Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:02:53 +0000 (UTC) From: Warren Block <wblock@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r49254 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall Message-ID: <201608121802.u7CI2rCV051990@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: wblock Date: Fri Aug 12 18:02:53 2016 New Revision: 49254 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/49254 Log: Update Handbook hardware requirements. Patch supplied by Timothy Moore II <timmoore88@gmail.com> (slightly modified). PR: 210360 Submitted by: Drew <drew@gurkowski.com> 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 Fri Aug 12 12:59:35 2016 (r49253) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Fri Aug 12 18:02:53 2016 (r49254) @@ -140,36 +140,33 @@ <sect1 xml:id="bsdinstall-hardware"> <title>Minimum Hardware Requirements</title> - <para>The hardware requirements to install &os; vary by the - hardware architecture. Hardware architectures + <para>The hardware requirements to install &os; vary by + architecture. Hardware architectures and devices supported by a &os; release are listed 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>; + <link + xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/index.html">&os; Release Information</link> + page. + The <link xlink:href="&url.base;/where.html">&os; download page</link> + also has recommendations for choosing the + correct image for different architectures.</para> + + <para>A &os; installation requires a minimum of 64 MB of + <acronym>RAM</acronym> and 1.5 GB of free hard drive space. + However, such small amounts of memory and disk space are really + only suitable for custom applications like embedded appliances. + General-purpose desktop + systems need more resources. 2-4 GB RAM and + at least 8 GB hard drive space is a good starting point.</para> - <para>A &os; installation will require a minimum 64 MB of - <acronym>RAM</acronym> and 1.5 GB of free hard drive space - for the most minimal installation. However, that is a - <emphasis>minimal</emphasis> install, leaving almost no - free space. RAM requirements depend on usage. Specialized - FreeBSD systems can run in as little as 128MB RAM while desktop - systems should have at least 4 GB - of <acronym>RAM</acronym>.</para> - - <para>The processor requirements for each architecture can be - summarized as follows:</para> + <para>These are the processor requirements for each architecture:</para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term>&arch.amd64;</term> <listitem> - <para>This is the most common type of processor desktop and - laptop computers will have. Other vendors may call this - architecture <acronym>x86-64</acronym>.</para> - - <para>There are two primary vendors of &arch.amd64; - processors: &intel; (which produces - <acronym>Intel64</acronym> class processors) and AMD - (which produces <acronym>AMD64</acronym>).</para> + <para>This is the most common desktop and laptop processor type, + used in most modern systems. &intel; calls it <acronym>Intel64</acronym>. + Other manufacturers sometimes call it <acronym>x86-64</acronym>.</para> <para>Examples of &arch.amd64; compatible processsors include: &amd.athlon;64, &amd.opteron;, @@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ <varlistentry> <term>&arch.i386;</term> <listitem> - <para>This architecture is the 32-bit x86 + <para>Older desktops and laptops often use this 32-bit, x86 architecture.</para> <para>Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating @@ -190,12 +187,12 @@ <para>&os; will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions (<acronym>PAE</acronym>) support on - <acronym>CPU</acronym>s that support this feature. A + <acronym>CPU</acronym>s with 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> + by the system. However, using <acronym>PAE</acronym> places constraints on + device drivers and other features of + &os;. Refer to &man.pae.4; for details.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -250,8 +247,8 @@ <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>; + the <link + xlink:href="&url.base;/platforms/sparc.html">FreeBSD/sparc64 Project</link>.</para> <para><acronym>SMP</acronym> is supported on all systems with more than 1 processor. A dedicated disk is required @@ -1673,8 +1670,8 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID <para>If one or more disks are missing from the list, or if disks were attached after the installer was started, select <guibutton>- Rescan Devices</guibutton> to repopulate the list - of available disks. To ensure that the correct disks are - selected, so as not to accidently destroy the wrong disks, the + of available disks. + To avoid accidentally erasing the wrong disk, the <guibutton>- Disk Info</guibutton> menu can be used to inspect each disk, including its partition table and various other information such as the device model number and serial number, @@ -1737,7 +1734,7 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID <title>Shell Mode Partitioning</title> <para>When creating advanced installations, the - <application>bsdinstall</application> paritioning menus may + <application>bsdinstall</application> partitioning menus may not provide the level of flexibility required. Advanced users can select the <guibutton>Shell</guibutton> option from the partitioning menu in order to manually partition the drives,
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