diff --git a/release/texts/ABOUT.TXT b/release/texts/ABOUT.TXT index 51012a6c5fac..04ab053ca62d 100644 --- a/release/texts/ABOUT.TXT +++ b/release/texts/ABOUT.TXT @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ researchers or folks who simply want to see how it all works. A large collection of 3rd party ported software (the "ports collection") is also provided to make it easier for you to obtain and install all your favorite traditional UNIX utilities for FreeBSD. -Over 2000 ports, from editors to programming languages to graphical +Over 3000 ports, from editors to programming languages to graphical applications, make FreeBSD a powerful and comprehensive operating environment that extends far beyond what's provided by many commercial versions of UNIX. diff --git a/release/texts/FLOPPIES.TXT b/release/texts/FLOPPIES.TXT index 7e5e8617f74f..5cd6af413b4d 100644 --- a/release/texts/FLOPPIES.TXT +++ b/release/texts/FLOPPIES.TXT @@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ work well, depending on your hardware and operating system environment (different versions of UNIX have totally different names for the floppy drive - neat, huh? :-). -If you're on an ALPHA machine which netboots its floppy images or -you have a 2.88MB or LS-120 floppy capable of taking a 2.88MB image +If you're on an ALPHA machine which can network-boot its floppy images +or you have a 2.88MB or LS-120 floppy capable of taking a 2.88MB image on an x86 machine, you may still wish to use the older (but now twice as large) boot.flp image which we also provide. That contains the contents of kern.flp and mfsroot.flp on a single floppy, -essentially, and can be used in all of the above scenarios as well -as a handy boot image for those mastering "El Torito" bootable CD -images. See the mkisofs(1) command for more information. +essentially. This file should also be used as the boot file for those +mastering "El Torito" bootable CD images. See the mkisofs(1) command +for more information. Going to two installation boot floppies is a step we definitely would have rather avoided but we simply no longer could due to diff --git a/release/texts/LAYOUT.TXT b/release/texts/LAYOUT.TXT index 5291b7e67f6f..9f379cd63dd8 100644 --- a/release/texts/LAYOUT.TXT +++ b/release/texts/LAYOUT.TXT @@ -9,13 +9,16 @@ HARDWARE.TXT compat1x info src tools INSTALL.TXT compat20 dict manpages packages README.TXT compat21 des doc RELNOTES.TXT compat22 floppies ports -XF86333 +XF86336 If you want to do a CDROM, FTP or NFS installation from this -distribution directory, all you need to do is make a 1.44MB floppy -from the floppies/boot.flp image file (see floppies/README.TXT for -instructions on how to do this), boot it and follow the instructions. -See INSTALL.TXT for more information. +distribution directory, all you need to do is make the 1.44MB boot +floppies from the floppies directory (see floppies/README.TXT for +instructions on how to do this), boot them and follow the instructions. +The rest of the data needed during the installation will be obtained +automatically based on your selections. If you've never installed +FreeBSD before, you also want to read the INSTALL.TXT file for +instructions. If you're trying to do some other type of installation or are merely curious about how a distribution is organized, what follows is a more @@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ thorough description of each item in more detail: 1. The *.TXT files obviously contain documentation (this file is LAYOUT.TXT) and should be read before starting an installation. -2. The XF86333 directory contains the XFree86 project's 3.3.3.1 release and +2. The XF86336 directory contains the XFree86 project's 3.3.6 release and consists of a series of gzip'd tar files which contain each component of the XFree86 distribution. @@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ thorough description of each item in more detail: command. The ports collection may be installed like any other distribution - and requires about 50MB unpacked. More information on the ports + and requires about 100MB unpacked. More information on the ports collection may be obtained from http://www.freebsd.org/ports or locally from ``file:/usr/share/doc/handbook'' if you've installed the doc distribution. diff --git a/release/texts/README.TXT b/release/texts/README.TXT index ab7f57ebf36a..2a9c8729332d 100644 --- a/release/texts/README.TXT +++ b/release/texts/README.TXT @@ -35,57 +35,52 @@ business with FreeBSD than in playing with the cutting edge of technology, however, then 3.x is almost certainly your best bet. -ROAD MAP: - Most files here are also in the Documentation - Menu of the boot floppy +Most information here is also available from the Documentation menu +during installation. - ERRATA.TXT Please read this file! It will tell you where to look - for the latest information on problems which have been - found and fixed in this release. + ERRATA.TXT Read this file! It will tell you where to look for the + latest information on problems which have been found and + fixed since this release was created (and may bite you). README.TXT This file ABOUT.TXT All about FreeBSD, including contact information - RELNOTES.TXT Release Notes - what's new & different in this - release + RELNOTES.TXT Release Notes - what's new & different in this release - LAYOUT.TXT Information about the layout of the release - directory. If you are installing from floppies, - it is especially important that you - *read this section!* + LAYOUT.TXT Information about the layout of the release directory. + If you are installing from floppies, it is especially + important that you read this section! - HARDWARE.TXT Information about the configuration of the - GENERIC kernel and supported hardware + HARDWARE.TXT Information about the configuration of the GENERIC kernel + and supported hardware. New installers should read this + file. - INSTALL.TXT How to make a new installation of FreeBSD - on your PC using the data you see here + INSTALL.TXT Installation instructions - new installers should read this. - UPGRADE.TXT How to upgrade an existing FreeBSD - installation + UPGRADE.TXT Upgrading an existing FreeBSD installation - TROUBLE.TXT Troubleshooting information + TROUBLE.TXT General troubleshooting information -o For new installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT - and HARDWARE.TXT files. +o It is, again, very important to check the ERRATA.TXT file for any + late-breaking issues with this release. If you don't read the ERRATA, + you will probably fall right into the same problems that have already + been reported (and fixed as noted in the ERRATA). -o If you are upgrading from a previous FreeBSD version, - please take a look at UPGRADE.TXT. -o It is also important to check the ERRATA.TXT file for any - late-breaking issues with this release. This file contains - the latest information on upgrade, security or other problems - that an administrator should be aware of. +If you're a developer/hobbiest and not interested in QA'd releases +so much as simply keeping up to date on the latest FreeBSD technology, +you can also install one of our "snapshot" releases. For the most up-to-date software along the RELENG_3 branch -(also known as 3.4-stable) which is now proceeding onwards toward -the release of FreeBSD 3.5, please install from: +(also known as 3.4-stable), now proceeding towards the release +of FreeBSD 3.5, please install your snapshots from from: ftp://releng3.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ -Or for the latest 4.0-Current (HEAD branch) snapshot releases, +For the latest 4.0-current (HEAD branch) snapshot releases, please install from: ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD diff --git a/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT b/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT index 1b735b986d12..d36f087c3af0 100644 --- a/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT +++ b/release/texts/TROUBLE.TXT @@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ fixit.flp image floppy, generated in the same fashion as the boot floppy, or the 2nd CDROM from Walnut Creek CDROM's FreeBSD distribution. -To invoke fixit, simply boot the boot floppy, choose the "Fixit" item -and insert the fixit floppy or CDROM when asked. You will then be -placed into a shell with a wide variety of commands available (in the -/stand and /mnt2/stand directories) for checking, repairing and +To invoke fixit, simply boot the kern.flp floppy, choose the "Fixit" +item and insert the fixit floppy or CDROM when asked. You will then +be placed into a shell with a wide variety of commands available (in +the /stand and /mnt2/stand directories) for checking, repairing and examining file systems and their contents. Some UNIX administration experience *is* required to use the fixit option!