From 1e79c3e49e55329e2a2d4e2e5fd1a6a8105923ff Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Benedict Reuschling Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:10:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] SLIP has been removed from the base install as of FreeBSD 8.0. Therefore, remove last vestiges of SLIP from this part of the handbook. Note that the screenshots will be updated separately, thanks to blackend@. PR: docs/145028 Submitted by: Aiza (aiza21 at comclark dot com) Approved by: jkois (mentor) --- .../books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml | 16 ++++------------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index 69755e6213..8f60b5c328 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -2436,7 +2436,7 @@ installation menus to retry whichever operations have failed. chapter. User Confirmation Requested - Would you like to configure any Ethernet or SLIP/PPP network devices? + Would you like to configure any Ethernet or PPP network devices? [ Yes ] No @@ -4800,7 +4800,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. installation network - serial (SLIP or PPP) + serial (PPP) installation @@ -4813,8 +4813,8 @@ Please press any key to reboot. Ethernet There are three types of network installations available. - Ethernet (a standard Ethernet controller), Serial port - (SLIP or PPP), or Parallel port (PLIP (laplink cable)). + Ethernet (a standard Ethernet controller), Serial port (PPP), or + Parallel port (PLIP (laplink cable)). For the fastest possible network installation, an Ethernet adapter is always a good choice! FreeBSD supports most @@ -4842,14 +4842,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot. or ISP before trying this type of installation. - The SLIP support is rather primitive, and limited primarily - to hard-wired links, such as a serial cable running between a - laptop computer and another computer. The link should be - hard-wired as the SLIP installation does not currently offer a - dialing capability; that facility is provided with the PPP - utility, which should be used in preference to SLIP whenever - possible. - If you are using a modem, then PPP is almost certainly your only choice. Make sure that you have your service provider's information handy as you will need to know it fairly