summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-14 18:21:05 +0000
committerBruce A. Mah <bmah@FreeBSD.org>2001-09-14 18:21:05 +0000
commit0d632bf0224f2bf02282b21c89d0f9ad6bafb1ce (patch)
treebe0acc3991f5cbbfeb29c954a9383b1ed0a5a3aa
parent9278c6c21fa428adce49f6113c99eb569d80a2d6 (diff)
Notes
-rw-r--r--release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml86
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 49 deletions
diff --git a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml
index 35ceac6a9bc8..7ac8c0951cc4 100644
--- a/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml
+++ b/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
<para>The basic requirements for using this &release.type are
technical proficiency with &os; and an understanding of the ongoing
- development process of &os; &release.current;
+ development process of &os; &release.branch;
(as discussed on the &a.stable;).</para>
<para>For those more interested
@@ -280,62 +280,50 @@
</para>
- <para>Most information is also available from the
- Documentation menu during installation.</para>
+ <para>Most of this information is also available from the
+ Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
+ installed, you can revisit this menu by running the
+ &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
+ <note>
+ <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any
+ given release before installing it, to learn about any
+ <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems.
+ The errata file accompanying each release (most likely right
+ next to this file) is already out of date by definition, but
+ other copies are kept updated on the Internet and should be
+ consulted as the <quote>current errata</quote> for this
+ release. These other copies of the errata are located at
+ <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"></ulink> (as
+ well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this
+ location).</para>
+ </note>
</sect2>
<sect2>
<title>Books and Articles</title>
- <para>Pointers to more documentation on &os; can be found in the
- <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html#BIBLIOGRAPHY-FREEBSD">Books
- &amp; Magazines Specific to FreeBSD</ulink> section of the &os; Handbook.
- Because of &os;'s strong UNIX heritage, many other articles and books written
- for UNIX systems are applicable as well. A selection of these documents
- can be found in the Handbook's <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">Bibliography</ulink>.
- </para>
-
- <para>If you're new to &os; then you should also read
- all of the documentation files listed in <xref linkend="release-docs">,
- all of which are available from the Documentation menu in the
- installation program.
- It may seem
- like a lot to read, but it's important to at least acquaint yourself with
- the types of information available, should you run into problems later. Once
- the system is installed, you can also revisit this menu by running
- the &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
-
- <para>On-line
- versions of the <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/">FAQ</ulink>
- (Frequently Asked Questions document) and <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">Handbook</ulink> are always
- available from the <ulink
- url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">FreeBSD Documentation
- page</ulink> or its mirrors.
- If you install the
- <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a
- Web browser to read the FAQ and Handbook locally.</para>
+ <para>Two highly-useful collections of &os;-related information,
+ maintained by the &os; Project,
+ are the &os; Handbook and &os; FAQ (Frequently Asked
+ Questions document). On-line versions of the <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/">Handbook</ulink>
+ and <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/">FAQ</ulink>
+ are always available from the <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">FreeBSD Documentation
+ page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the
+ <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web
+ browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally.</para>
- <note>
- <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any given
- release before installing it, to learn about any
- <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems.
- The
- errata file accompanying each release
- (most likely right next to this file) is already out of
- date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on the Internet
- and should be consulted as the <quote>current errata</quote> for
- this release. These
- other copies of the errata are located at
- <ulink url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"></ulink>
- (as well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this
- location).</para>
- </note>
+ <para>A listing of books and other documents about &os; can be
+ found in the <ulink
+ url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html">bibliography</ulink>
+ of the &os; Handbook. Because of &os;'s strong UNIX heritage,
+ many other articles and books written for UNIX systems are
+ applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the
+ bibliography.</para>
</sect2>
</sect1>