svn commit: r44902 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall
Dru Lavigne
dru at FreeBSD.org
Wed May 21 19:51:47 UTC 2014
Author: dru
Date: Wed May 21 19:51:47 2014
New Revision: 44902
URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/44902
Log:
Editorial review of first 1/3 of Post-Installation Configuration.
Sponsored by: iXsystems
Modified:
head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml
Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed May 21 17:52:23 2014 (r44901)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml Wed May 21 19:51:47 2014 (r44902)
@@ -1827,24 +1827,32 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
<para>Once all requested distribution files have been extracted,
<application>bsdinstall</application> displays the first
- post-installation menu. This series of menus is described in
+ post-installation configuration screen. The available
+ post-configuration options are described in
the next section.</para>
</sect1>
<sect1 xml:id="bsdinstall-post">
<title>Post-Installation</title>
- <para>Configuration of various options follows a successful
- installation of &os;. An option can be configured by
- re-entering the configuration options from the final menu before
- booting into the newly installed &os; system.</para>
+ <para>Once &os; is installed,
+ <application>bsdinstall</application> will prompt to configure
+ several options before booting into the newly installed system.
+ This section describes these configuration options.</para>
+
+ <tip>
+ <para>Once the system has booted,
+ <command>bsdconfig</command> provides a menu-driven method for
+ configuring the system using these and additional
+ options.</para>
+ </tip>
<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-post-root">
<title>Setting the <systemitem
class="username">root</systemitem> Password</title>
- <para>The <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
- password must be set. Note that while entering the password,
+ <para>First, the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
+ password must be set. While entering the password,
the characters being typed are not displayed on the screen.
After the password has been entered, it must be entered again.
This helps prevent typing errors.</para>
@@ -1860,23 +1868,20 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
-
- <para>After the password has been successfully entered, the
- installation will continue.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-config-network-dev">
<title>Configuring Network Interfaces</title>
+ <para>Next, a list of the network interfaces found on the computer
+ is shown. Select the interface to configure.</para>
+
<note>
- <para>Network configuration will be skipped if it has already
- been done as part of a <emphasis>bootonly</emphasis>
+ <para>The network configuration menus will be skipped if the network was previously
+ configured as part of a <emphasis>bootonly</emphasis>
installation.</para>
</note>
- <para>A list of all the network interfaces found on the computer
- is shown next. Select one to be configured.</para>
-
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-configure-net-interface">
<title>Choose a Network Interface</title>
@@ -1888,26 +1893,11 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <sect3 xml:id="bsdinstall-configure-net-wireless">
- <title>Configuring a Wireless Network Interface</title>
-
- <para>If a wireless network interface is chosen, wireless
- identification and security parameters must be entered to
- allow it to connect to the network.</para>
-
- <para>Wireless networks are identified by a Service Set
- Identifier, or <acronym>SSID</acronym>. The
- <acronym>SSID</acronym> is a short, unique name given to
- each network.</para>
-
- <para>Most wireless networks encrypt transmitted data to
- protect information from unauthorized viewing.
- <acronym>WPA2</acronym> encryption is strongly recommended.
- Older encryption types, like <acronym>WEP</acronym>, offer
- very little security.</para>
-
- <para>The first step in connecting to a wireless network is to
- scan for wireless access points.</para>
+ <para>If an Ethernet interface is selected, the installer will
+ skip ahead to the menu shown in <xref
+ linkend="bsdinstall-configure-net-ipv4"/>. If a wireless
+ network interface is chosen, the system will instead scan
+ for wireless access points:</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-wireless-scan">
<title>Scanning for Wireless Access Points</title>
@@ -1920,7 +1910,9 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <para><acronym>SSIDs</acronym>
+ <para>Wireless networks are identified by a Service Set
+ Identifier (<acronym>SSID</acronym>), a short, unique name given to
+ each network. <acronym>SSIDs</acronym>
found during the scan are listed, followed by a description
of the encryption types available for that network. If the
desired <acronym>SSID</acronym> does not appear in the list,
@@ -1941,12 +1933,14 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <para>The encryption information for connecting to the
- selected wireless network is entered after selecting the
- network. With <acronym>WPA2</acronym>, only a password
- (also known as the Pre-Shared Key, or
- <acronym>PSK</acronym>) is needed. Characters typed into
- the input box are shown as asterisks for security.</para>
+ <para>Next, enter the encryption information for connecting to the
+ selected wireless network.
+ <acronym>WPA2</acronym> encryption is strongly recommended as
+ older encryption types, like <acronym>WEP</acronym>, offer
+ little security. If the network uses <acronym>WPA2</acronym>, input the password,
+ also known as the Pre-Shared Key (<acronym>PSK</acronym>).
+ For security reasons, the characters typed into
+ the input box are displayed as asterisks.</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-wireless-wpa2">
<title>WPA2 Setup</title>
@@ -1959,20 +1953,12 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <para>Network configuration continues after selection of the
- wireless network and entry of the connection
- information.</para>
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3 xml:id="bsdinstall-ipv4">
- <title>Configuring IPv4 Networking</title>
-
- <para>Choose whether <acronym>IPv4</acronym> networking is to
- be used. This is the most common type of network
- connection.</para>
+ <para>Next, choose whether or not an <acronym>IPv4</acronym>
+ address should be configured on the Ethernet or wireless
+ interface:</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-configure-net-ipv4">
- <title>Choose IPv4 Networking</title>
+ <title>Choose <acronym>IPv4</acronym> Networking</title>
<mediaobject>
<imageobject>
@@ -1984,26 +1970,27 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
<para>There are two methods of <acronym>IPv4</acronym>
configuration.
- <emphasis><acronym>DHCP</acronym></emphasis> will
- automatically configure the network interface correctly, and
- is the preferred method. <emphasis>Static</emphasis>
- configuration requires manual entry of network
- information.</para>
+ <acronym>DHCP</acronym> will
+ automatically configure the network interface correctly and
+ should be used if the network provides a
+ <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server. Otherwise, the addressing
+ information needs to be input manually as a static
+ configuration.</para>
<note>
- <para>Do not enter random network information, as it will
- not work. Obtain the information shown in <xref
+ <para>Do not enter random network information as it will
+ not work. If a <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server is not
+ available, obtain the information listed in <xref
linkend="bsdinstall-collect-network-information"/> from
- the network administrator or service provider.</para>
+ the network administrator or Internet service provider.</para>
</note>
- <sect4 xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv4-dhcp-config">
- <title><acronym>IPv4</acronym> <acronym>DHCP</acronym>
- Network Configuration</title>
-
<para>If a <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server is available,
- select <guibutton>[ Yes ]</guibutton> to
- automatically configure the network interface.</para>
+ select <guibutton>[ Yes ]</guibutton> in the next menu to
+ automatically configure the network interface. The
+ installer will appear to pause for a minute or so as it
+ finds the <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server and obtains the
+ addressing information for the system.</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv4-dhcp">
<title>Choose <acronym>IPv4</acronym>
@@ -2016,14 +2003,10 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- </sect4>
-
- <sect4 xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv4-static-config">
- <title><acronym>IPv4</acronym> Static Network
- Configuration</title>
- <para>Static configuration of the network interface requires
- entry of some <acronym>IPv4</acronym> information.</para>
+ <para>If a <acronym>DHCP</acronym> server is not available,
+ select <guibutton>[ No ]</guibutton> and input
+ the following addressing information in this menu:</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv4-static">
<title><acronym>IPv4</acronym> Static
@@ -2040,35 +2023,26 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><literal>IP Address</literal> - The
- manually-assigned <acronym>IPv4</acronym> address to
- be assigned to this computer. This address must be
+ <acronym>IPv4</acronym> address
+ assigned to this computer. The address must be
unique and not already in use by another piece of
equipment on the local network.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para><literal>Subnet Mask</literal> - The subnet mask
- used for the local network. Typically, this is
- <literal>255.255.255.0</literal>.</para>
+ for the network.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><literal>Default Router</literal> - The IP address
- of the default router on this network. Usually this
- is the address of the router or other network
- equipment that connects the local network to the
- Internet. Also known as the
- <emphasis>default gateway</emphasis>.</para>
+ <para><literal>Default Router</literal> - The <acronym>IP</acronym> address
+ of the network's default gateway.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- </sect4>
- </sect3>
-
- <sect3 xml:id="bsdinstall-ipv6">
- <title>Configuring IPv6 Networking</title>
- <para><acronym>IPv6</acronym> is a newer method of network
- configuration. If <acronym>IPv6</acronym> is available and
+ <para>The next screen will ask if the interface should be
+ configured for <acronym>IPv6</acronym>.
+ If <acronym>IPv6</acronym> is available and
desired, choose <guibutton>[ Yes ]</guibutton> to
select it.</para>
@@ -2083,23 +2057,20 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- <para>IPv6 also has two methods of configuration.
- <emphasis><acronym>SLAAC</acronym> </emphasis>, or
- <emphasis>StateLess Address AutoConfiguration</emphasis>,
- will automatically configure the network interface
- correctly. <emphasis>Static</emphasis> configuration
+ <para><acronym>IPv6</acronym> also has two methods of configuration.
+ StateLess Address AutoConfiguration (<acronym>SLAAC</acronym>)
+ will automatically request the correct configuration
+ information from a local router. Refer to <link
+ xlink:href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862">http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862</link>
+ for more information. Static configuration
requires manual entry of network information.</para>
- <sect4 xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv6-slaac-config">
- <title><acronym>IPv6</acronym> Stateless Address
- Autoconfiguration</title>
-
- <para><acronym>SLAAC</acronym> allows an
- <acronym>IPv6</acronym> network component to request
- autoconfiguration information from a local router. See
- <link
- xlink:href="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862">http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4862</link>
- for more information.</para>
+ <para>If an <acronym>IPv6</acronym> router is available,
+ select <guibutton>[ Yes ]</guibutton> in the
+ next menu to automatically configure the network
+ interface. The installer will appear to pause for a
+ minute or so as it finds the router and obtains the
+ addressing information for the system.</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv6-slaac">
<title>Choose IPv6 SLAAC Configuration</title>
@@ -2111,15 +2082,10 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- </sect4>
- <sect4 xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv6-static-config">
- <title><acronym>IPv6</acronym> Static Network
- Configuration</title>
-
- <para>Static configuration of the network interface requires
- entry of the <acronym>IPv6 </acronym>configuration
- information.</para>
+ <para>If an <acronym>IPv6</acronym> router is not available,
+ select <guibutton>[ No ]</guibutton> and input the
+ following addressing information in this menu:</para>
<figure xml:id="bsdinstall-net-ipv6-static">
<title>IPv6 Static Configuration</title>
@@ -2135,36 +2101,27 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><literal>IPv6 Address</literal> - The
- manually-assigned <acronym>IP</acronym> address to be
- assigned to this computer. This address must be
+ <acronym>IPv6</acronym> address
+ assigned to this computer. The address must be
unique and not already in use by another piece of
equipment on the local network.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
- <para><literal>Default Router</literal> - The IPv6
- address of the default router on this network.
- Usually this is the address of the router or other
- network equipment that connects the local network to
- the Internet. Also known as the <emphasis>default
- gateway</emphasis>.</para>
+ <para><literal>Default Router</literal> - The <acronym>IPv6</acronym>
+ address of the network's default gateway.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
- </sect4>
- </sect3>
- <sect3 xml:id="bsdinstall-net-dns">
- <title>Configuring <acronym>DNS</acronym></title>
-
- <para>The Domain Name System (<acronym>DNS</acronym>) resolver
+ <para>The last network configuration menu is used to configure the Domain Name System (<acronym>DNS</acronym>) resolver, which
converts hostnames to and from network addresses. If
<acronym>DHCP</acronym> or <acronym>SLAAC</acronym> was used
to autoconfigure the network interface, the
<literal>Resolver Configuration</literal> values may already
- be present. Otherwise, enter the local network's domain
+ be filled in. Otherwise, enter the local network's domain
name in the <literal>Search</literal> field.
<literal>DNS #1</literal> and <literal>DNS #2</literal> are
- the <acronym>IP</acronym> addresses for the local
+ the <acronym>IPv4</acronym> and/or <acronym>IPv6</acronym> addresses of the
<acronym>DNS</acronym> servers. At least one
<acronym>DNS</acronym> server is required.</para>
@@ -2178,7 +2135,6 @@ Ethernet address 0:3:ba:b:92:d4, Host ID
</imageobject>
</mediaobject>
</figure>
- </sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 xml:id="bsdinstall-timezone">
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