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authorabial <abial@FreeBSD.org>1998-09-04 19:47:24 +0000
committerabial <abial@FreeBSD.org>1998-09-04 19:47:24 +0000
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Bring the docs more up-to-date. Document the 'custom' setup.
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diff --git a/release/picobsd/doc/how2build.html b/release/picobsd/doc/how2build.html
index f37e7d2..5acddeb 100644
--- a/release/picobsd/doc/how2build.html
+++ b/release/picobsd/doc/how2build.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<html>
-<! $Id: how2build.html,v 1.2 1998/08/19 16:59:36 abial Exp $ >
+<! $Id: how2build.html,v 1.1.1.1 1998/08/27 17:38:42 abial Exp $ >
<head>
<title><center>PicoBSD Development Kit</center></title>
</head>
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
you'll need. Also, I assume you run quite -current system with
full sources installed.
-<p> NOTE: there were some mysterious interactions between vn(4) driver and
+<p> NOTE1: beginning with version 0.4, PicoBSD sources are maintained as
+ part of official FreeBSD CVS repository, so if you have recent
+ source tree you can find them in /src/release/picobsd.</p>
+
+<p> NOTE2: there were some mysterious interactions between vn(4) driver and
'disklabel auto' in versions earlier than 3.0. There is another set
of scripts prepared by <A HREF="mailto:dinesh@alphaque.com">Dinesh Nair
</a> which allows to build PicoBSD floppies on a earlier systems.</p>
@@ -24,10 +28,15 @@
<li> Change working directory (<code>cd build</code>) and run the
<code>./build</code> script. Select target language, size of MFS and
one of pre-canned setups (personal dialup, dialin server or
- router-like). Details of each setup are contained in
- dial/, isp/ and net/ directories respectively. You should at least
+ router-like). Details of each setup are contained in dial/,
+ router/, isp/ and net/ directories respectively. You should at least
check <code>${TYPE}/config/PICOBSD</code> file to make sure it contains
the drivers you want.
+
+<p> You can also choose a special type called 'custom'. You'll need to
+ supply the full path to your own custom config tree constructed
+ exactly like one of the standard config directories.</p>
+
<p> I also recommend to adjust the ISA devices parameters to
match the ones of your hardware - though PicoBSD can save the
changes from UserConfig, this way it will produce smaller
diff --git a/release/picobsd/doc/intro.html b/release/picobsd/doc/intro.html
index ea7f9f4..7ecc3a2 100644
--- a/release/picobsd/doc/intro.html
+++ b/release/picobsd/doc/intro.html
@@ -149,14 +149,16 @@ floppies)</p>
<A NAME="create">
<h3>Create your own, custom version of PicoBSD!</h3>
-<p>I made available also the
-<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd/picobsd.tgz">set of tools</a>
+<p>I made available also the set of tools
(a.k.a the PicoBSD Development Kit) I used to create the floppies (see also the
<A HREF="how2build.html">detailed instructions</a>)</p>
-<p>You can also get the copy of
-<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/pcvs.tgz">the CVS repository</a> of
-the project - CVSup operation is still under construction...</p>
+<p>You can also access the full CVS repository of PicoBSD - beginning with
+version 0.4 it's a part of official FreeBSD CVS and lives in
+<code>src/release/picobsd</code>. I also create the snapshots of this source
+tree - keep in mind that they are not so up-to-date as the tree
+in FreeBSD CVS. You can get the snapshot I made on Sep 4th 1998
+<A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd/picobsd.tgz">here</a>.</p>
<p> Now, if you don't like the setup of PicoBSD, or you miss
some program, or (better yet) you want to improve PicoBSD - you can grab the
@@ -269,7 +271,7 @@ still bear his fingerprints :-) (you can get it
<A HREF="../../../xkernel.tgz">here</a>).
</li>
<li>Goran Hasse of <A HREF="http://www.raditex.se">Raditex AB, Sweden</a>, for
-sending me an M-Systems' flash disk to experiment with.
+sending me M-Systems' and SanDisk flash disks to experiment with.
</li>
<li>
Mike Smith for various tips and encouragement.
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@ with this project, either by donating some time to write code, or by
some other donation, just <A HREF="mailto:abial@nask.pl">contact me</a>.</p>
<h5>Last modified:
-Fri Aug 7 08:35:20 CEST 1998
+Fri Sep 4 01:17:44 PDT 1998
</h5>
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