Release version information in the installation page.
Ryusuke SUZUKI
ryusuke at FreeBSD.org
Wed Mar 30 10:54:08 UTC 2011
manolis> Looks fine, better use 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable> instead of just
manolis> 8.X. It is also worth inserting where appropriate, i.e.
manolis> &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>
Manolis-san, thanks!
I will commit following patch.
Ryusuke
diff -u -r1.420 chapter.sgml
--- chapter.sgml 22 Feb 2011 20:57:42 -0000 1.420
+++ chapter.sgml 29 Mar 2011 12:26:41 -0000
@@ -708,7 +708,7 @@
<title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title>
<important>
- <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are
+ <para>Please note, as of &os; 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>
@@ -4369,11 +4369,11 @@
<para>From the &os; system where is saved the installation
ISO image, for example
- <filename>&os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename>,
+ <filename>&os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</filename>,
use the &man.tar.1; utility to extract all the files:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -C <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable> -pxvf &os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</userinput></screen>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>tar -C <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable> -pxvf &os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso</userinput></screen>
<para>Now you must set the installation media to boot into a
serial console. You have to add to the
@@ -4389,7 +4389,7 @@
used:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkisofs -v -b boot/cdboot -no-emul-boot -r -J -V "<replaceable>Headless_install</replaceable>" \
- -o <replaceable>Headless-</replaceable>&os;-<replaceable>8.1</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput></screen>
+ -o <replaceable>Headless-</replaceable>&os;-<replaceable>&rel.current;</replaceable>-RELEASE-<replaceable>i386</replaceable>-disc1.iso <replaceable>/path/to/headless-iso</replaceable></userinput></screen>
<para>Now that you have your ISO image configured correctly,
you can burn it on a CD-R with your favorite burning
@@ -4553,8 +4553,7 @@
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; 7.3
- and earlier.</entry>
+ packages. This image is not available for &os; 7.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -4570,7 +4569,7 @@
<entry>A CD image with as many third-party packages
as would fit on the disc. This image is not
- available for &os; 8.0 and later.</entry>
+ available for &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -4578,7 +4577,7 @@
<entry>Another CD image with as many third-party
packages as would fit on the disc. This image is
- not available for &os; 8.0 and later.</entry>
+ not available for &os; 8.<replaceable>X</replaceable>.</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -4600,7 +4599,7 @@
<note>
<para>&os; 7.X releases before &os; 7.3 and
- &os; 8.X releases before &os; 8.1 used a
+ &os; 8.0 used a
different naming convention. The names of their ISO
images are not prefixed with
<literal>&os;-</literal>.</para>
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