Download page improvements
Allan Jude
freebsd at allanjude.com
Wed Dec 18 00:25:13 UTC 2013
Attached find a patch for f.o/where.html (the download page). It adds
direct links to the various .iso and removes the 'distributions' link
where is not of much use to most users who wouldn't know how to find it
on the FTP site them selves.
This makes the usb memory stick images much easier to find for the
average user. It also adds links to the handbook instructions for
writing a USB stick or CD/DVD image.
--
Allan Jude
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Index: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/where.xml
===================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/where.xml (revision 43344)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/where.xml (working copy)
@@ -40,94 +40,127 @@
<h2>Download FreeBSD</h2>
- <p>If you plan on getting FreeBSD via FTP or HTTP, please check
- the listing of <a
+ <p>&os; is available from many <a
href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html"><strong>mirror
- sites</strong></a> in the handbook to see if there is a site
- closer to you.</p>
+ sites</strong></a> around the globe. Please check the list
+ for a location near you. These files are ISO images for <a
+ href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html#install-cdrom">CDs
+ and DVDs</a>, as well as raw images for <a
+ href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-pre.html#install-boot-media">USB
+ memory sticks</a>.</p>
<table class="tblbasic">
<thead>
<tr style="text-align: center;">
- <td colspan="2">Version & Platform</td>
- <td>Distribution</td>
- <td title="ISO9660 CD image"><a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-diff-media.html#install-cdrom">ISO</a></td>
- <td>Release<br/>Notes</td>
- <td>Hardware<br/>Notes</td>
- <td>Installation<br/>Notes</td>
- <td>Errata</td>
+ <td colspan="2">Version</td>
+ <td colspan="5">Notes & Errata</td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
- <td colspan="2">FreeBSD &rel.current;-RELEASE</td>
- <td colspan="2"></td>
- <td rowspan="7"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/relnotes.html">[View]</a></td>
- <td rowspan="7"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/hardware.html">[View]</a></td>
- <td rowspan="7"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/installation.html">[View]</a></td>
- <td rowspan="7"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/errata.html">[View]</a></td>
+ <td colspan="2"><strong>FreeBSD &rel.current;-RELEASE</strong></td>
+ <td colspan="5"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/relnotes.html"><strong>Release Notes</strong></a> <a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/hardware.html"><strong>Hardware Notes</strong></a> <a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/installation.html"><strong>Installation Notes</strong></a> <a href="&base;/releases/&rel.current;R/errata.html"><strong>Errata</strong></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
+ <td colspan="2">Platform</td>
+ <td>USB Memstick</td>
+ <td>CD</td>
+ <td>Boot Only CD</td>
+ <td>DVD</td>
+ <td>Checksums</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
<td></td>
- <td>amd64<br/>(x86-64, x64)</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/&rel.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">amd64<br/>(x86-64, x64)</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td>i386</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">i386</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td>ia64</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/ia64/ia64/&rel.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/ia64/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/ia64/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">ia64</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/ia64/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-ia64-memstick.img">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/ia64/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-ia64-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/ia64/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-ia64-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td>N/A</td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/ia64/ia64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td>powerpc</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/&rel.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">powerpc</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-powerpc-memstick.img">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-powerpc-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-powerpc-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td>N/A</td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td>powerpc64</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/&rel.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">powerpc64</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-memstick.img">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-powerpc-powerpc64-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td>N/A</td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/powerpc/powerpc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td>sparc64</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/sparc64/sparc64/&rel.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/sparc64/sparc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/sparc64/sparc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/">sparc64</a></td>
+ <td>N/A</td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/sparc64/sparc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-sparc64-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/sparc64/sparc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/FreeBSD-&rel.current;-RELEASE-sparc64-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td>N/A</td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/sparc64/sparc64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
- <td colspan="2">FreeBSD &rel2.current;-RELEASE</td>
- <td colspan="2"></td>
- <td rowspan="5"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel2.current;R/relnotes.html">[View]</a></td>
- <td rowspan="5"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel2.current;R/hardware.html">[View]</a></td>
- <td rowspan="5"><a href="&base;/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">[View]</a></td>
- <td rowspan="5"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel2.current;R/errata.html">[View]</a></td>
+ <td colspan="2"><strong>FreeBSD &rel2.current;-RELEASE</strong></td>
+ <td colspan="5"><a href="&base;/releases/&rel2.current;R/relnotes.html"><strong>Release Notes</strong></a> <a href="&base;/releases/&rel2.current;R/hardware.html"><strong>Hardware Notes</strong></a> <a href="&base;/releases/&rel2.current;R/installation.html"><strong>Installation Notes</strong></a> <a href="&base;/releases/&rel2.current;R/errata.html"><strong>Errata</strong></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
+ <td colspan="2">Platform</td>
+ <td>USB Memstick</td>
+ <td>CD</td>
+ <td>Boot Only CD</td>
+ <td>DVD</td>
+ <td>Checksums</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr>
<td></td>
- <td>amd64<br/>(x86-64, x64)</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/&rel2.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/">amd64<br/>(x86-64, x64)</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-amd64-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-amd64-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-amd64-dvd1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/amd64/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td>i386</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/">i386</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-i386-memstick.img">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-i386-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-i386-dvd1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/i386/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
- <td>pc98</td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/pc98/&rel2.current;-RELEASE">[Distribution]</a></td>
- <td><a href="&url.rel;/pc98/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/">[ISO]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/pc98/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/">pc98</a></td>
+ <td>N/A</td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/pc98/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-pc98-disc1.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/pc98/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/FreeBSD-&rel2.current;-RELEASE-pc98-bootonly.iso">[Download]</a></td>
+ <td>N/A</td>
+ <td><a href="&url.rel;/pc98/ISO-IMAGES/&rel2.current;/CHECKSUM.SHA256">[SHA256]</a></td>
</tr>
<!--
<tr>
@@ -174,10 +207,9 @@
</tbody>
</table>
- <p><em>Note:</em> If you are in doubt of which platform /
- architecture to get, you probably need <em>i386</em> if you have
- an older computer, and <em>amd64</em> if you have a newer
- computer.</p>
+ <p><em>Note:</em> Most modern computers are <em>amd64</em>
+ architecture, even those with Intel branded processors. If the
+ computer is an older, 32-bit only model, use <em>i386</em>.</p>
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