diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml index e2c87af53e..b71256585e 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.xml @@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ - Installing &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable> and Earlier + Installing &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable> + Synopsis @@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ A summary of this information is given in the following sections. Depending on the method you choose to install &os;, you may - also need a floppy drive, a supported CDROM drive, and in some + also need a USB drive, a supported CDROM drive, and in some case a network adapter. This will be covered by the . @@ -546,14 +547,6 @@ A &ms-dos; partition on the same computer - - - A SCSI or QIC tape - - - - Floppy disks - @@ -591,9 +584,8 @@ computer into the FreeBSD installer—it is not a program you run within another operating system. Your computer normally boots using the operating system installed on your hard disk, but it can also be - configured to use a bootable floppy disk. - Most modern computers can also - boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive or from a USB disk. + configured to boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive or from a + USB disk. If you have FreeBSD on CDROM or DVD (either one you purchased @@ -612,14 +604,14 @@ Acquire the Memory Stick Image Memory stick images for - &os; 8.X and earlier can be downloaded from - the ISO-IMAGES/ - directory at + &os; 8.X can be + downloaded from ISO-IMAGES/ at ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/arch/ISO-IMAGES/version/&os;-version-RELEASE-arch-memstick.img. Replace arch and version with the - architecture and the version number which you want to - install, respectively. For example, the memory stick + architecture and the version number to install, + respectively. For example, the memory stick images for &os;/&arch.i386; &rel2.current;-RELEASE are available from . @@ -718,123 +710,6 @@ - To create boot floppy images, follow these steps: - - - - Acquire the Boot Floppy Images - - - Please note, as of &os; 8.X, 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. - - - The boot disks are available on your installation media - in the floppies/ directory, and - can also be downloaded from the floppies directory, - ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/arch/version-RELEASE/floppies/. - Replace arch and - version - with the architecture and the version number - which you want to install, respectively. - For example, the boot floppy images for - &os;/&arch.i386; &rel2.current;-RELEASE are available - from . - - The floppy images have a .flp extension. - The floppies/ directory contains a number of - different images, and the ones you will need to use depends on the - version of FreeBSD you are installing, and in some cases, the - hardware you are installing to. - In most cases you will need four - floppies, boot.flp, - kern1.flp, - kern2.flp, and - kern3.flp. Check - README.TXT in the same directory for the - most up to date information about these floppy images. - - - Your FTP program must use binary mode - to download these disk images. Some web browsers have been - known to use text (or - ASCII) mode, which will be apparent if you - cannot boot from the disks. - - - - - Prepare the Floppy Disks - - You must prepare one floppy disk per image file you had to - download. It is imperative 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. The format - utility in &windows; will not tell about the presence of - bad blocks, it simply marks them as bad - and ignores them. It is advised that you use brand new - floppies if choosing this installation route. - - - 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 new disks and try - again. - - - - - Write the Image Files to the Floppy Disks - - The .flp files are - not regular files you copy to the disk. - They are images of the complete contents of the - disk. This means that you cannot simply - copy files from one disk to another. - Instead, you must use specific tools to write the - images directly to the disk. - - DOS - If you are creating the floppies on a computer running - &ms-dos; / &windows;, then we provide a tool to do - this called fdimage. - - If you are using the floppies from the CDROM, and your - CDROM is the E: drive, then you would - run this: - - E:\> tools\fdimage floppies\boot.flp A: - - Repeat this command for each .flp - file, replacing the floppy disk each time, being sure to label - the disks with the name of the file that you copied to them. - Adjust the command line as necessary, depending on where you have - placed the .flp files. If you do not have - the CDROM, 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=boot.flp of=/dev/fd0 - - On FreeBSD, /dev/fd0 refers to the - first floppy disk (the A: drive). - /dev/fd1 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. - - - You are now ready to start installing FreeBSD. @@ -893,11 +768,10 @@ We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents! First Hard Disk, and so on. If you are booting from the CDROM then make sure that - the CDROM is selected. If you are booting from a USB disk or - a floppy disk then - make sure that is selected instead. In case of doubt, you - should consult the manual that came with your computer, and/or its - motherboard. + the CDROM is selected. If you are booting from a USB + disk, make sure that is selected instead. In case of + doubt, consult the manual that came with the computer, + and/or its motherboard. Make the change, then save and exit. The computer should now restart. @@ -912,15 +786,6 @@ We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents! the computer, and insert the CDROM at the first opportunity. - - For &os; 7.X, installation - boot floppies are available and can be prepared as - described in . One of - them will be the first boot disc: - boot.flp. Put this disc in your - floppy drive and boot the computer. - - If your computer starts up as normal and loads your existing operating system, then either: @@ -969,35 +834,10 @@ FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel text=0x64daa0 data=0xa4e80+0xa9e40 syms=[0x4+0x6cac0+0x4+0x88e9d] \ - - If you are booting from floppy disc, you will see a display - similar to this (version information omitted): - - Booting from Floppy... -Uncompressing ... done - -BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 -Console: internal video/keyboard -BIOS drive A: is disk0 -BIOS drive C: is disk1 -BIOS 639kB/261120kB available memory - -FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 - -Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf -/kernel text=0x277391 data=0x3268c+0x332a8 | - -Insert disk labelled "Kernel floppy 1" and press any key... - - Follow these instructions by removing the - boot.flp disc, insert the - kern1.flp disc, and press - Enter. Boot from first floppy; - when prompted, insert the other disks as required. - Whether you booted from CDROM, USB stick or floppy, the + Whether you booted from CDROM or USB stick, the boot process will then get to the &os; boot loader menu: @@ -3067,31 +2907,6 @@ Press [Enter] now to invoke an editor on /etc/exports the post-installation configuration. - - Linux Compatibility - - - This part only applies to &os; 7.X - installation, if you install &os; 8.X - this screen will not be proposed. - - - User Confirmation Requested - Would you like to enable Linux binary compatibility? - - [ Yes ] No - - Selecting &gui.yes; and pressing - Enter will allow - running Linux software on FreeBSD. The install will add - the appropriate packages for Linux compatibility. - - If installing by FTP, the machine will need to be connected to - the Internet. Sometimes a remote ftp site will not have all the - distributions like the Linux binary compatibility. This can - be installed later if necessary. - - Mouse Settings @@ -4114,8 +3929,8 @@ Please press any key to reboot. My system hangs while probing hardware during boot, - or it behaves strangely during install, or the floppy - drive is not probed. + or it behaves strangely during install, or the drive + is not probed. &os; makes extensive use of the system @@ -4473,11 +4288,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot. &prompt.root; cu -l /dev/cuau0 - On &os; 7.X use the following command - instead: - - &prompt.root; cu -l /dev/cuad0 - @@ -4597,7 +4407,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. off USB drives. It also supports booting into a livefs based rescue mode. The documentation packages are provided but no other - packages. This image is not available for &os; 7.X. + packages. @@ -4642,14 +4452,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot. - - &os; 7.X releases before - &os; 7.3 and &os; 8.0 used a - different naming convention. The names of their ISO - images are not prefixed with - &os;-. - - You must download one of either the bootonly ISO image, or the image of disc1. Do not download @@ -4740,12 +4542,11 @@ Please press any key to reboot. 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 not similar and - you want to override this, you must go into the + If the boot media for the FTP clients is not precisely + the same version as that provided by the local FTP site, + then sysinstall will not complete + the installation. If the versions are not similar and + you want to override this, go into the Options menu and change distribution name to any. @@ -4760,74 +4561,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. - - Creating Installation Floppies - - - installation - floppies - - - If you must install from floppy disk (which we suggest you - do not do), either due to unsupported - hardware or simply because you insist on doing things the hard - way, you must first prepare some floppies for the installation. - - At a minimum, you will need as many 1.44 MB floppies - as it takes to hold all the files in the - base (base distribution) directory. If - you are preparing the floppies from &ms-dos;, then they - must be formatted using the &ms-dos; - FORMAT command. If you are using &windows;, - use Explorer to format the disks (right-click on the - A: drive, and select - Format). - - Do not trust factory pre-formatted - floppies. Format them again yourself, just to be sure. Many - problems reported by our users in the past have resulted from - the use of improperly formatted media, which is why we are - making a point of it now. - - If you are creating the floppies on another FreeBSD machine, - a format is still not a bad idea, though you do not need to put - a &ms-dos; filesystem on each floppy. You can use the - bsdlabel and newfs - commands to put a UFS filesystem on them instead, as the - following sequence of commands (for a 3.5" 1.44 MB floppy) - illustrates: - - &prompt.root; fdformat -f 1440 fd0.1440 -&prompt.root; bsdlabel -w fd0.1440 floppy3 -&prompt.root; newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -i 65536 /dev/fd0 - - Then you can mount and write to them like any other - filesystem. - - After you have formatted the floppies, you will need to copy - the files to them. The distribution files are split into chunks - conveniently sized so that five of them will fit on a conventional - 1.44 MB floppy. Go through all your floppies, packing as many - files as will fit on each one, until you have all of the - distributions you want packed up in this fashion. Each - distribution should go into a subdirectory on the floppy, e.g.: - a:\base\base.aa, - a:\base\base.ab, and so on. - - - The base.inf file also needs to go on the - first floppy of the base set since it is read - by the installation program in order to figure out how many - additional pieces to look for when fetching and concatenating the - distribution. - - - Once you come to the Media screen during the install - process, select Floppy and you - will be prompted for the rest. - - - + Installing from an &ms-dos; Partition @@ -4893,7 +4627,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. When starting the installation, the tape must be in the drive before booting from the boot - floppy. The installation probe may otherwise fail to find + media. The installation probe may otherwise fail to find it.