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Remove reference to 7.x and make clear that floppies are only for pc98.

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Submitted by:  hrs
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Dru Lavigne 2013-03-05 13:14:13 +00:00
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<sect2 id="install-boot-media">
<title>Prepare the Boot Media</title>
<para>The FreeBSD installation process is started by booting your
<para>The FreeBSD installation process is started by booting the
computer into the FreeBSD installer&mdash;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 <quote>bootable</quote> floppy disk.
Most modern computers can also
boot from a CDROM in the CDROM drive or from a USB disk.</para>
within another operating system. The computer normally boots
using the operating system installed on the hard disk, but it
can also be configured to boot from a CDROM or from a USB
disk.</para>
<tip>
<para>If you have FreeBSD on CDROM or DVD (either one you purchased
@ -718,43 +717,27 @@
</step>
</procedure>
<para>To create boot floppy images, follow these steps:</para>
<para>To create the boot floppy images for a &os;/&arch.pc98;
installation, follow these steps:</para>
<procedure>
<step>
<title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title>
<important>
<para>Please note, as of &os;&nbsp;8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>, 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 &os;/&arch.pc98; boot disks
can be downloaded from the floppies directory,
<literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/pc98/<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>.
Replace <replaceable>version</replaceable> with the
version number to install.</para>
<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>arch</replaceable>/<replaceable>version</replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>.
Replace <replaceable>arch</replaceable> and
<replaceable>version</replaceable>
with the architecture and the version number
which you want to install, respectively.
For example, the boot floppy images for
&os;/&arch.i386;&nbsp;&rel2.current;-RELEASE are available
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
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, <filename>boot.flp</filename>,
<filename>kern1.flp</filename>,
<filename>kern2.flp</filename>, and
<filename>kern3.flp</filename>. Check
<filename>README.TXT</filename> in the same directory for the
most up to date information about these floppy images.</para>
<para>The floppy images have a <filename>.flp</filename>
extension. <filename
class="directory">floppies/</filename> contains a number
of different images. Download
<filename>boot.flp</filename> as well as the number of
files associated with the type of installation, such as
<literal>kern.small*</literal> or
<literal>kern*</literal>.</para>
<important>
<para>Your FTP program must use <emphasis>binary mode</emphasis>
@ -768,7 +751,7 @@
<step>
<title>Prepare the Floppy Disks</title>
<para>You must prepare one floppy disk per image file you had to
<para>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
@ -913,12 +896,12 @@ We can take no responsibility for lost disk contents!</literallayout>
opportunity.</para>
<note>
<para>For &os;&nbsp;7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>, installation
boot floppies are available and can be prepared as
described in <xref linkend="install-boot-media"/>. One of
them will be the first boot disc:
<filename>boot.flp</filename>. Put this disc in your
floppy drive and boot the computer.</para>
<para>For &os;/&arch.pc98;, installation boot floppies are
available and can be prepared as described in <xref
linkend="install-boot-media"/>. The first floppy
disc will contain <filename>boot.flp</filename>. Put
this floppy in the floppy drive to boot into the
installer.</para>
</note>
<para>If your computer starts up as normal and loads your existing
@ -3067,31 +3050,6 @@ Press [Enter] now to invoke an editor on /etc/exports
the post-installation configuration.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="linuxcomp">
<title>Linux Compatibility</title>
<note>
<para>This part only applies to &os;&nbsp;7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
installation, if you install &os;&nbsp;8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
this screen will not be proposed.</para>
</note>
<screen> User Confirmation Requested
Would you like to enable Linux binary compatibility?
[ Yes ] No</screen>
<para>Selecting &gui.yes; and pressing
<keycap>Enter</keycap> will allow
running Linux software on FreeBSD. The install will add
the appropriate packages for Linux compatibility.</para>
<para>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.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="mouse">
<title>Mouse Settings</title>
@ -4473,11 +4431,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cu -l /dev/cuau0</userinput></screen>
<para>On &os;&nbsp;7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> use the following command
instead:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cu -l /dev/cuad0</userinput></screen>
</step>
</procedure>
@ -4597,7 +4550,7 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen>
off USB drives. It also supports booting into a
<quote>livefs</quote> based rescue mode. The
documentation packages are provided but no other
packages. This image is not available for &os;&nbsp;7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</entry>
packages.</entry>
</row>
<row>
@ -4642,14 +4595,6 @@ Please press any key to reboot.</screen>
</tgroup>
</table>
<note>
<para>&os;&nbsp;7.<replaceable>X</replaceable> releases before
&os;&nbsp;7.3 and &os;&nbsp;8.0 used a
different naming convention. The names of their ISO
images are not prefixed with
<literal>&os;-</literal>.</para>
</note>
<para>You <emphasis>must</emphasis> download one of either
the <literal>bootonly</literal> ISO image,
or the image of <literal>disc1</literal>. Do not download