From 274eda0907fcd35372dba86f18d1e434ed8c10a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Murray Stokely Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:42:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] 1. Note that the boot media must match the FreeBSD version that the local FTP site, and that this can be overridden by setting distribution name to 'any' in the Options menu. 2. Add link to releng article in section about making installation CDs. 3. Remove old commented out section. 4. Update this section to use disc rather than disk when referring to optical media, as is the case in the rest of this chapter. PR: docs/73479 (#1) --- .../books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml | 37 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index c423856a87..917de3af1b 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -5151,7 +5151,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. Preparing Your Own Installation Media - To prevent repetition, FreeBSD disk in this context + To prevent repetition, FreeBSD disc in this context means a FreeBSD CDROM or DVD that you have purchased or produced yourself. @@ -5167,13 +5167,13 @@ Please press any key to reboot. You have many machines connected to your local network, and one - FreeBSD disk. You want to create a local FTP site using the - contents of the FreeBSD disk, and then have your machines use this + FreeBSD disc. You want to create a local FTP site using the + contents of the FreeBSD disc, and then have your machines use this local FTP site instead of needing to connect to the Internet. - You have a FreeBSD disk, and FreeBSD does not recognize your CD/DVD + You have a FreeBSD disc, and FreeBSD does not recognize your CD/DVD drive, but &ms-dos;/&windows; does. You want to copy the FreeBSD installations files to a DOS partition on the same computer, and then install FreeBSD using those files. @@ -5260,15 +5260,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot. - - You must download one of either the mini ISO image, or the image of disc one. Do not download both of them, since the disc one image contains everything that the mini ISO @@ -5302,10 +5293,16 @@ Please press any key to reboot. which many CD writing applications support. + + If you are interested in building a customized + release of FreeBSD, please see the Release Engineering + Article. + - Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disk + Creating a Local FTP Site with a FreeBSD Disc installation @@ -5313,7 +5310,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. FTP - FreeBSD disks are laid out in the same way as the FTP site. This + FreeBSD discs are laid out in the same way as the FTP site. This makes it very easy for you to create a local FTP site that can be used by other machines on your network when installing FreeBSD. @@ -5347,6 +5344,16 @@ Please press any key to reboot. after picking Other in the FTP sites menu during the install. + + If the boot media (floppy disks, usually) for your FTP + clients is not precisely the same version as that provided + by the local FTP site, then sysinstall will not let you + complete the installation. If the versions are similar and + you want to override this, you must go into the Options menu + and change distribution name to + any. + + This approach is OK for a machine that is on your local network, and that is protected by your firewall. Offering up FTP services to