From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Nov 9 09:40:33 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 011DD16A41A for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:40:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [217.20.163.9]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9858C13C494 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:40:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@icyb.net.ua) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71777744004 for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:40:25 +0200 (EET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at falcon.cybervisiontech.com Received: from falcon.cybervisiontech.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (falcon.cybervisiontech.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id e57UX3P0czvK for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:40:25 +0200 (EET) Received: from [10.2.1.87] (gateway.cybervisiontech.com.ua [88.81.251.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by falcon.cybervisiontech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5A9A43D5BA for ; Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:40:24 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <47342B03.4030601@icyb.net.ua> Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:40:19 +0200 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071101) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org References: <1194265386.00824555.1194254402@10.7.7.3> <1194268981.00824558.1194255605@10.7.7.3> <1194308585.00824903.1194295801@10.7.7.3> <1194524604.00826000.1194511207@10.7.7.3> <1194542586.00826232.1194530401@10.7.7.3> <1194574994.00826495.1194564601@10.7.7.3> In-Reply-To: <1194574994.00826495.1194564601@10.7.7.3> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [FreeBSD 7.0-BETA1 and beyound] Rescue environment is non-functional on AMD64/Intel64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:40:33 -0000 on 09/11/2007 01:23 Wayne Chapeskie said the following: > > We are still in the beta stage of the release cycle, where the mailing > list is actually a good place to find out what is going on. Web site > documentation usually doesn't catch up until release time. The purposes of > the various release ISO images are documented in the release > announcements -- see the 6.2 release announcement at > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.2R/announce.html > which did indeed mention the "live CD" functionality in disc1. > > In 6.2, only ia64 had a livefs ISO, amd64 did not, nor did i386. The > configuration of the release ISO's does change over the years, and has > in the past been documented in a README in the ftp directories, and is > now documented in the release announcements. The ia64 livefs ISO was a > slight oversight in the 6.2 release notes, but since we are going to be > seeing more cases of livefs not fitting on the disc1 install, I imagine > future release announcements will reflect that. > > I understand. Maybe a short addition to the Handbook would be nice, maybe somewhere near "2.3.6 Obtain the FreeBSD Installation Files". I think ISO image functions/layouts change rarely enough to be documented in the Handbook. Just my 2c. -- Andriy Gapon