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author | murray <murray@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-16 22:55:55 +0000 |
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committer | murray <murray@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-03-16 22:55:55 +0000 |
commit | 1188f8eac8c97375cb68417815e9be5939d6bb72 (patch) | |
tree | 3e27a183d97c8601b449df12da48175d17b4caca /release | |
parent | c8d2423b8b8572976703bb9d08c008c0aab1850e (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-1188f8eac8c97375cb68417815e9be5939d6bb72.zip FreeBSD-src-1188f8eac8c97375cb68417815e9be5939d6bb72.tar.gz |
Clean up the grammar a bit from the last commit.
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-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT | 47 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT | 44 |
2 files changed, 45 insertions, 46 deletions
diff --git a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT index 2c96715..f2cf133 100644 --- a/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT +++ b/release/texts/alpha/INSTALL.TXT @@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ +=====================================================================+ Author: Jordan K. Hubbard -Last updated: Fri Dec 22 12:55:24 PST 2000 -By: Wilko Bulte +Last updated: Fri Mar 16 14:47:31 PST 2001 0.0 Quick Start --- ----------- @@ -128,7 +127,7 @@ CDROM, FTP, NFS and UFS partitions as installation media, further tips on installing from each type of media listed below. Once the install procedure has finished, you will be able to start -FreeBSD/alpha by typeing something like this to the SRM prompt: +FreeBSD/alpha by typing something like this to the SRM prompt: >>>boot dkc0 @@ -408,33 +407,33 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP. o FTP: - For all FTP transfers, use the standard "Active" mode for - transfers. This will not work through most firewalls but - will often work best with older ftp servers that do not - support passive mode. If your connection hangs with + This method uses the standard "Active" mode for file + transfers which allows the server to initiate a connection + to the client. This will not work through most firewalls + but will often work best with older FTP servers that do + not support passive mode. If your connection hangs with passive mode, try this one! o FTP Passive: - For all FTP transfers, use "Passive" mode. This allows - the user to pass through firewalls that do not allow - incoming connections on random port addresses. + This sets the FTP "Passive" mode which prevents the + server from opening connections to the client. This + option is best for users to pass through firewalls that + do not allow incoming connections on random port + addresses. o FTP via an HTTP proxy: - This option instructs FreeBSD to use HTTP (like a web - browser) to connect to a proxy for all FTP operations. - The proxy will translate the requests and send them to - the FTP server. This allows the user to pass through - firewalls that do not allow FTP at all, but offer an - HTTP proxy. You must specify the hostname of the proxy - in addition to the FTP server. - - NOTE: THERE IS ANOTHER TYPE OF FTP PROXY OTHER THAN HTTP PROXIES. - THIS TYPE IS VERY UNCOMMON, THOUGH. IF YOU ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY - CERTAIN, YOU CAN ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE AN HTTP PROXY AS DESCRIBED - ABOVE. - - In such instances, you should specify the URL as something like: + + This option instructs FreeBSD to use HTTP to connect to a + proxy for all FTP operations. The proxy will translate + the requests and send them to the FTP server. This + allows the user to pass through firewalls that do not + allow FTP at all, but offer an HTTP proxy. You must + specify the hostname of the proxy in addition to the FTP + server. + + In the rare case that you have an FTP proxy that does not go + through HTTP, you can specify the URL as something like : ftp://foo.bar.com:1234/pub/FreeBSD diff --git a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT index 265f07a..050969e 100644 --- a/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT +++ b/release/texts/i386/INSTALL.TXT @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ +=====================================================================+ Author: Jordan K. Hubbard -Last updated: Tue May 4 16:05:41 PST 1999 +Last updated: Fri Mar 16 14:47:31 PST 2001 0.0 Quick Start --- ----------- @@ -401,33 +401,33 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP. o FTP: - For all FTP transfers, use the standard "Active" mode for - transfers. This will not work through most firewalls but - will often work best with older ftp servers that do not - support passive mode. If your connection hangs with + This method uses the standard "Active" mode for file + transfers which allows the server to initiate a connection + to the client. This will not work through most firewalls + but will often work best with older FTP servers that do + not support passive mode. If your connection hangs with passive mode, try this one! o FTP Passive: - For all FTP transfers, use "Passive" mode. This allows - the user to pass through firewalls that do not allow - incoming connections on random port addresses. + This sets the FTP "Passive" mode which prevents the + server from opening connections to the client. This + option is best for users to pass through firewalls that + do not allow incoming connections on random port + addresses. o FTP via an HTTP proxy: - This option instructs FreeBSD to use HTTP (like a web - browser) to connect to a proxy for all FTP operations. - The proxy will translate the requests and send them to - the FTP server. This allows the user to pass through - firewalls that do not allow FTP at all, but offer an - HTTP proxy. You must specify the hostname of the proxy - in addition to the FTP server. - - NOTE: THERE IS ANOTHER TYPE OF FTP PROXY OTHER THAN HTTP PROXIES. - THIS TYPE IS VERY UNCOMMON, THOUGH. IF YOU ARE NOT ABSOLUTELY - CERTAIN, YOU CAN ASSUME THAT YOU HAVE AN HTTP PROXY AS DESCRIBED - ABOVE. - - In such instances, you should specify the URL as something like: + + This option instructs FreeBSD to use HTTP to connect to a + proxy for all FTP operations. The proxy will translate + the requests and send them to the FTP server. This + allows the user to pass through firewalls that do not + allow FTP at all, but offer an HTTP proxy. You must + specify the hostname of the proxy in addition to the FTP + server. + + In the rare case that you have an FTP proxy that does not go + through HTTP, you can specify the URL as something like : ftp://foo.bar.com:1234/pub/FreeBSD |