docs/124003: [patch] Update Outdated Information in FAQ, Question 4.5.5
Gabor PALI
pgj at FreeBSD.org
Mon May 26 15:30:03 UTC 2008
>Number: 124003
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: [patch] Update Outdated Information in FAQ, Question 4.5.5
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Mon May 26 15:30:02 UTC 2008
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>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Gabor PALI
>Release: FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:
System: FreeBSD disznohal 6.3-STABLE FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #4: Fri Apr 4 23:29:43 CEST 2008 dezzy at disznohal:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC_ i386
>Description:
I think the description of the procedure of booting on the serial
console is getting old in the FreeBSD FAQ, Question 4.5.5. ``How
do I get the boot: prompt to show on the serial console?''. I suggest
to snip every (outdated) details from the answer and simply place a link
to the Handbook (24.6. ``Setting Up the Serial Console'').
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
--- books.faq.patch.15.diff begins here ---
Index: book.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.822
diff -u -r1.822 book.sgml
--- book.sgml 25 May 2008 14:49:12 -0000 1.822
+++ book.sgml 26 May 2008 03:40:27 -0000
@@ -2700,25 +2700,8 @@
</question>
<answer>
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Build a kernel with
- <literal>options COMCONSOLE</literal>.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Create /boot.config and place <option>-P</option>
- as the only text in the file.</para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Unplug the keyboard from the system.</para>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
-
- <para>See
- <filename>/usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial</filename>
- for information.</para>
+ <para>See <ulink url="&url.books.handbook;/serialconsole-setup.html">this
+ section of the handbook</ulink>.</para>
</answer>
</qandaentry>
--- books.faq.patch.15.diff ends here ---
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