Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 22:49:36 -0000 From: "Josh Paetzel" <josh@tcbug.org> To: "FreeBSD gnats submit" <FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org> Subject: docs/73760: 5.3-RELEASE and possibly older 5.x systems need 3 floppies to boot the installer Message-ID: <1100040576.0@twinmp.tcbug.org> Resent-Message-ID: <200411100500.iAA50a3E073378@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 73760
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: 5.3-RELEASE and possibly older 5.x systems need 3 floppies to boot the installer
>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: Wed Nov 10 05:00:36 GMT 2004
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Josh Paetzel
>Release: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Sun Nov 7 18:09:19 UTC 2004
jpaetzel@twinmp.tcbug.org:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/SMP
>Description:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html doesn't take into account that 5.x systems need 3 floppies to boot.
>How-To-Repeat:
Read the handbook page.
>Fix:
--- chapter.diff begins here ---
--- chapter.sgml.old Tue Nov 9 22:32:42 2004
+++ chapter.sgml Tue Nov 9 22:41:57 2004
@@ -571,9 +571,14 @@
The <filename>floppies/</filename> directory contains a number of
different images, and the ones you will need to use depends on the
version of FreeBSD you are installing, and in some cases, the
- hardware you are installing to. In most cases you will just need
+ hardware you are installing to. If you are installing FreeBSD
+ 4.x in most cases you will just need
two files, <filename>kern.flp</filename> and
- <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename>. Additional device drivers may
+ <filename>mfsroot.flp</filename>. If you are
+ installing FreeBSD 5.x in most cases you will need three
+ floppies, <filename>boot.flp</filename>,
+ <filename>kern1.flp</filename>, and
+ <filename>kern2.flp</filename> Additional device drivers may
be necessary for some systems. These drivers are provided
on the <filename>drivers.flp</filename> image. Check
<filename>README.TXT</filename> in the same directory for the
--- chapter.diff ends here ---
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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