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author | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-04-02 19:41:41 +0000 |
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committer | bmah <bmah@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-04-02 19:41:41 +0000 |
commit | a9b7593784583ea51af27c21041650c6a3a29a4d (patch) | |
tree | 161fcd92a7965f20c9435e61f4a8eb9be34e6ad1 /release | |
parent | 57ee51113b1f6fec52f7c3adf7a95490b49db990 (diff) | |
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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.
Diffstat (limited to 'release')
-rw-r--r-- | release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/layout.sgml | 19 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/layout.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/layout.sgml index fdab474..f08a5ee 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/layout.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/common/layout.sgml @@ -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 |