Inquiry

[Robert Simmons]

On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Glen Barber <gjb at freebsd.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 06:19:32PM -0400, Robert Simmons wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 29, 2012 at 1:36 AM,  <takedasakae at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/8.3-RELEASE/floppies/
>> > I do not have the above location in “Preparing for 2.3.7 boot media”?
>>
>> That section needs to be rewritten.  There is a big red box above it
>> that states "Important: Please note, as of FreeBSD 8.X, floppy disk
>> images are no longer available. Please see above for instructions on
>> how to install FreeBSD using a USB memory stick or just use a CDROM or
>> a DVD."
>>
>> But the text below the box needs to be modified so that it no longer
>> refers to anything 8.x.
>
> Actually, this section needs a big red GIF overlay stating something
> equivalent to:
>
> "You have reached the end of this document.  Please scroll down and
> click 'Next'."
>
> The 7.4-RELEASE 'releases/' directory was removed last month, so now we
> have no floppies available anywhere.
>
> I was originally just going to update the URL, but now that would be
> moot.  This section really needs to go away now, but the rest of the
> Handbook should first be checked for references to this Floppy section.
>
> It's on my TODO list...

I could do this.  Just to check, this is where the handbook is kept in
CVS, correct?
doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/