diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/Makefile b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/Makefile index 62f61aaec1..ec4a1fd737 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/Makefile +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/Makefile @@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ IMAGES_EN+= install/adduser3.scr IMAGES_EN+= install/boot-loader-menu.scr IMAGES_EN+= install/boot-mgr.scr IMAGES_EN+= install/config-country.scr +IMAGES_EN+= install/config-keymap.scr IMAGES_EN+= install/console-saver1.scr IMAGES_EN+= install/console-saver2.scr IMAGES_EN+= install/console-saver3.scr diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml index 2c51683c26..ff603201a6 100644 --- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml +++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install/chapter.sgml @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ Depending on the method you choose to install &os;, you may also need a floppy drive, a supported CDROM drive, and in some case a network adapter. This will be covered by the . + linkend="install-boot-media">. &os;/&arch.i386; and &os;/&arch.pc98; @@ -656,16 +656,16 @@ pqb0.0.1.4.0 PQB0 PCI EIDE If you have purchased FreeBSD on CD or DVD then you already have everything you need, and should proceed to the next section - (). + (). If you have not obtained the FreeBSD installation files you should skip ahead to which explains how to prepare to install FreeBSD from any of the above. After reading that section, you should come back here, and read on to - . + . - + Prepare the Boot Media The FreeBSD installation process is started by booting your @@ -925,9 +925,10 @@ We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents! Floppy, CDROM, First Hard Disk, and so on. - If you needed to prepare boot floppies, then make sure that the - floppy disk is selected. If you are booting from the CDROM then - make sure that that is selected instead. In case of doubt, you + 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. @@ -936,16 +937,23 @@ We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents! - If you needed to prepare boot floppies, as described in - , then one of them will be the - first boot disc, probably the one containing - boot.flp. Put this disc in your floppy - drive. + If you prepared a bootable USB stick, as described in + , then plug in your USB + stick before turning on the computer. If you are booting from CDROM, then you will need to turn on the computer, and insert the CDROM at the first opportunity. + + For &os; 7.3 and previous versions, 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: @@ -973,6 +981,7 @@ We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents! will see a display similar to this (version information omitted): Booting from CD-Rom... +645MB medium detected CD Loader 1.2 Building the boot loader arguments @@ -980,12 +989,12 @@ Looking up /BOOT/LOADER... Found Relocating the loader and the BTX Starting the BTX loader -BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.01 -Console: internal video/keyboard +BTX loader 1.00 BTX version is 1.02 +Consoles: internal video/keyboard BIOS CD is cd0 BIOS drive C: is disk0 BIOS drive D: is disk1 -BIOS 639kB/261120kB available memory +BIOS 636kB/261056kB available memory FreeBSD/i386 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.1 @@ -1020,7 +1029,7 @@ Insert disk labelled "Kernel floppy 1" and press any key... - Whether you booted from floppy or CDROM, the + Whether you booted from CDROM, USB stick or floppy, the boot process will then get to the &os; boot loader menu: @@ -1056,7 +1065,7 @@ Insert disk labelled "Kernel floppy 1" and press any key... If you needed to prepare boot floppies, as described in - then one of them will be the + then one of them will be the first boot disc, probably the one containing boot.flp. Put this disc in your floppy drive and type the following command to boot the disk @@ -1248,7 +1257,7 @@ Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c For &os; 6.2 and later, after the procedure of device probing, you will see . Use the arrow key to choose a country, region, or group. Then press - Enter, it will set your country and keymap + Enter, it will set your country easily. It is also easy to exit the sysinstall program and start over again. @@ -1263,6 +1272,22 @@ Mounting root from ufs:/dev/md0c + If you selected United States + as country, the standard American keyboard map will be used, + if a different country is chosen the following menu will be + displayed. Use the arrow keys to choose the correct keyboard + map and press Enter. + +
+ Selecting Keyboard Menu + + + + + + +
+
Select Sysinstall Exit @@ -4421,7 +4446,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot. machine to act as the main display and keyboard for a system. To do this, just follow the steps to create installation floppies, explained in . + linkend="install-boot-media">. To modify these floppies to boot into a serial console, follow these steps: