Release version information in the installation page.

Ryusuke SUZUKI ryusuke at FreeBSD.org
Tue Mar 29 09:46:32 UTC 2011


Hello, freebsd-doc@

I would like to update the release version infomation in the FreeBSD Handbook
installation page (doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml).

How about the follwing patch?

Regards,
  Ryusuke

diff -u -r1.420 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml	22 Feb 2011 20:57:42 -0000	1.420
+++ chapter.sgml	28 Mar 2011 15:13:20 -0000
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
 	  <title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title>

 	  <important>
-	    <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are
+	    <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.X, floppy disk images are
 	      no longer available.  Please see above for instructions
 	      on how to install &os; using a USB memory stick or just
 	      use a CDROM or a DVD.</para>
@@ -4369,11 +4369,11 @@

 	    <para>From the &os; system where is saved the installation
 	      ISO image, for example
-	      <filename>&os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename>,
+	      <filename>&os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename>,
 	      use the &man.tar.1; utility to extract all the files:</para>

 	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -C <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable> -pxvf &os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</userinput></screen>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -C <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable> -pxvf &os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</userinput></screen>

 	    <para>Now you must set the installation media to boot into a
 	      serial console.  You have to add to the
@@ -4389,7 +4389,7 @@
 	      used:</para>

 	    <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkisofs -v -b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot -r -J -V "<replaceable>Headless_install</replaceable>" \
-	    -o <replaceable>Headless-</replaceable>&os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+	    -o <replaceable>Headless-</replaceable>&os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput></screen>

 	    <para>Now that you have your ISO image configured correctly,
 	      you can burn it on a CD-R with your favorite burning
@@ -4553,8 +4553,7 @@
 		    off USB drives.  It also supports booting into a
 		    <quote>livefs</quote> based rescue mode.  The
 		    documentation packages are provided but no other
-		    packages.  This image is not available for &os; 7.3
-		    and earlier.</entry>
+		    packages.  This image is not available for &os; 7.X.</entry>
 		</row>

 		<row>
@@ -4570,7 +4569,7 @@

 		  <entry>A CD image with as many third-party packages
 		    as would fit on the disc.  This image is not
-		    available for &os; 8.0 and later.</entry>
+		    available for &os; 8.X.</entry>
 		</row>

 		<row>
@@ -4578,7 +4577,7 @@

 		  <entry>Another CD image with as many third-party
 		    packages as would fit on the disc.  This image is
-		    not available for &os; 8.0 and later.</entry>
+		    not available for &os; 8.X.</entry>
 		</row>

 		<row>
@@ -4600,7 +4599,7 @@

 	  <note>
 	    <para>&os; 7.X releases before &os; 7.3 and
-	      &os; 8.X releases before &os; 8.1 used a
+	      &os; 8.0 used a
 	      different naming convention.  The names of their ISO
 	      images are not prefixed with
 	      <literal>&os;-</literal>.</para>
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