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authorbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2005-04-02 19:41:41 +0000
committerbmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2005-04-02 19:41:41 +0000
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Mention that CDROMs have a slightly different layout than what is
pictured here. We might want to show a real CDROM layout here. Also clarify that whatever's in the floppies/ directory is primarily useful to users who actually need to boot from floppy to start an installation.
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@@ -18,11 +18,22 @@ INSTALL.HTM boot compat3x floppies proflibs
INSTALL.TXT catpages compat4x games src
README.HTM cdrom.inf crypto info tools</screen>
- <para>If you want to do a CDROM, FTP or NFS installation from this
- distribution directory, all you need to do is make the 1.44MB boot
- floppies from the floppies directory (see
+ <para>These same files are contained in the first CDROM of a
+ multi-disk set, but they are laid out slightly differently on the
+ disk. On most architectures, the installation CDROM also contains
+ a <quote>live filesystem</quote> in addition to the distribution
+ files. The live filesystem is useful when repairing or
+ troubleshooting an existing &os; installation (see <xref
+ linkend="trouble"> for how to use this).</para>
+
+ <para>The <filename>floppies</filename> directory will be of
+ particular interest to users who are unable to boot from the CDROM
+ media (but are able to read the CDROM by other means). It is easy
+ to generate a set of 1.44MB boot
+ floppies from the <filename>floppies</filename> directory (see
<xref linkend="floppies"> for instructions on how to
- do this), boot them and follow the instructions. The rest of the
+ do this) and use these to start an installation from CDROM, FTP, or
+ NFS. The rest of the
data needed during the installation will be obtained automatically
based on your selections. If you've never installed &os; before,
you also want to read the entirety of this document (the
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