From 4a30c00d08af3b22a324f08fd2c30788f2a28111 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bmah Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:14 +0000 Subject: Remove references to the now-deleted installation notes and add a pointer to the installation chapter of the Handbook (it might be a good idea to sprinkle a few more through this article). De-emphasize the floppy disk part of installation media; it's generally believed that most users install from CDROM or DVD nowadays. Use &arch.* entities where appropriate. Bump copyright date while here. Approved by: re (implicitly) --- release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml | 53 +++++++++---------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-) (limited to 'release') diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml index 5910137..fb4542a 100644 --- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml +++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ 2004 2005 2006 + 2007 The &os; Documentation Project @@ -52,13 +53,12 @@ About &os; &os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for - DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha/AXP computers (alpha), - AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (amd64), - Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen x86 based PC hardware (i386), - Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64), - NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (pc98), - and &ultrasparc; machines (sparc64). Versions - for the &powerpc; (powerpc), and &mips; (mips) + AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (&arch.amd64;), + Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen x86 based PC hardware (&arch.i386;), + Intel Itanium Processor based computers (&arch.ia64;), + NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (&arch.pc98;), + and &ultrasparc; machines (&arch.sparc64;). Versions + for the &powerpc; (&arch.powerpc;), and &mips; (mips) architectures are currently under development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything @@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, precompiled packages from the &os; Ports - Collection. + Collection, or other extra material. A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the project are listed in the Mirroring &os; article. - Mirrors generally contain the floppy disk images necessary - to begin an installation, as well as the distribution files - needed for the install process itself. Many mirrors also - contain the ISO images necessary to create a CDROM of - a &os; release. - + Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to + create a CDROM of a &os; release. They usually also contain + floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well as the + files necessary to do an installation over the network. + Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for + the most current release. @@ -296,8 +296,7 @@ provided in various formats. Most distributions will include both ASCII text (.TXT) and HTML (.HTM) renditions. Some distributions - may also include other formats such as PostScript - (.PS) or Portable Document Format + may also include other formats such as Portable Document Format (.PDF). @@ -322,12 +321,6 @@ - INSTALL.TXT: Installation - instructions for installing &os; from its distribution - media. - - - ERRATA.TXT: Release errata. Late-breaking, post-release information can be found in this file, which is principally applicable to releases @@ -338,20 +331,10 @@ created. - - - There are various versions of - INSTALL.TXT, each containing information - specific to a particular hardware architecture. - The architecture - to which each document applies will be listed in that - document's title. - - On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently - alpha, &i386;, ia64, pc98, and &sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the + &arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;, and &arch.sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the &man.sysinstall.8; utility. @@ -403,7 +386,9 @@ url="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation page or its mirrors. If you install the doc distribution set, you can use a Web - browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally. + browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular, + note that the Handbook contains a step-by-step guide to + installing &os;. A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics. -- cgit v1.1