Substantially update this to match reality. Also do a typo/facto pass over

Max's serial console instructions (this is good stuff, thanks Max!).

2 files changed, 150 insertions, 160 deletions

diff --git a/release/texts/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/INSTALL.TXT
index 4d7fc53..c8f1b55 100644
--- a/release/texts/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 +=====================================================================+
 
 Author:         Jordan K. Hubbard
-Last updated:   Tue Mar 24 00:56:14 PST 1998
+Last updated:   Tue May 4 16:05:41 PST 1999
 
 0.0     Quick Start
 ---     -----------
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ PC hardware for FreeBSD, you should also read the HARDWARE.TXT file -
 it contains important information which may save you a lot of grief.
 
 If you're new to FreeBSD then you should also read EVERYTHING listed
-in the Documentation menu on the boot floppy.  It may seem like a lot
+in the Documentation menu of the installer.  It may seem like a lot
 to read, but the time you spend now reading the documents will be made
 up many times over because you were adequately prepared. Also, you will
 know the types of information available should you get stuck later.
@@ -50,18 +50,21 @@ on the resources available to you.
 
 The best laid plans sometimes go awry, so if you run into trouble take a 
 look at TROUBLE.TXT which contains valuable troubleshooting information.
+You should also read ERRATA.TXT before installing and follow the pointers
+there carefully since this will stop you from falling over any problems
+which have reported in the interim for your particular release.
 
 DISCLAIMER: While FreeBSD does its best to safeguard against
 accidental loss of data, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT
-YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation!  Please do not proceed to the
-final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've adequately backed up any
-important data first!  We really mean it!
+YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation if you make a mistake!  Please
+do not proceed to the final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've
+adequately backed up any important data first!  We really mean it!
 
 FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no
-support for '286 processors), 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of
-ram to run. You will need at least 80 megs of free hard drive space.
-See below for ways of shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to
-install FreeBSD.
+support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install
+and 4 megs of RAM to run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard
+drive space for the most minimal installation.  See below for ways of
+shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to install FreeBSD.
 
 
 0.1     Installing FreeBSD from CDROM or the Internet
@@ -69,33 +72,21 @@ install FreeBSD.
 
 The easiest type of installation is from CD.  If you have a supported
 CDROM drive and a FreeBSD installation CD from Walnut Creek CDROM,
-there are 3 ways of starting the installation from it:
+there are 2 ways of starting the installation from it:
 
         1. If your system supports bootable CDROM media (usually an option
            which can be selectively enabled in the controller's setup menu
            or in the PC BIOS for some systems) and you have it enabled,
-           FreeBSD 2.2.1 and later CDs support the "El Torrito" bootable
-           CD standard.  Simply put the installation CD in your CDROM drive
-           and boot the system to begin installation.
+           FreeBSD supports the "El Torrito" bootable CD standard.  Simply
+           put the installation CD in your CDROM drive and boot the system
+           to begin installation.
 
-        2. If you have drivers which allow you to see your CDROM drive
-           from DOS, first disable any fancy memory managers you may
-           have configured, change directory to the CDROM (E:\ in the example
-           below) and then type this:
-
-                E> install
-
-           and you should boot directly into the FreeBSD installation.
-
-           If either steps fail, please go on to step 3.
-
-        3. Build a FreeBSD boot floppy from the floppies/boot.flp
-           file in a FreeBSD distribution.  Either simply use the
+        2. Build a set of FreeBSD boot floppies from the floppies/
+           directory in every FreeBSD distribution.  Either simply use the
            ``makeflp.bat'' script from DOS or read floppies/README.TXT
-           for more information on creating bootable floppies under
-           different operating systems.  Then you simply boot
-           from the floppy and you should go into the FreeBSD
-           installation.
+           for more information on creating the bootable floppies under
+           different operating systems.  Then you simply boot from the
+           first floppy and you should soon be in the FreeBSD installation.
 
 If you don't have a CDROM and would like to simply install over the
 net using PPP, slip or a dedicated connection, simply fetch the
@@ -107,22 +98,21 @@ or one of its many mirrors (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html)
 and follow step 3 above.  You should also read the floppies/README.TXT
 file as it contains important information for downloaders.
 
-Once you have a boot floppy made, please go to section 1.5 of this
+Once you have your boot floppies made, please go to section 1.5 of this
 document for additional tips on installing via FTP or NFS.
 
 
 1.0     Detail on various installation types
 ---     ------------------------------------
 
-Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen
-somehow, you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go
-from there.  If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you
-are also encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the
-Documentation submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on
-the first menu.
+Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen somehow,
+you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go from there.
+If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you are also
+encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the Documentation
+submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on the first menu.
 
-   REMEMBER:  If you get stuck at a screen, hit F1 for the online
-   documentation for that section.
+   NOTE:  If you get stuck at a screen, hit the F1 key for online
+   documentation relevant to that specific section.
 
 If you've never installed FreeBSD before, or even if you have, the
 "Novice" installation mode is the most recommended since it makes sure
@@ -143,7 +133,7 @@ on installing from each type of media listed below.
 If you simply wish to install from a local CDROM drive then see the
 Quick Start section.  If you don't have a CDROM drive on your system
 and wish to use a FreeBSD distribution CD in the CDROM drive of
-another system to which you have network connectivity, there are
+another system to which you have network connectivity, there are also
 several ways of going about it:
 
 1. If you would be able to FTP install FreeBSD directly from the CDROM
@@ -169,8 +159,8 @@ several ways of going about it:
    to do that then an NFS installation is probably not the best choice
    for you unless you're willing to read up on rc.conf(5) and configure
    things appropriately.  Assuming that this part goes smoothly, you
-   should be able to enter:  <cdrom-host>:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
-   installation when the target machine is installed.
+   should be able to enter:  cdrom-host:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
+   installation when the target machine is installed, e.g. wiggy:/cdrom
 
 
 1.2     Installing from Floppies
@@ -180,7 +170,7 @@ If you must install from floppy disks, either due to unsupported
 hardware or just because you enjoy doing things the hard way, you must
 first prepare some floppies for the install.
 
-First, make a boot floppy as described in floppies/README.TXT
+First, make your boot floppies as described in floppies/README.TXT
 
 Second, read the file LAYOUT.TXT and pay special attention to the
 "Distribution format" section since it describes which files you're
@@ -221,7 +211,7 @@ of the bin set since it is read by the installation program in order
 to figure out how many additional pieces to look for when fetching and
 concatenating the distribution.  When putting distributions onto
 floppies, the <distname>.inf file MUST occupy the first floppy of each
-distribution set!
+distribution set!  This is also covered in ABOUT.TXT
 
 Once you come to the Media screen of the install, select "Floppy" and
 you'll be prompted for the rest.
@@ -246,9 +236,8 @@ space for), install each one in a directory under `C:\FREEBSD' - the
 BIN dist is only the minimal requirement.
 
 Once you've copied the directories, you can simply launch the installation
-from DOS by running the install.bat script (NOTE: Some memory managers
-don't like this - disable QEMM or EMM386 if they're running before trying
-this) or making a boot floppy as described in section 0.1.
+from floppies as normal and select "DOS" as your media type when the time
+comes.
 
 
 1.4     Installing from QIC/SCSI Tape
@@ -271,7 +260,7 @@ expect to require as much temporary storage as you have stuff written
 on tape.
 
 SPECIAL NOTE: When going to do the installation, the tape must be in
-the drive *before* booting from the boot floppy.  The installation
+the drive *before* booting from the boot floppies.  The installation
 "probe" may otherwise fail to find it.
 
 Now create a boot floppy as described in section 0.1 and proceed with
@@ -281,7 +270,7 @@ the installation.
 1.5     Installing over a network using FTP or NFS
 ---     ------------------------------------------
 
-After making a boot floppy as described in the first section, you can
+After making the boot floppies as described in the first section, you can
 load the rest of the installation over a network using one of 3 types
 of connections:
 
@@ -315,11 +304,11 @@ provides only a very simple terminal emulator.
 Parallel Port
 -------------
 
-If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) or Linux
-machine is available, you might also consider installing over a
-"laplink" style parallel port cable.  The data rate over the parallel
-port is much higher than what is typically possible over a serial line
-(up to 50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation.  It's not
+If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD or Linux machine is
+available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink" style
+parallel port cable.  The data rate over the parallel port is much
+higher than what is typically possible over a serial line (up to
+50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation.  It's not
 typically necessary to use "real" IP addresses when using a
 point-to-point parallel cable in this way and you can generally just
 use RFC 1918 style addresses for the ends of the link (e.g. 10.0.0.1,
@@ -327,7 +316,8 @@ use RFC 1918 style addresses for the ends of the link (e.g. 10.0.0.1,
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE: If you use a Linux machine rather than a FreeBSD
 machine as your PLIP peer, you will also have to specify "link0" in
-the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field.
+the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field in
+order to be compatible with Linux's slightly different PLIP protocol.
 
 
 Ethernet
@@ -376,9 +366,9 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
         Options flag.
 
         In order for NFS installation to work, the server must also support
-        "subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD 2.2 distribution directory
-        lives on:  ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
-        Then ziggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
+        "subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD distribution directory lives
+        on:  wiggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
+        Then wiggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
         /usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD, not just /usr or /usr/archive/stuff.
 
         In FreeBSD's /etc/exports file this is controlled by the
@@ -403,7 +393,7 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
         contain a hostname or an IP address, so the following would
         work in the absence of a name server:
 
-                ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE
+                ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD
 
         There are two FTP installation modes you can use:
 
@@ -435,28 +425,36 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
 1.6     Tips for Serial Console Users
 ---     -----------------------------
 
-If you'd like to use a serial console for the installation of the
-FreeBSD into i386 machines, follow these steps.
+If you'd like to install FreeBSD on a machine using just a serial
+port (e.g. you don't have or wish to use a VGA card), please follow
+these steps.
 
-        1. Connect the serial console to the COM1 port of the PC you
-           are installing FreeBSD into.
+        1. Connect some sort of ANSI (vt100) compatible terminal or terminal
+           emulation program to the COM1 port of the PC you are installing
+           FreeBSD onto.
 
-        2. Try to boot from either the floppy disk made from kern.flp
-           or the installation CD-ROM with the keyboard unplugged.
+        2. Unplug the keyboard (yes, that's correct!) and then try to boot
+           from floppy or the installation CDROM, depending on the type of
+           installation media you have, with the keyboard unplugged.
 
-        3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, re-plug
-           in your keyboard and wait for some beeps.  If you are
-           booting from the CD-ROM, proceed to Step 5 as you hear the
-           beep.
+        3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, plug
+           the keyboard in again and wait for some beeps.  If you are
+           booting from the CDROM, proceed to Step 5 as soon as you hear
+           the beep.
 
-        4. Remove kern.flp and insert mfsroot.flp, and press enter.
-           And wait for another beep.
+        4. For a floppy boot, the first beep means to remove the kern.flp
+           floppy and and insert the mfsroot.flp, after which you should
+           press enter and wait for another beep.
 
         5. Hit the space bar, then enter
 
                boot -h
 
-           and you should be receiving everything from COM1.
+           and you should now definitely be seeing everything on the
+           serial port.  If that still doesn't work, check your serial
+           cabling as well as the settings on your terminal emulation
+           program or actual terminal device.  It should be set for
+           9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity.
 
 
 2.0     DOS user's Question and Answer section
@@ -483,11 +481,10 @@ the extra DOS Primary partition (making sure it's the right one by
 examining its size! :)
 
 NOTE: FIPS does NOT currently work with FAT32 or VFAT style partitions
-as used by newer versions of Windows 95.  To split up such a
-partition, you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic
-3.0.  Sorry, but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows
-partition hogging your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from
-scratch.
+as used by newer versions of Windows 95.  To split up such a partition,
+you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic 3.0.  Sorry,
+but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows partition hogging
+your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from scratch.
 
 2.2     Can I use compressed DOS filesystems from FreeBSD?
 ---     --------------------------------------------------
@@ -527,8 +524,6 @@ this ongoing effort!
 
 There is also a neat utility called "pcemu" in the ports collection
 which emulates an 8088 and enough BIOS services to run DOS text mode
-applications.  It requires the X Window System (provided as XFree86
-3.2) to operate.
-
+applications.  It requires the X Window System (XFree86) to operate.
 
 ---- End of Installation Guide ---
diff --git a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
index 4d7fc53..c8f1b55 100644
--- a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
+++ b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 +=====================================================================+
 
 Author:         Jordan K. Hubbard
-Last updated:   Tue Mar 24 00:56:14 PST 1998
+Last updated:   Tue May 4 16:05:41 PST 1999
 
 0.0     Quick Start
 ---     -----------
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ PC hardware for FreeBSD, you should also read the HARDWARE.TXT file -
 it contains important information which may save you a lot of grief.
 
 If you're new to FreeBSD then you should also read EVERYTHING listed
-in the Documentation menu on the boot floppy.  It may seem like a lot
+in the Documentation menu of the installer.  It may seem like a lot
 to read, but the time you spend now reading the documents will be made
 up many times over because you were adequately prepared. Also, you will
 know the types of information available should you get stuck later.
@@ -50,18 +50,21 @@ on the resources available to you.
 
 The best laid plans sometimes go awry, so if you run into trouble take a 
 look at TROUBLE.TXT which contains valuable troubleshooting information.
+You should also read ERRATA.TXT before installing and follow the pointers
+there carefully since this will stop you from falling over any problems
+which have reported in the interim for your particular release.
 
 DISCLAIMER: While FreeBSD does its best to safeguard against
 accidental loss of data, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT
-YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation!  Please do not proceed to the
-final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've adequately backed up any
-important data first!  We really mean it!
+YOUR ENTIRE DISK with this installation if you make a mistake!  Please
+do not proceed to the final FreeBSD installation menu unless you've
+adequately backed up any important data first!  We really mean it!
 
 FreeBSD requires a 386 or better processor to run (sorry, there is no
-support for '286 processors), 5 megs of RAM to install and 4 megs of
-ram to run. You will need at least 80 megs of free hard drive space.
-See below for ways of shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to
-install FreeBSD.
+support for '286 processors) and at least 5 megs of RAM to install
+and 4 megs of RAM to run. You will need at least 100MB of free hard
+drive space for the most minimal installation.  See below for ways of
+shrinking existing DOS partitions in order to install FreeBSD.
 
 
 0.1     Installing FreeBSD from CDROM or the Internet
@@ -69,33 +72,21 @@ install FreeBSD.
 
 The easiest type of installation is from CD.  If you have a supported
 CDROM drive and a FreeBSD installation CD from Walnut Creek CDROM,
-there are 3 ways of starting the installation from it:
+there are 2 ways of starting the installation from it:
 
         1. If your system supports bootable CDROM media (usually an option
            which can be selectively enabled in the controller's setup menu
            or in the PC BIOS for some systems) and you have it enabled,
-           FreeBSD 2.2.1 and later CDs support the "El Torrito" bootable
-           CD standard.  Simply put the installation CD in your CDROM drive
-           and boot the system to begin installation.
+           FreeBSD supports the "El Torrito" bootable CD standard.  Simply
+           put the installation CD in your CDROM drive and boot the system
+           to begin installation.
 
-        2. If you have drivers which allow you to see your CDROM drive
-           from DOS, first disable any fancy memory managers you may
-           have configured, change directory to the CDROM (E:\ in the example
-           below) and then type this:
-
-                E> install
-
-           and you should boot directly into the FreeBSD installation.
-
-           If either steps fail, please go on to step 3.
-
-        3. Build a FreeBSD boot floppy from the floppies/boot.flp
-           file in a FreeBSD distribution.  Either simply use the
+        2. Build a set of FreeBSD boot floppies from the floppies/
+           directory in every FreeBSD distribution.  Either simply use the
            ``makeflp.bat'' script from DOS or read floppies/README.TXT
-           for more information on creating bootable floppies under
-           different operating systems.  Then you simply boot
-           from the floppy and you should go into the FreeBSD
-           installation.
+           for more information on creating the bootable floppies under
+           different operating systems.  Then you simply boot from the
+           first floppy and you should soon be in the FreeBSD installation.
 
 If you don't have a CDROM and would like to simply install over the
 net using PPP, slip or a dedicated connection, simply fetch the
@@ -107,22 +98,21 @@ or one of its many mirrors (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/mirrors.html)
 and follow step 3 above.  You should also read the floppies/README.TXT
 file as it contains important information for downloaders.
 
-Once you have a boot floppy made, please go to section 1.5 of this
+Once you have your boot floppies made, please go to section 1.5 of this
 document for additional tips on installing via FTP or NFS.
 
 
 1.0     Detail on various installation types
 ---     ------------------------------------
 
-Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen
-somehow, you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go
-from there.  If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you
-are also encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the
-Documentation submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on
-the first menu.
+Once you've gotten yourself to the initial installation screen somehow,
+you should be able to follow the various menu prompts and go from there.
+If you've never used the FreeBSD installation before, you are also
+encouraged to read some of the documentation in the the Documentation
+submenu as well as the general "Usage" instructions on the first menu.
 
-   REMEMBER:  If you get stuck at a screen, hit F1 for the online
-   documentation for that section.
+   NOTE:  If you get stuck at a screen, hit the F1 key for online
+   documentation relevant to that specific section.
 
 If you've never installed FreeBSD before, or even if you have, the
 "Novice" installation mode is the most recommended since it makes sure
@@ -143,7 +133,7 @@ on installing from each type of media listed below.
 If you simply wish to install from a local CDROM drive then see the
 Quick Start section.  If you don't have a CDROM drive on your system
 and wish to use a FreeBSD distribution CD in the CDROM drive of
-another system to which you have network connectivity, there are
+another system to which you have network connectivity, there are also
 several ways of going about it:
 
 1. If you would be able to FTP install FreeBSD directly from the CDROM
@@ -169,8 +159,8 @@ several ways of going about it:
    to do that then an NFS installation is probably not the best choice
    for you unless you're willing to read up on rc.conf(5) and configure
    things appropriately.  Assuming that this part goes smoothly, you
-   should be able to enter:  <cdrom-host>:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
-   installation when the target machine is installed.
+   should be able to enter:  cdrom-host:/cdrom as the path for an NFS
+   installation when the target machine is installed, e.g. wiggy:/cdrom
 
 
 1.2     Installing from Floppies
@@ -180,7 +170,7 @@ If you must install from floppy disks, either due to unsupported
 hardware or just because you enjoy doing things the hard way, you must
 first prepare some floppies for the install.
 
-First, make a boot floppy as described in floppies/README.TXT
+First, make your boot floppies as described in floppies/README.TXT
 
 Second, read the file LAYOUT.TXT and pay special attention to the
 "Distribution format" section since it describes which files you're
@@ -221,7 +211,7 @@ of the bin set since it is read by the installation program in order
 to figure out how many additional pieces to look for when fetching and
 concatenating the distribution.  When putting distributions onto
 floppies, the <distname>.inf file MUST occupy the first floppy of each
-distribution set!
+distribution set!  This is also covered in ABOUT.TXT
 
 Once you come to the Media screen of the install, select "Floppy" and
 you'll be prompted for the rest.
@@ -246,9 +236,8 @@ space for), install each one in a directory under `C:\FREEBSD' - the
 BIN dist is only the minimal requirement.
 
 Once you've copied the directories, you can simply launch the installation
-from DOS by running the install.bat script (NOTE: Some memory managers
-don't like this - disable QEMM or EMM386 if they're running before trying
-this) or making a boot floppy as described in section 0.1.
+from floppies as normal and select "DOS" as your media type when the time
+comes.
 
 
 1.4     Installing from QIC/SCSI Tape
@@ -271,7 +260,7 @@ expect to require as much temporary storage as you have stuff written
 on tape.
 
 SPECIAL NOTE: When going to do the installation, the tape must be in
-the drive *before* booting from the boot floppy.  The installation
+the drive *before* booting from the boot floppies.  The installation
 "probe" may otherwise fail to find it.
 
 Now create a boot floppy as described in section 0.1 and proceed with
@@ -281,7 +270,7 @@ the installation.
 1.5     Installing over a network using FTP or NFS
 ---     ------------------------------------------
 
-After making a boot floppy as described in the first section, you can
+After making the boot floppies as described in the first section, you can
 load the rest of the installation over a network using one of 3 types
 of connections:
 
@@ -315,11 +304,11 @@ provides only a very simple terminal emulator.
 Parallel Port
 -------------
 
-If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD (2.0R or later) or Linux
-machine is available, you might also consider installing over a
-"laplink" style parallel port cable.  The data rate over the parallel
-port is much higher than what is typically possible over a serial line
-(up to 50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation.  It's not
+If a hard-wired connection to another FreeBSD or Linux machine is
+available, you might also consider installing over a "laplink" style
+parallel port cable.  The data rate over the parallel port is much
+higher than what is typically possible over a serial line (up to
+50k/sec), thus resulting in a quicker installation.  It's not
 typically necessary to use "real" IP addresses when using a
 point-to-point parallel cable in this way and you can generally just
 use RFC 1918 style addresses for the ends of the link (e.g. 10.0.0.1,
@@ -327,7 +316,8 @@ use RFC 1918 style addresses for the ends of the link (e.g. 10.0.0.1,
 
 IMPORTANT NOTE: If you use a Linux machine rather than a FreeBSD
 machine as your PLIP peer, you will also have to specify "link0" in
-the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field.
+the TCP/IP setup screen's ``extra options for ifconfig'' field in
+order to be compatible with Linux's slightly different PLIP protocol.
 
 
 Ethernet
@@ -376,9 +366,9 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
         Options flag.
 
         In order for NFS installation to work, the server must also support
-        "subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD 2.2 distribution directory
-        lives on:  ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
-        Then ziggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
+        "subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD distribution directory lives
+        on:  wiggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
+        Then wiggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
         /usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD, not just /usr or /usr/archive/stuff.
 
         In FreeBSD's /etc/exports file this is controlled by the
@@ -403,7 +393,7 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
         contain a hostname or an IP address, so the following would
         work in the absence of a name server:
 
-                ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-RELEASE
+                ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD
 
         There are two FTP installation modes you can use:
 
@@ -435,28 +425,36 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
 1.6     Tips for Serial Console Users
 ---     -----------------------------
 
-If you'd like to use a serial console for the installation of the
-FreeBSD into i386 machines, follow these steps.
+If you'd like to install FreeBSD on a machine using just a serial
+port (e.g. you don't have or wish to use a VGA card), please follow
+these steps.
 
-        1. Connect the serial console to the COM1 port of the PC you
-           are installing FreeBSD into.
+        1. Connect some sort of ANSI (vt100) compatible terminal or terminal
+           emulation program to the COM1 port of the PC you are installing
+           FreeBSD onto.
 
-        2. Try to boot from either the floppy disk made from kern.flp
-           or the installation CD-ROM with the keyboard unplugged.
+        2. Unplug the keyboard (yes, that's correct!) and then try to boot
+           from floppy or the installation CDROM, depending on the type of
+           installation media you have, with the keyboard unplugged.
 
-        3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, re-plug
-           in your keyboard and wait for some beeps.  If you are
-           booting from the CD-ROM, proceed to Step 5 as you hear the
-           beep.
+        3. If you don't get any output on your serial console, plug
+           the keyboard in again and wait for some beeps.  If you are
+           booting from the CDROM, proceed to Step 5 as soon as you hear
+           the beep.
 
-        4. Remove kern.flp and insert mfsroot.flp, and press enter.
-           And wait for another beep.
+        4. For a floppy boot, the first beep means to remove the kern.flp
+           floppy and and insert the mfsroot.flp, after which you should
+           press enter and wait for another beep.
 
         5. Hit the space bar, then enter
 
                boot -h
 
-           and you should be receiving everything from COM1.
+           and you should now definitely be seeing everything on the
+           serial port.  If that still doesn't work, check your serial
+           cabling as well as the settings on your terminal emulation
+           program or actual terminal device.  It should be set for
+           9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity.
 
 
 2.0     DOS user's Question and Answer section
@@ -483,11 +481,10 @@ the extra DOS Primary partition (making sure it's the right one by
 examining its size! :)
 
 NOTE: FIPS does NOT currently work with FAT32 or VFAT style partitions
-as used by newer versions of Windows 95.  To split up such a
-partition, you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic
-3.0.  Sorry, but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows
-partition hogging your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from
-scratch.
+as used by newer versions of Windows 95.  To split up such a partition,
+you will need a commercial product such as Partition Magic 3.0.  Sorry,
+but this is just the breaks if you've got a Windows partition hogging
+your whole disk and you don't want to reinstall from scratch.
 
 2.2     Can I use compressed DOS filesystems from FreeBSD?
 ---     --------------------------------------------------
@@ -527,8 +524,6 @@ this ongoing effort!
 
 There is also a neat utility called "pcemu" in the ports collection
 which emulates an 8088 and enough BIOS services to run DOS text mode
-applications.  It requires the X Window System (provided as XFree86
-3.2) to operate.
-
+applications.  It requires the X Window System (XFree86) to operate.
 
 ---- End of Installation Guide ---