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Date:      Tue, 4 Dec 2012 16:04:14 GMT
From:      Derek Wood <ddwood@highdensity.org>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   docs/174113: [patch] faq: update #floppy-download
Message-ID:  <201212041604.qB4G4EOa010536@red.freebsd.org>
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>Number:         174113
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       [patch] faq: update #floppy-download
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Dec 04 16:10:01 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Derek Wood
>Release:        
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The attached patch updates the floppy-download question in the faq with the following:
- change the "Get FreeBSD Page" hyperlink to "Getting FreeBSD" to match the page's title
- correct the "memstick.iso" text in the download media format to .img
- remove pc98 floppy instructions
>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:


Patch attached with submission follows:

diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index 81f334b..d55835c 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -1146,8 +1146,8 @@
 
 	<answer>
 	  <para>On the
-	    <ulink url="http://www.freebsd.org/where.html">Get &os; page</ulink>
-	    select <literal>[iso]</literal> next to the
+	    <ulink url="http://www.freebsd.org/where.html">Getting &os;</ulink>
+	    page select <literal>[iso]</literal> next to the
 	    architecture you want to use.</para>
 
 	  <para>Any of the following can be used:</para>
@@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@
 		</row>
 
 		<row>
-		  <entry><filename>memstick.iso</filename></entry>
+		  <entry><filename>memstick.img</filename></entry>
 		  <entry>A bootable image sufficient for copying to a
 		    USB stick.</entry>
 		</row>
@@ -1190,14 +1190,6 @@
 	    </tgroup>
 	  </informaltable>
 
-	  <para>&arch.pc98; users require three floppy images:
-	    <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename>,
-	    <filename>floppies/kern1.flp</filename>, and
-	    <filename>floppies/kern2.flp</filename>.  These images
-	    need
-	    to be copied onto floppies by tools like
-	    &man.dd.1;.</para>
-
 	  <para>Full instructions on this procedure and a little bit
 	    more about installation issues in general can be found in
 	    the <ulink


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