Change the FAQ entry about the bootdisks to more actively reflect reality.

Discussed with: jhb

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 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>