question

[bob at a1poweruser.com]

YES there is something major wrong with the official handbook.  The
majority of the content is written like the reader already has good
understanding of how FreeBSD works. It is not detailed enough for
someone who has no previous experience with Unix like operating
systems.

The referenced Install guide gives clear step by step instructions.
It only uses the sysinstall process to lay down the default
operating system from cdrom. Then step by step instruction on which
/etc conf files need to be edited and with what data needs to be
added and why.  It completes side steps the many un-documented
sysinstall options as functions only necessary for advanced users.

If you were current on the content of the handbook you will see that
the handbooks complete section on firewalls has been replaced with
the complete firewall section from the Install guide we are talking
about.

AND if you had accessed the Install guide you would have see that it
is available to everyone for download and viewing on their own PC.
It is public domain and the FreeBSD-Doc group can incorporate it
into the handbook or make it a separate install guide for beginners.

The FreeBSD Install Guide is mirrored at the following sites.


http://freebsd.easyasthat.co.uk/
http://www.unixguide.net/freebsd/fbsd_installguide/index.php
http://freebsd.packards-home.net/index.php
www.a1poweruser.com
http://freebsdinfo.org/
http://freebsd.a1poweruser.com:6088/
http://freebsd.95mb.com/




-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Giorgos
Keramidas
Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 5:43 AM
To: Randy Pratt
Cc: fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org;
dot.icabod at gmail.com
Subject: Re: question

On 2005-04-03 00:11, Randy Pratt <rpratt1950 at earthlink.net> wrote:
>On Sat, 2 Apr 2005 22:30:13 -0500
>"fbsd_user" <fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
>> Reinstall from scratch using cd install disk.  Keep trying until
you
>> get it correct.  That's how you learn FreeBSD.
>>
>> Follow instructions from this url
>> http://freebsd.easyasthat.co.uk/
>
> Is there something wrong with the installation instructions at:
>
>
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.ht
ml
>
> I keep seeing you recommend that site (yours?) as the instructions
to
> follow.

It's ok.  There may be very good bits there (I haven't had a chance
to
read the entire document yet), so it's not very bad to suggest using
it.

If there are parts that we could include in the official FreeBSD
doc/
tree, that would be great too.

So, if anyone has used the aforementioned guide and found parts that
are
not covered by the official docs, please mail either me directly or
the
freebsd-doc list.

> If there's something lacking in the official instructions,
wouldn't it
> be better to update those so they get a proper peer review?

Agreed.  Updating the official documentation, where it lacks, seems
like
a good thing.

- Giorgos

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