Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 10:22:02 +0200 From: Marc Fonvieille <blackend@FreeBSD.org> To: Johann Kois <jkois@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: docs/149230: [handbook] Homepage is not correct, no boot floppy exist Message-ID: <20100806082202.GA1537@gothic.blackend.org> In-Reply-To: <201008060800.o7680BOK029774@freefall.freebsd.org> References: <201008060800.o7680BOK029774@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Fri, Aug 06, 2010 at 08:00:11AM +0000, Johann Kois wrote: > The following reply was made to PR docs/149230; it has been noted by GNATS. > > From: Johann Kois <jkois@FreeBSD.org> > To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, nobody99@gmx.at > Cc: > Subject: Re: docs/149230: [handbook] Homepage is not correct, no boot floppy > exist > Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:57:54 +0000 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Not a website problem. Rather a problem of the handbook (the original, > meaning the English version). > > Root cause: > Automatic build of floppy images has been disabled starting with 8.0. > > See the following thread on the stable mailinglist for more information: > http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2010-May/056705.html > > Best way to proceed for the moment is probably to put a note into the > handbook "that you can still create floppy images under 8.0. But you > must do it manually". As the floppy images are still there for 7.X. > If you have time to work on this addition, please do it :) If not I'll do it with the rest of some updates I'm (and others like Glen Barber) working on for this chapter. -- Marc
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