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author | Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-12-17 15:41:04 +0000 |
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committer | Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai@FreeBSD.org> | 1999-12-17 15:41:04 +0000 |
commit | baf6d86f6e27644d1aac4cb6b22607c626d48096 (patch) | |
tree | 8e1d985170193c5fa5c902041fafa729ac278b4e | |
parent | 5102c980faf98b665b9aa49d05cc1c6dc966bffd (diff) | |
download | doc-baf6d86f6e27644d1aac4cb6b22607c626d48096.tar.gz doc-baf6d86f6e27644d1aac4cb6b22607c626d48096.zip |
Change the FAQ entry about the bootdisks to more actively reflect reality.
Discussed with: jhb
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svn path=/head/; revision=6215
-rw-r--r-- | en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 18 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml | 18 |
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 5c4ef8c57a..b954831139 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ </author> </authorgroup> -<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.27 1999/12/16 01:58:47 nik Exp $</pubdate> +<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.28 1999/12/16 11:13:07 nik Exp $</pubdate> <abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X and 3.X. All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted. @@ -798,12 +798,16 @@ id="install"> <qandaset><qandaentry><question> <para>Which file do I download to get FreeBSD?</para></question><answer> -<para>You generally need just one floppy image, the <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename> file, which you image-copy onto a 1.44MB floppy and then boot from -in order to download the rest (and the installation will manage your -TCP/IP connection, deal with tapes, CDROMs, floppies, DOS -partitions, whatever's necessary to get the rest of the bits -installed).</para> - +<para>Prior to release 3.1, you only needed one floppy image to install +FreeBSD, namely <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename>. However, +since release 3.1 the Project has added base support for a wide +variety of hardware which needed more space, and thus for 3.x and 4.x +we now use two floppy images, namely +<filename>floppies/kernel.flp</filename> and +<filename>floppies/mfsroot.flp</filename>. These images need to be +copied onto floppies by tools like <command>fdimage</command> or +&man.dd.1;.</para> + <para>If you need to download the distributions yourself (for a DOS filesystem install, for instance), below are some recommendations for distributions to grab:</para> diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml index 5c4ef8c57a..b954831139 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ </author> </authorgroup> -<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.27 1999/12/16 01:58:47 nik Exp $</pubdate> +<pubdate>$FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v 1.28 1999/12/16 11:13:07 nik Exp $</pubdate> <abstract><para> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD versions 2.X and 3.X. All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5 and later, unless otherwise noted. @@ -798,12 +798,16 @@ id="install"> <qandaset><qandaentry><question> <para>Which file do I download to get FreeBSD?</para></question><answer> -<para>You generally need just one floppy image, the <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename> file, which you image-copy onto a 1.44MB floppy and then boot from -in order to download the rest (and the installation will manage your -TCP/IP connection, deal with tapes, CDROMs, floppies, DOS -partitions, whatever's necessary to get the rest of the bits -installed).</para> - +<para>Prior to release 3.1, you only needed one floppy image to install +FreeBSD, namely <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename>. However, +since release 3.1 the Project has added base support for a wide +variety of hardware which needed more space, and thus for 3.x and 4.x +we now use two floppy images, namely +<filename>floppies/kernel.flp</filename> and +<filename>floppies/mfsroot.flp</filename>. These images need to be +copied onto floppies by tools like <command>fdimage</command> or +&man.dd.1;.</para> + <para>If you need to download the distributions yourself (for a DOS filesystem install, for instance), below are some recommendations for distributions to grab:</para> |