svn commit: r39885 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq
Eitan Adler
eadler at FreeBSD.org
Wed Oct 31 21:24:48 UTC 2012
Author: eadler
Date: Wed Oct 31 21:24:47 2012
New Revision: 39885
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/39885
Log:
Rewrite the answer to "which file should I download" - the only versions
still talks about floppies as if they matter.
Reviewed by: gjb
Approved by: bcr (mentor)
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Oct 31 21:24:44 2012 (r39884)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Oct 31 21:24:47 2012 (r39885)
@@ -1189,38 +1189,58 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <para>You need three floppy images:
- <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename>,
- <filename>floppies/kern1.flp</filename>, and
- <filename>floppies/kern2.flp</filename>. These images need
- to be copied onto floppies by tools like
- <command>fdimage</command> or &man.dd.1;.</para>
+ <para>On the
+ <ulink url="http://www.freebsd.org/where.html">Get &os; page</ulink>
+ select <literal>[iso]</literal> next to the
+ architecture you want to use.</para>
- <para>If you need to download the distributions yourself (for
- a DOS file system install, for instance), below are some
- recommendations for distributions to grab:</para>
+ <para>Any of the following can be used:</para>
- <itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>base/</para>
- </listitem>
+ <informaltable frame="none" pgwide="1">
+ <tgroup cols="2">
+ <thead>
+ <row>
+ <entry>file</entry>
+ <entry>description</entry>
+ </row>
+ </thead>
- <listitem>
- <para>manpages/</para>
- </listitem>
+ <tbody>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>disc1.iso</filename></entry>
+ <entry>Contains enough to install &os; and
+ a minimal set of packages.</entry>
+ </row>
- <listitem>
- <para>compat*/</para>
- </listitem>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>dvd1.iso</filename></entry>
+ <entry>Similar to <filename>disc1.iso</filename>
+ but with addtional packages.</entry>
+ </row>
- <listitem>
- <para>doc/</para>
- </listitem>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>memstick.iso</filename></entry>
+ <entry>A bootable image sufficient for copying to a
+ USB stick.</entry>
+ </row>
- <listitem>
- <para>src/ssys.*</para>
- </listitem>
- </itemizedlist>
+ <row>
+ <entry><filename>bootonly.iso</filename></entry>
+ <entry>A minimal image that requires network
+ access during installation to completely
+ install &os;.</entry>
+ </row>
+ </tbody>
+ </tgroup>
+ </informaltable>
+
+ <para>&arch.pc98; users require three floppy images:
+ <filename>floppies/boot.flp</filename>,
+ <filename>floppies/kern1.flp</filename>, and
+ <filename>floppies/kern2.flp</filename>. These images
+ need
+ to be copied onto floppies by tools like
+ &man.dd.1;.</para>
<para>Full instructions on this procedure and a little bit
more about installation issues in general can be found in
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