3 files changed, 84 insertions, 35 deletions

diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
index e8852042e766..18f88175d0bd 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/hardware.hlp
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Hardware Documentation Guide:  $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.1.2.7 1995/10/21 15:03:22 jkh Exp $
+Hardware Documentation Guide:  $Id: hardware.hlp,v 1.1.2.8 1995/10/27 16:43:00 jkh Exp $
 
 Table of Contents
 -----------------
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ wt0     300     5       1       dyn     Wangtek and Archive QIC-02/QIC-36
 mcd0    300     10      n/a     n/a     Mitsumi CD-ROM
 mcd1    340     11      n/a     n/a     Mitsumi CD-ROM
 
-matcd0  dyn     n/a     n/a     n/a     Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM
+matcd0  230     n/a     n/a     n/a     Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM
 
 scd0    230     n/a     n/a     n/a     Sony CD-ROM
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ rc:     RISCom/8 multiport card
 sb:     SoundBlaster PCM - SoundBlaster, SB Pro, SB16, ProAudioSpectrum
 sbmidi: SoundBlaster 16 MIDI interface
 sbxvi:  SoundBlaster 16
-spigot: Create Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board
+spigot: Creative Labs Video Spigot video-acquisition board
 uart:   Stand-alone 6850 UART for MIDI
 wds:    Western Digital WD7000 IDE
 
@@ -311,13 +311,10 @@ Q: The system finds my ed network card, but I keep getting device
    timeout errors.
 
 A: Your card is probably on a different IRQ from what is specified in the
-   kernel configuration.  The ed driver will no longer use the `soft'
-   configuration by default (values entered using EZSETUP in DOS), but it
-   will use the software configuration if you specify `?' in the IRQ field
-   of your kernel config file.  The reason for the change is because the
-   ed driver used to read and try to use the soft configuration information
-   even when the card was jumpered to use a hard configuration, and this
-   caused problems.
+   kernel configuration.  The ed driver does not use the `soft' configuration
+   by default (values entered using EZSETUP in DOS), but it will use the
+   software configuration if you specify `?' in the IRQ field of your kernel
+   config file.  
 
    Either move the jumper on the card to a hard configuration setting
    (altering the kernel settings if necessary), or specify the IRQ as
@@ -326,7 +323,7 @@ A: Your card is probably on a different IRQ from what is specified in the
 
    Another possibility is that your card is at IRQ 9, which is shared
    by IRQ 2 and frequently a cause of problems (especially when you
-   have a VGA card using 2! :).  You should not use IRQ 2 or 9 if at
+   have a VGA card using IRQ 2! :).  You should not use IRQ 2 or 9 if at
    all possible.
 
 
@@ -345,17 +342,47 @@ A: The hard disk geometry was set incorrectly in the Partition editor when
    program will see the DOS partition and try to infer the correct
    geometry from it, which usually works.
 
+   If you are setting up a truly dedicated FreeBSD server or work-
+   station where you don't care for (future) compatibility with DOS,
+   Linux or another operating system, you've also got the option to use
+   the entire disk (`A' in the partition editor), selecting the
+   non-standard option where FreeBSD occupies the entire disk from
+   the very first to the very last sector.  This will leave all geometry
+   considerations aside, but is somewhat limiting unless you're never
+   going to run anything other than FreeBSD on a disk.
 
-Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM drive but it isn't recognized
-   by the system, even if I use UserConfig to change the Port address to
-   630, which is what my card uses.
+Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic drive but it isn't recognized by the
+   system.
 
-A: Not all of the companies that sell the Matsushita/Panasonic CR-562
-   and CR-563 drives use the same I/O ports and interface that the
-   matcd driver in FreeBSD expects.  The only adapters that are supported
-   at this time are those that are 100% compatible with the Creative
-   Labs (SoundBlaster) host interface.  See matcd.4 documentation for a
-   list of host adapters that are known to work.
+A: Make certain that the I/O port that the matcd driver is set to is
+   correct for the host interface card you have.  (Some SoundBlaster DOS
+   drivers report a hardware I/O port address for the CD-ROM interface
+   that is 0x10 lower than it really is.)
+
+   If you are unable to determine the settings for the card by examining 
+   the board or documentation, you can use UserConfig to change the 'port'
+   address (I/O port) to -1 and start the system.  This setting causes the
+   driver to look at a number of I/O ports that various manufacturers
+   use for their Matsushita/Panasonic/Creative CD-ROM interfaces.
+   Once the driver locates the address, you should run UserConfig again
+   and specify the correct address.  Leaving the 'port' parameter set to -1
+   increases the amount of time that it takes the system to boot, and
+   this could interfere with other devices.
+
+   The double-speed Matsushita CR-562 and CR-563 are the only drives
+   that are supported.
+   
+
+Q: I have a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-522, a Matsushita/Panasonic CR-523 or
+   a TEAC CD55a drive, but it is not recognized even when the correct I/O
+   port is set.
+
+A: These CD-ROM drives are currently not supported by FreeBSD.  The command
+   sets for these drives are not compatible with the double-speed CR-562
+   and CR-563 drives.
+   
+   The single-speed CR-522 and CR-523 drives can be identified by their
+   use of a CD-caddy. 
 
 
 Q: I'm trying to install from a tape drive but all I get is something like:
@@ -396,3 +423,4 @@ A: You must set your Intel EtherExpress 16 card to be memory mapped at
    the Intel supplied softset.exe program.
 
 [ Please add more hardware tips to this Q&A section! ]
+
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
index 53f17d82e583..08afdfdb7505 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/relnotes.hlp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Since our release of FreeBSD 2.0 one year ago, the performance,
 feature set, and stability of FreeBSD has improved dramatically.  The
 largest change is a revamped VM system with a merged VM/file buffer
 cache that not only increases performance, but reduces FreeBSD's
-memory footprint, making a 4MB configuration a more acceptable
+memory footprint, making a 5MB configuration a more acceptable
 minimum.  Other enhancements include full NIS client and server
 support, transaction TCP support, dial-on-demand PPP, an improved SCSI
 subsystem, early ISDN support, support for FDDI and Fast Ethernet
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the
 configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is
 also provided.
 
-Following is a list of all disk controllers and ethernet cards currently
-known to work with FreeBSD.  Other configurations may very well work, and
+What follows is a list of all disk controllers and ethernet cards currently
+known to work with FreeBSD.  Other configurations may also work, and
 we have simply not received any indication of this.
 
 
@@ -137,12 +137,15 @@ SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including
 DAT) and CD ROM drives.
 
 The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
-(cd)    SCSI (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI)
-(mcd)   Mitsumi proprietary interface 
-(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) proprietary interface
-(scd)   Sony proprietary interface
+(cd)    SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
+	SoundBlaster SCSI)
+(mcd)   Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models)
+(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
+	interface (562/563 models)
+(scd)   Sony proprietary interface (all models)
+(wcd)	ATAPI IDE interface (experimental and should be considered ALPHA
+        quality!).
 
-Note: CD-Drives with IDE interfaces are not supported at this time.
 
 2.2. Ethernet cards
 -------------------
@@ -195,14 +198,8 @@ Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board.
 
 STB 4 port card using shared IRQ.
 
-Mitsumi (all models) CDROM interface and drive.
-
 SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board.
 
-SoundBlaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI CDROM interface and drive.
-
-Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) CDROM interface and drive.
-
 Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound
 and Roland MPU-401 sound cards.
 
@@ -288,6 +285,7 @@ Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to:
 
                 questions@FreeBSD.org
 
+
 Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have
 extra hands willing to help - there are already far more enhancements
 to be done than we can ever manage to do by ourselves!  To contact us
@@ -295,6 +293,7 @@ on technical matters, or with offers of help, you may send mail to:
 
                 hackers@FreeBSD.org
 
+
 Since these mailing lists can experience significant amounts of
 traffic, if you have slow or expensive mail access and you are
 only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you may
@@ -374,4 +373,5 @@ mentioned, and we sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
 
                         The FreeBSD Core Team
 
-$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.1.2.2 1995/10/15 14:54:02 jkh Exp $
+$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.1.2.3 1995/10/27 00:03:44 uhclem Exp $
+
diff --git a/release/sysinstall/help/slice.hlp b/release/sysinstall/help/slice.hlp
index 67306000ceca..40ac8d038e8b 100644
--- a/release/sysinstall/help/slice.hlp
+++ b/release/sysinstall/help/slice.hlp
@@ -35,3 +35,24 @@ No actual changes will be made to the disk until you (C)ommit from the
 Install menu or use the (W)rite option here!  You're working with what
 is essentially a copy of the disk label(s), both here and in the Label
 Editor.
+
+If you want to use the entire disk for FreeBSD, type `A'.  You'll be
+asked whether or not you wish to keep the disk (potentially) compatible
+with other operating systems, i.e. the information in the FDISK table
+should be kept valid.  If you select the default of `Yes', slices will be
+aligned to fictitious cylinder boundaries and space will be reserved
+in front of the FreeBSD slice for a [future] possible boot manager.
+
+For the truly dedicated disk case, you can select `No' at the
+compatibility prompt.  In that case, all BIOS geometry considerations
+will no longer be in effect and you can safely ignore the
+``The detected geometry is invalid'' warning message you'll later see.
+
+The FreeBSD slice will start at absolute sector 0 of the disk (so that
+FreeBSD's disk label is identical to the Master Boot Record) and
+extend to the very last sector of the disk medium.  Needless to say,
+such a disk cannot have any sort of a boot manager, `disk manager',
+or anything else that has to interact with the BIOS.  This option is
+therefore only considered safe for SCSI disks and most IDE disks and
+is primarily intented for people who are going to set up a dedicated
+FreeBSD server or workstation, not a typical `home PC'.