Add pre-installation tasks relative to the USB memstick. Inform the

reader that installation floppies are no longer available for 8.X and
above.

PR:		docs/147347 and docs/149230
Patch submitted by:	Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com>

en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml

@@ -629,6 +629,10 @@ pqb0.0.1.4.0               PQB0                       PCI EIDE</screen>
 	  <para>A CDROM or DVD</para>
 	</listitem>
 
+	<listitem>
+	  <para>A USB Memory Stick</para>
+	</listitem>
+
 	<listitem>
 	  <para>A DOS partition on the same computer</para>
 	</listitem>
@@ -679,7 +683,7 @@ pqb0.0.1.4.0               PQB0                       PCI EIDE</screen>
 	the operating system installed on your hard disk, but it can also be
 	configured to use a <quote>bootable</quote> floppy disk.
 	Most modern computers can also
-	boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive.</para>
+	boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive or from a USB disk.</para>
 
       <tip>
 	<para>If you have FreeBSD on CDROM or DVD (either one you purchased
@@ -690,12 +694,86 @@ pqb0.0.1.4.0               PQB0                       PCI EIDE</screen>
 	  FreeBSD without any other special preparation.</para>
       </tip>
     
+      <para>To create a bootable memory stick, follow these
+	steps:</para>
+
+      <procedure>
+	<step>
+	  <title>Acquire the Memory Stick Image</title>
+
+	  <para>The memory stick image can be downloaded from the
+	    <filename class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename>
+	    directory from
+	    <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable>/ISO-IMAGES/<replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>/&os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-&lt;arch&gt;-memstick.img</literal>.
+	    Replace <replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable> and
+	    <replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable> with the
+	    architecture and the version number which you want to
+	    install, respectively.  For example, the memory stick
+	    images for &os;/&arch.i386;&nbsp;&rel.current;-RELEASE are
+	    available from <ulink
+	    url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/&arch.i386;/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/&os;-&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img"></ulink>.</para>
+
+	  <para>The memory stick image has a <filename>.img</filename>
+	    extension.  The <filename
+	    class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename> directory
+	    contains a number of different images, and the one you
+	    will need to use will depend on the version of &os; you
+	    are installing, and in some cases, the hardware you are
+	    installing to.</para>
+
+	  <important>
+	    <para>Before proceeding, <emphasis>back up</emphasis> the
+	      data you currently have on your USB stick, as this
+	      procedure will <emphasis>erase</emphasis> it.</para>
+	  </important>
+	</step>
+
+	<step>
+	  <title>Prepare the Memory Stick</title>
+
+	  <warning>
+	    <para>The example below lists
+	      <filename>/dev/da0</filename> as the target device from
+	      which you will be booting.  Be very careful that you
+	      have the correct device as the output target, or you may
+	      destroy your existing data.</para>
+	  </warning>
+
+	  <para>Set the <literal>kern.geom.debugflags</literal> sysctl
+	    to be able to write a master boot record to the target
+	    device.</para>
+
+	  <screen><userinput>&prompt.root; sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16</userinput></screen>
+	</step>
+
+	<step>
+	  <title>Write the Image File to the Memory Stick</title>
+
+	  <para>The <filename>.img</filename> file is
+	    <emphasis>not</emphasis> a regular file you copy to the
+	    memory stick.  It is an image of the complete contents of
+	    the disk.  This means that you <emphasis>cannot</emphasis>
+	    simply copy files from one disk to another.  Instead, you
+	    must use &man.dd.1; to write the image directly to the
+	    disk:</para>
+
+	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=64k</userinput></screen>
+	</step>
+      </procedure>
+
       <para>To create boot floppy images, follow these steps:</para>
 
       <procedure>
 	<step>
 	  <title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title>
 	  
+	  <important>
+	    <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are
+	      no longer available.  Please see above for instructions
+	      on how to install &os; using a USB memory stick or just
+	      use a CDROM or a DVD.</para>
+	  </important>
+
 	  <para>The boot disks are available on your installation media
 	    in the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory, and
 	    can also be downloaded from the floppies directory, <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable>/<replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>.
@@ -704,8 +782,8 @@ pqb0.0.1.4.0               PQB0                       PCI EIDE</screen>
 	    with the architecture and the version number
 	    which you want to install, respectively.
 	    For example, the boot floppy images for
-	    &os;/&arch.i386;&nbsp;&rel.current;-RELEASE are available
+	    &os;/&arch.i386;&nbsp;&rel2.current;-RELEASE are available
-	    from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/floppies/"></ulink>.</para>
+	    from <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE/floppies/"></ulink>.</para>
 
 	  <para>The floppy images have a <filename>.flp</filename> extension.
 	    The <filename>floppies/</filename> directory contains a number of