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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-08-18 17:11:14 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2007-08-18 17:11:14 +0000 |
commit | 4a30c00d08af3b22a324f08fd2c30788f2a28111 (patch) | |
tree | 4249cbcf74d33ab02b3d6affe8a74733e6048fbb /release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme | |
parent | fad9eb8cfef69bb3b592cc5aba729ceda82cae51 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-4a30c00d08af3b22a324f08fd2c30788f2a28111.zip FreeBSD-src-4a30c00d08af3b22a324f08fd2c30788f2a28111.tar.gz |
Remove references to the now-deleted installation notes and add a
pointer to the installation chapter of the Handbook (it might be a
good idea to sprinkle a few more through this article).
De-emphasize the floppy disk part of installation media; it's
generally believed that most users install from CDROM or DVD
nowadays.
Use &arch.* entities where appropriate.
Bump copyright date while here.
Approved by: re (implicitly)
Diffstat (limited to 'release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml | 53 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 34 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml index 5910137..fb4542a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ <year>2004</year> <year>2005</year> <year>2006</year> + <year>2007</year> <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> </copyright> @@ -52,13 +53,12 @@ <title>About &os;</title> <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for - DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha/AXP computers (alpha), - AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (amd64), - Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC hardware (i386), - Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64), - NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (pc98), - and &ultrasparc; machines (sparc64). Versions - for the &powerpc; (powerpc), and &mips; (mips) + AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (&arch.amd64;), + Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC hardware (&arch.i386;), + Intel Itanium Processor based computers (&arch.ia64;), + NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (&arch.pc98;), + and &ultrasparc; machines (&arch.sparc64;). Versions + for the &powerpc; (&arch.powerpc;), and &mips; (mips) architectures are currently under development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, precompiled <quote>packages</quote> from the &os; Ports - Collection.</para> + Collection, or other extra material.</para> <para>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the project are listed in the <ulink @@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ URL="&url.articles.hubs;/">Mirroring &os;</ulink> article.</para> - <para>Mirrors generally contain the floppy disk images necessary - to begin an installation, as well as the distribution files - needed for the install process itself. Many mirrors also - contain the ISO images necessary to create a CDROM of - a &os; release.</para> - + <para>Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to + create a CDROM of a &os; release. They usually also contain + floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well as the + files necessary to do an installation over the network. + Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for + the most current release.</para> </sect2> </sect1> @@ -296,8 +296,7 @@ provided in various formats. Most distributions will include both ASCII text (<filename>.TXT</filename>) and HTML (<filename>.HTM</filename>) renditions. Some distributions - may also include other formats such as PostScript - (<filename>.PS</filename>) or Portable Document Format + may also include other formats such as Portable Document Format (<filename>.PDF</filename>). <itemizedlist> @@ -322,12 +321,6 @@ </listitem> <listitem> - <para><filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename>: Installation - instructions for installing &os; from its distribution - media.</para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> <para><filename>ERRATA.TXT</filename>: Release errata. Late-breaking, post-release information can be found in this file, which is principally applicable to releases @@ -338,20 +331,10 @@ created.</para> </listitem> </itemizedlist> - - <note> - <para>There are various versions of - <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename>, each containing information - specific to a particular hardware architecture. - The architecture - to which each document applies will be listed in that - document's title.</para> - </note> - </para> <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently - alpha, &i386;, ia64, pc98, and &sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the + &arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;, and &arch.sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para> @@ -403,7 +386,9 @@ url="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web - browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally.</para> + browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular, + note that the Handbook contains a step-by-step guide to + installing &os;.</para> <para>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics. |