Date: Sun, 18 May 2014 17:13:27 +0000 (UTC) From: Dru Lavigne <dru@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r44866 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall Message-ID: <201405181713.s4IHDRcm048781@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: dru Date: Sun May 18 17:13:26 2014 New Revision: 44866 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44866 Log: Modernize the min hardware requirements to match recent Hardware Notes. Format architectures as a variablelist. Sponsored by: iXsystems Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Sun May 18 14:59:06 2014 (r44865) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Sun May 18 17:13:26 2014 (r44866) @@ -24,18 +24,17 @@ by </contrib> </author> </authorgroup> - +<!--- <authorgroup> <author> <personname> <firstname>Randy</firstname> <surname>Pratt</surname> </personname> - <contrib>The sysinstall walkthrough, screenshots, and general - copy by </contrib> + copy by </contrib> </author> - </authorgroup> + </authorgroup>--> <authorgroup> <author> @@ -72,14 +71,13 @@ <indexterm><primary>installation</primary></indexterm> - <para>&os; comes with a text-based, easy to use installation - program. &os; 9.0-RELEASE and later use an installation - program called <application>bsdinstall</application>, while - releases prior to &os; 9.0-RELEASE using - <application>sysinstall</application> for installation. This - chapter describes the use of + <para>Beginning with &os; 9.0-RELEASE, &os; provides an easy + to use, text-based installation + program named <application>bsdinstall</application>. This + chapter describes how to install &os; using <application>bsdinstall</application>. The use of - <application>sysinstall</application> is covered in <xref + <application>sysinstall</application>, which is the installation + program used by &os; 8.x, is covered in <xref linkend="install"/>.</para> <para>After reading this chapter, you will know:</para> @@ -89,10 +87,10 @@ <para>How to create the &os; installation media.</para> </listitem> +<!-- WB: verify this, including GPT partition notation (ada0p2) <listitem> - <!-- WB: verify this, including GPT partition notation (ada0p2) --> <para>How &os; subdivides and refers to hard disks.</para> - </listitem> + </listitem> --> <listitem> <para>How to start @@ -127,98 +125,130 @@ </sect1> <sect1 xml:id="bsdinstall-hardware"> - <title>Hardware Requirements</title> - - <sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-hardware-minimal"> - <title>Minimal Configuration</title> - - <para>The minimal configuration to install &os; varies with the - &os; version and the hardware architecture.</para> - - <para>A summary of this information is given in the following - sections. Depending upon the method chosen to install &os;, - a supported <acronym>CD</acronym> drive and, in some cases, a - network adapter may be needed. This will be covered by - <xref linkend="bsdinstall-installation-media"/>.</para> - - <sect3> - <title>&os;/&arch.i386;</title> - - <para>&os;/&arch.i386; requires a 486 or better processor and - at least 64 MB of <acronym>RAM</acronym>. At least - 1.1 GB of free hard drive space is needed for the most - minimal installation.</para> - - <note> - <para>On old computers, increasing <acronym>RAM</acronym> - and hard drive space is usually more effective at - improving performance than installing a faster - processor.</para> - </note> - </sect3> + <title>Minimum Hardware Requirements</title> - <sect3> - <title>&os;/&arch.amd64;</title> + <para>The hardware requirements to install &os; vary by the + &os; version and the hardware architecture. Hardware + architectures and devices supported by a &os; + release are listed in the Hardware Notes file. Usually named + <filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>, the file is located in the + root directory of the release media. Copies of the supported + hardware list are also available on the Release Information + page of the &os; web site (<link + xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/index.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/index.html</link>).</para>; + <para>A &os; installation will require at least 64 MB of + <acronym>RAM</acronym> and 1.1 GB of free hard drive + space for the most minimal installation. It is recommended to + increase <acronym>RAM</acronym> and hard drive space to meet + the needs of the applications that will be used and the amount + of data that will be stored. The processor requirements for + each architecture can be summarized as follows:</para> + + <variablelist> + <varlistentry> + <term>&arch.amd64;</term> + <listitem> <para>There are two classes of processors capable of running - &os;/&arch.amd64;. The first are AMD64 processors, - including the &amd.athlon;64, &amd.athlon;64-FX, - &amd.opteron; or better processors.</para> + &arch.amd64;. The first are <acronym>AMD64</acronym> processors, + including the &amd.athlon;64 and + &amd.opteron; processors.</para> - <para>The second class of processors that can use - &os;/&arch.amd64; includes those using the + <para>The second class of processors includes those using the &intel; EM64T architecture. Examples of these - processors include the &intel; &core; 2 Duo, Quad, - Extreme processor families, the &intel; &xeon; 3000, - 5000, and 7000 sequences of processors, the - &intel; &xeon; E3, E5 and E7 processors, and the - &intel; &core; i3, i5 and i7 processors.</para> - - <para>If the system is based on an nVidia nForce3 Pro-150, the - <acronym>IO</acronym> <acronym>APIC</acronym> - <emphasis>must</emphasis> be disabled in the - <acronym>BIOS</acronym> setup. If this - <acronym>BIOS</acronym> option does not exist, disable - <acronym>ACPI</acronym> instead.</para> - </sect3> + processors include all multi-core &intel; &xeon; + processors except Sossaman, the single-core + &intel; &xeon; processors Nocona, Irwindale, Potomac, + and Cranford, the &intel; &core; 2 (not Core Duo) + and later processors, all &intel; &pentium; D processors, the + &intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds using the Cedar + Mill core, and some &intel; &pentium; 4s and Celeron Ds + using the Prescott core.</para> - <sect3> - <title>&os;/&arch.powerpc; &apple; &macintosh;</title> + <para>Both Uniprocessor (<acronym>UP</acronym>) and Symmetric + Multi-processor (<acronym>SMP</acronym>) configurations are + supported.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>&arch.i386;</term> + <listitem> + <para>Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating + point unit are supported. All &intel; processors + 486 or higher are supported.</para> + + <para>&os; will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions + (<acronym>PAE</acronym>) support on <acronym>CPU</acronym>s + that support this feature. A kernel with the + <acronym>PAE</acronym> feature enabled will detect memory + above 4 GB and allow it to be used by the system. + This feature places constraints on the device drivers and + other features of &os; which may be used; refer to + &man.pae.4; for details.</para> + + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>ia64</term> + <listitem> + <para>Currently supported processors are the &itanium; and the + &itanium; 2. Supported chipsets include the HP zx1, &intel; + 460GX, and &intel; E8870. Both Uniprocessor + (<acronym>UP</acronym>) and Symmetric Multi-processor + (<acronym>SMP</acronym>) configurations are supported.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry> + <term>pc98</term> + <listitem> + <para>NEC PC-9801/9821 series with almost all i386-compatible + processors, including 80486, &pentium;, &pentium; Pro, and + &pentium; II, are all supported. All i386-compatible processors + by AMD, Cyrix, IBM, and IDT are also supported. EPSON + PC-386/486/586 series, which are compatible with NEC PC-9801 + series, are supported. The NEC FC-9801/9821 and NEC SV-98 + series should be supported.</para> + + <para>High-resolution mode is not supported. NEC + PC-98XA/XL/RL/XL^2, and NEC PC-H98 series are supported in + normal (PC-9801 compatible) mode only. The + <acronym>SMP</acronym>-related features of &os; are not + supported. The New Extend Standard Architecture + (<acronym>NESA</acronym>) bus used in the PC-H98, SV-H98, + and FC-H98 series, is not supported. </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> - <para>All New World &apple; &macintosh; systems with built-in + <varlistentry> + <term>&arch.powerpc;</term> + <listitem> + <para>All New World <acronym>ROM</acronym> &apple; &macintosh; systems with built-in <acronym>USB</acronym> are supported. <acronym>SMP</acronym> is supported on machines with multiple <acronym>CPU</acronym>s.</para> <para>A 32-bit kernel can only use the first 2 GB of - <acronym>RAM</acronym>. &firewire; is not supported on the - Blue & White PowerMac G3.</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3> - <title>&os;/&arch.sparc64;</title> + <acronym>RAM</acronym>.</para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry> + <term>&arch.sparc64;</term> + <listitem> <para>Systems supported by &os;/&arch.sparc64; are listed at the FreeBSD/sparc64 Project (<link xlink:href="&url.base;/platforms/sparc.html">http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html</link>).</para>; - <para>A dedicated disk is required for &os;/&arch.sparc64;. - It is not possible to share a disk with another operating + <para><acronym>SMP</acronym> is supported on all systems with + more than 1 processor. A dedicated disk is required as + it is not possible to share a disk with another operating system at this time.</para> - </sect3> - </sect2> - - <sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-hardware-supported"> - <title>Supported Hardware</title> - - <para>Hardware architectures and devices supported by a &os; - release are listed in the Hardware Notes file. Usually named - <filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>, the file is located in the - root directory of the release media. Copies of the supported - hardware list are also available on the Release Information - page of the &os; web site (<link - xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/index.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/index.html</link>).</para>; - </sect2> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> </sect1> <sect1 xml:id="bsdinstall-pre">
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