diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index 0702dd8aae..071c9fdce1 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -66,58 +66,117 @@ The list should include their IRQs and IO port addresses. - Creating the Boot Floppies + Creating the Installation Floppies - Please read the installation - boot image information before proceeding. To make the - installation boot disks from the image files, do the - following: + You may need to prepare some floppy disks. These disks will + be used to boot your computer in to the FreeBSD install process. + This step is not necessary if you are + installing from CD-ROM, and your computer + supports booting from the CD-ROM. If you do not meet these + requirements then you will need to create some floppies to boot + from. - Download the image - files. These can be retrieved from the floppies directory - of the FreeBSD FTP site or your local mirror. + + If you are not sure whether your computer can boot from the + CD-ROM it does not hurt to try. Just insert the CD-ROM as + normal and restart your computer. You might need to adjust some + options in your BIOS so that your computer will try and boot + from the CD-ROM drive before the hard disk. + + + + Even if you have the CD-ROM it might make sense for you to + download the files. There have been occasions where bugs in the + FreeBSD installer have been discovered after the CDs have been + released. When this happens the copies of the images on the FTP + site will be fixed as soon as possible. Obviously, it is not + possible to update the CDs after they have been pressed. + - - - If you are installing from an MS-DOS partition, - download the fdimage.exe - program or get it from tools\fdimage.exe - on the CDROM and then run it like so: + + + Acquire the boot floppy images + + These are files with a .flp + extension. If you have a CD-ROM release of FreeBSD then you + will find the files in the floppies + subdirectory. Alternatively, you can download the images from + the floppies directory of the FreeBSD FTP site or your local mirror. - E:\> tools\fdimage floppies\kern.flp a: + The names of the files you will need varies between + FreeBSD releases (sometimes) and the architecture you will be + installing on. The installation + boot image information on the FTP site provides + up-to-the-minute information about the specific files you will + need. + - The fdimage program will format - the A: drive and then copy - kern.flp to it (assuming that you are - at the top level of a FreeBSD distribution and the floppy - images live in a floppies - subdirectory, which is typically the case). - + + Prepare the floppy disks + + You must prepare one floppy disk per image file you had to + download. It is imperitive that these disks are free from + defects. The easiest way to test this is to format the disks + for yourself. Do not trust pre-formatted floppies. - - If you are using a UNIX-based system to create the - boot floppies, do the following: + + If you try to install FreeBSD and the installation + program crashes, freezes, or otherwise misbehaves one of + the first things to suspect is the floppies. Try writing + the floppy image files to some other disks, and try + again. + + - &prompt.root; dd if=kern.flp of=disk_device + + Write the image files to the floppy disks. - disk_device is the - /dev entry for the floppy drive. On - FreeBSD, this is /dev/rfd0 for the - A: drive and - /dev/rfd1 for the - B: drive. - - + The image files, such as kern.flp, + are not regular files you copy to the + disk. Instead, they are images of the complete contents of + the disk. - With the kern.flp disk in your floppy - drive, reboot your computer. After a couple of minutes - (while the kernel loads from the floppy), you - will be prompted to insert - the mfsroot.flp, after which the - installation will proceed normally. + This means that you can not use + commands like DOS' copy to write the + files. Instead, you must use specific tools to write the + images directly to the disk. + + If you are creating the floppies on a computer running DOS + then we provide a tool to do this called + fdimage. + + If you are using the floppies from the CD-ROM, and your + CD-ROM is the E: drive then you would + run this: + + E:\> tools\fdimage floppies\kern.flp + + Repeat this command for each .flp + file, replacing the floppy disk each time. Adjust the command + line as necessary, depending on where you have placed the + .flp files. If you do not have the + CD-ROM then fdimage can be downloaded from + the tools directory on the FreeBSD FTP site. + + If you are writing the floppies on a Unix system (such as + another FreeBSD system) you can use the &man.dd.1; command to + write the image files directly to disk. On FreeBSD you would + run: + + &prompt.root; dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0 + + On FreeBSD /dev/rfd0 refers to the + first floppy disk (the A: drive). + /dev/rfd1 would be the + B: drive, and so on. Other Unix + variants might have different names for the floppy disk + devices, and you will need to check the documentation for the + system as necessary. + + diff --git a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index 0702dd8aae..071c9fdce1 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO_8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ @@ -66,58 +66,117 @@ The list should include their IRQs and IO port addresses. - Creating the Boot Floppies + Creating the Installation Floppies - Please read the installation - boot image information before proceeding. To make the - installation boot disks from the image files, do the - following: + You may need to prepare some floppy disks. These disks will + be used to boot your computer in to the FreeBSD install process. + This step is not necessary if you are + installing from CD-ROM, and your computer + supports booting from the CD-ROM. If you do not meet these + requirements then you will need to create some floppies to boot + from. - Download the image - files. These can be retrieved from the floppies directory - of the FreeBSD FTP site or your local mirror. + + If you are not sure whether your computer can boot from the + CD-ROM it does not hurt to try. Just insert the CD-ROM as + normal and restart your computer. You might need to adjust some + options in your BIOS so that your computer will try and boot + from the CD-ROM drive before the hard disk. + + + + Even if you have the CD-ROM it might make sense for you to + download the files. There have been occasions where bugs in the + FreeBSD installer have been discovered after the CDs have been + released. When this happens the copies of the images on the FTP + site will be fixed as soon as possible. Obviously, it is not + possible to update the CDs after they have been pressed. + - - - If you are installing from an MS-DOS partition, - download the fdimage.exe - program or get it from tools\fdimage.exe - on the CDROM and then run it like so: + + + Acquire the boot floppy images + + These are files with a .flp + extension. If you have a CD-ROM release of FreeBSD then you + will find the files in the floppies + subdirectory. Alternatively, you can download the images from + the floppies directory of the FreeBSD FTP site or your local mirror. - E:\> tools\fdimage floppies\kern.flp a: + The names of the files you will need varies between + FreeBSD releases (sometimes) and the architecture you will be + installing on. The installation + boot image information on the FTP site provides + up-to-the-minute information about the specific files you will + need. + - The fdimage program will format - the A: drive and then copy - kern.flp to it (assuming that you are - at the top level of a FreeBSD distribution and the floppy - images live in a floppies - subdirectory, which is typically the case). - + + Prepare the floppy disks + + You must prepare one floppy disk per image file you had to + download. It is imperitive that these disks are free from + defects. The easiest way to test this is to format the disks + for yourself. Do not trust pre-formatted floppies. - - If you are using a UNIX-based system to create the - boot floppies, do the following: + + If you try to install FreeBSD and the installation + program crashes, freezes, or otherwise misbehaves one of + the first things to suspect is the floppies. Try writing + the floppy image files to some other disks, and try + again. + + - &prompt.root; dd if=kern.flp of=disk_device + + Write the image files to the floppy disks. - disk_device is the - /dev entry for the floppy drive. On - FreeBSD, this is /dev/rfd0 for the - A: drive and - /dev/rfd1 for the - B: drive. - - + The image files, such as kern.flp, + are not regular files you copy to the + disk. Instead, they are images of the complete contents of + the disk. - With the kern.flp disk in your floppy - drive, reboot your computer. After a couple of minutes - (while the kernel loads from the floppy), you - will be prompted to insert - the mfsroot.flp, after which the - installation will proceed normally. + This means that you can not use + commands like DOS' copy to write the + files. Instead, you must use specific tools to write the + images directly to the disk. + + If you are creating the floppies on a computer running DOS + then we provide a tool to do this called + fdimage. + + If you are using the floppies from the CD-ROM, and your + CD-ROM is the E: drive then you would + run this: + + E:\> tools\fdimage floppies\kern.flp + + Repeat this command for each .flp + file, replacing the floppy disk each time. Adjust the command + line as necessary, depending on where you have placed the + .flp files. If you do not have the + CD-ROM then fdimage can be downloaded from + the tools directory on the FreeBSD FTP site. + + If you are writing the floppies on a Unix system (such as + another FreeBSD system) you can use the &man.dd.1; command to + write the image files directly to disk. On FreeBSD you would + run: + + &prompt.root; dd if=kern.flp of=/dev/rfd0 + + On FreeBSD /dev/rfd0 refers to the + first floppy disk (the A: drive). + /dev/rfd1 would be the + B: drive, and so on. Other Unix + variants might have different names for the floppy disk + devices, and you will need to check the documentation for the + system as necessary. + +