Tue_Mar_29_18_46_26_2011_835)----