From owner-svn-doc-all@freebsd.org Fri Aug 12 18:02:54 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-all@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F31BBB8C0E; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:02:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org (repo.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:6068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5CF30123B; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:02:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: from repo.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.37]) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id u7CI2r2Z051991; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:02:53 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Received: (from wblock@localhost) by repo.freebsd.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id u7CI2rCV051990; Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:02:53 GMT (envelope-from wblock@FreeBSD.org) Message-Id: <201608121802.u7CI2rCV051990@repo.freebsd.org> X-Authentication-Warning: repo.freebsd.org: wblock set sender to wblock@FreeBSD.org using -f From: Warren Block Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:02:53 +0000 (UTC) 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 X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire doc trees \(except for " user" , " projects" , and " translations" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2016 18:02:54 -0000 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 (slightly modified). PR: 210360 Submitted by: Drew 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 @@ Minimum Hardware Requirements - The hardware requirements to install &os; vary by the - hardware architecture. Hardware architectures + 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 (http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/index.html). + &os; Release Information + page. + The &os; download page + also has recommendations for choosing the + correct image for different architectures. + + A &os; installation requires a minimum of 64 MB of + RAM 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. - A &os; installation will require a minimum 64 MB of - RAM and 1.5 GB of free hard drive space - for the most minimal installation. However, that is a - minimal 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 RAM. - - The processor requirements for each architecture can be - summarized as follows: + These are the processor requirements for each architecture: &arch.amd64; - This is the most common type of processor desktop and - laptop computers will have. Other vendors may call this - architecture x86-64. - - There are two primary vendors of &arch.amd64; - processors: &intel; (which produces - Intel64 class processors) and AMD - (which produces AMD64). + This is the most common desktop and laptop processor type, + used in most modern systems. &intel; calls it Intel64. + Other manufacturers sometimes call it x86-64. Examples of &arch.amd64; compatible processsors include: &amd.athlon;64, &amd.opteron;, @@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ &arch.i386; - This architecture is the 32-bit x86 + Older desktops and laptops often use this 32-bit, x86 architecture. Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating @@ -190,12 +187,12 @@ &os; will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions (PAE) support on - CPUs that support this feature. A + CPUs with this feature. A kernel with the PAE 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. + by the system. However, using PAE places constraints on + device drivers and other features of + &os;. Refer to &man.pae.4; for details. @@ -250,8 +247,8 @@ &arch.sparc64; Systems supported by &os;/&arch.sparc64; are listed at - the FreeBSD/sparc64 Project (http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/sparc.html). + the FreeBSD/sparc64 Project. SMP 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 If one or more disks are missing from the list, or if disks were attached after the installer was started, select - Rescan Devices 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 - Disk Info 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 Shell Mode Partitioning When creating advanced installations, the - bsdinstall paritioning menus may + bsdinstall partitioning menus may not provide the level of flexibility required. Advanced users can select the Shell option from the partitioning menu in order to manually partition the drives,