45 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
mpp
faba3ab555 Avoid the use of contractions. This eliminates the "its"/"it's" problems
pointed out by Rick Robinson.  Found and fixed some grammar problems
at the same time.

Note: the reason for avoiding contractions is two-fold:

1) It makes the text easier to understand for people who speak English
   as a second language.
2) Expanding the contractions often reveals poorly worded passages.
1996-12-31 21:54:24 +00:00
jkh
2cc8692b2c Add Decision-Computer Intl cards to list of supported serial cards.
Submitted-By: jhs
1996-12-21 15:01:07 +00:00
jkh
d637d3c477 Add more miscellaneous devices
Remove bogus example text.
1996-12-19 21:39:07 +00:00
jkh
5e9ffc22f0 Remove bogus references to root.flp in the installation guide (strange
coincidence - this was the very next item on my TODO list, huzzah!  Thanks,
Doug - I don't usually get them checked off so fast! :-).  Also change
XCOPY command example to match new realities.

Submitted-By: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
1996-12-19 00:43:27 +00:00
jfieber
cc55a1c10f Syntax tweak.
The breakage is actually a subtle bug in the DTD, but fixing it may
have some other ugly implications that need to be explored first.
1996-11-29 20:04:11 +00:00
jkh
73a9dda18e Note unpleasant interaction between rawrite.exe and various flavors
of Windows.
1996-11-29 03:33:27 +00:00
jhay
bca802be1e Change my address to be more universal.
Add a note about our support for the SDL RISCom/N2 and N2pci cards.
2.2 candidate.
1996-11-04 17:21:20 +00:00
wosch
65b9eae0ee delete doubled words, e.g.: "the the" -> "the" 1996-10-05 18:37:31 +00:00
wosch
7f1fa64208 a bunch of spelling errors 1996-10-04 22:54:17 +00:00
jkh
25c24d56c4 Note that EtherPower 2 is supported.
Submitted-By: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
1996-09-21 17:51:46 +00:00
jkh
573ba523ed Mention the fact that HP NICs are now supported.
Submitted-by: "A JOSEPH KOSHY <koshy@india.hp.com> "
1996-09-09 03:57:49 +00:00
asami
0099798487 Use "(the) X Window System" consistently, not X-Window or lowercase
variants.

Submitted by:	Hanai Hiroyuki <hanai@astec.co.jp>
1996-08-28 00:44:00 +00:00
jfieber
3dd6f0384e Define a new entity to hold the latest *released* FreeBSD version number.
In the text, use &rel.current; instead of 2.1.5.
1996-08-09 15:33:31 +00:00
jfieber
a1228b5480 The install docs pointed to th 2.1.0 distribution, not 2.1.5. OOPS!
Submitted by:	Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
1996-07-25 13:12:25 +00:00
bde
6c28286b4e Updated boot message. 1996-07-01 16:32:09 +00:00
jkh
ad3641fb25 Clarify PCMCIA warning now that we have the PCCARD stuff in our -current tree. 1996-05-23 11:53:56 +00:00
mpp
379ee1865d (This really shouldn't all be on one commit, but I forgot
I was in the middle of one of these "projects" when I started
on the next, so they wound up all intermixed)

Move the mailing list entities from authors.sgml to the new file
lists.sgml.  Add an entity for majordomo at the same time.

Avoid the use of contractions.  This revealed some grammer problems,
and also has the benefit of helping make things clearer for those people
who do make speak English as a their first language.
1996-05-16 23:18:28 +00:00
jkh
2769b6f33e Make some long-overdue updates in the install document, add
freebsd-emulation list to entities.
1996-05-16 20:20:57 +00:00
jkh
4d388cfbbc Bring this a little more up to date. 1996-05-16 20:01:26 +00:00
mpp
a9d267fc51 Add definitions for the various freebsd-* mailing lists so that
we are consistent in how they are referenced in the handbook, and
so that they are now all clickable URLs.  E.g. no more mis-matched
freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org and hackers@freebsd.org.  They are used
just like the individual mail addresses defined in authors.sgml.
E.g. &a.doc will expand to:

FreeBSD documentation project mailing list <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG>

Be consistent in using the FreeBSD.ORG address.  All references
to freebsd.org were changed to FreeBSD.ORG.

Use pre-defined addresses for some individuals where available.
1996-05-09 23:04:53 +00:00
jkh
63bec802ea Fix DC21040/DC21041/DC21140 doc bogon.
Submitted by:	Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
1996-03-20 10:38:53 +00:00
jfieber
a8c8923a37 Fix a variety of bogons.
Remember:
`&' is a magic character, use &amp;
`$' is a magic character (but shouldn't be), use &dollar;
use ``...'' instead of "..."
1996-02-27 15:57:51 +00:00
mpp
7b62020208 Fix some grammar problems (mainly its/it's stuff). 1996-01-31 19:03:02 +00:00
mpp
2079cbc15a Some more spelling fixes. 1996-01-31 14:26:20 +00:00
jfieber
a725be9a2b Add Compex CPXPCI/32C to the supported NICs.
Submitted by:	Glen Foster <gfoster@gfoster.com>
1995-12-21 16:10:22 +00:00
jfieber
c33f8129df Gobs of small tweaks and cleanups.
Submitted by:	Philippe Charnier <charnier@lirmm.fr>
1995-12-04 17:58:52 +00:00
tg
f57f9006f3 Fix a few typos 1995-11-29 09:45:13 +00:00
jfieber
f207ac31d5 Typo. 1995-11-27 01:46:51 +00:00
jkh
bc9932ede1 Various tweaks to things I noticed while reading these docs. 1995-11-24 07:55:27 +00:00
jfieber
4a8644e9a3 Bring 2.1 changes back into the head. 1995-11-20 01:10:33 +00:00
jfieber
e8349a4767 Lots of tweaks.
Submitted by:	Joerg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
1995-10-22 00:42:14 +00:00
jfieber
00f14e6ccb Clean up entries for supported CD-ROM drives.
Submitted by:	Frank Durda IV <uhclem%nemesis@fw.ast.com>
1995-10-18 04:05:16 +00:00
jfieber
12cae21615 Two new sections:
* Kernel configuration, from Jake Hamby <jehamby@lightside.com>
    I'd like as many people as possible to give this one a good
    check before 2.1 goes out the door.

  * Routing, from Coranth Gryphon <gryphon@healer.com>

A bazillion formatting tweaks (only 13 bazillion more to go!)
1995-10-07 04:32:03 +00:00
jmz
ebe88aed4a Fix typos.
Reviewed by:	/usr/local/bin/ispell
1995-09-27 00:46:30 +00:00
jfieber
8d2c8c2164 Incorrect model number for BOCA multiport card corrected.
Submitted by:	"Adrian T. Filipi-Martin" <atf3r@agate.cs.virginia.edu>
1995-09-26 17:47:02 +00:00
jfieber
d4c76dacba * Make author's email address come out as mailto url's in HTML.
* Import my "Installation for the Impatient" to the install section.

* Move Booting and memory use into a "Tech Topics" chapter; add
  DMA information. (Frank Durda IV)

* Bring in ESDI section.  (Wilko Bulte)

* Bring in MD5/DES section.  (Garrett Wollman)

* Fix a couple problems with LaTeX output.
1995-09-25 04:53:33 +00:00
jfieber
d6ca9c0223 Clean up assorted formatting glitches. Mostly associated with missing
<header> tags.
1995-08-29 01:42:52 +00:00
jfieber
95bcd2d871 Another minor correction about Adaptec controllers.
Submitted by:	"Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@FreeBSD.org>
1995-08-26 03:09:12 +00:00
jfieber
303dabdf20 Fixed a small omission:
<item>Adaptec 274X/284X/2940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin)
	      series ISA/EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers
                              ^^^
Submitted by:	"Justin T. Gibbs" <gibbs@FreeBSD.org>
1995-08-25 23:51:08 +00:00
jfieber
2576920e62 Correct some misinformation about using the MS-DOS xcopy command.
Fix some english syntax errors.  (More corrections needed)
Submitted by:	Kristyn Fayette <kristyn@gnu.ai.mit.edu>
1995-07-17 20:24:09 +00:00
jfieber
75e449c12d Make a note of the minimum RAM requirements for FreeBSD. 1995-07-16 17:06:22 +00:00
jfieber
05260b48fe Add a cross reference target for "Supported Configurations". 1995-07-14 21:44:31 +00:00
jfieber
2281de73f3 Fix a couple formatting glitches.
Fix a couple cross references.
1995-07-06 14:25:01 +00:00
jfieber
2878e04a6f Start populating the handbook with useful cross reference targets.
All cross reference labels start with name of the file that contains
them.  A label for the top section level is simply the name of the
file (omitting the .sgml).  Other references within the file append a
colon and onother name.  For example, the label on the mailing list
section in the file eresources.sgml is eresources:mail.  This gives
each file its own cross reference namespace.
1995-06-30 17:37:53 +00:00
jfieber
27d378a02a New sections added: release notes, installation, kernel debugging.
Numerous other edits.  Empty sections now have an * in the section header.
1995-06-14 18:38:56 +00:00