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>--- install/chapter.sgml.orig	2010-08-05 19:12:01.000000000 -0400
>+++ install/chapter.sgml	2010-08-05 19:28:09.000000000 -0400
>@@ -630,6 +630,10 @@
> 	</listitem>
> 
> 	<listitem>
>+	  <para>A USB Memory Stick</para>
>+	</listitem>
>+
>+	<listitem>
> 	  <para>A DOS partition on the same computer</para>
> 	</listitem>
> 
>@@ -695,7 +699,13 @@
>       <procedure>
> 	<step>
> 	  <title>Acquire the Boot Floppy Images</title>
>-	  
>+
>+	  <important>
>+	    <para>Please note, as of &os; 8.0, floppy disk images are no longer
>+	      available.  Please see below for instructions on how to install
>+	      &os; using a USB memory stick.</para>
>+	  </important>
>+
> 	  <para>The boot disks are available on your installation media
> 	    in the <filename>floppies/</filename> directory, and
> 	    can also be downloaded from the floppies directory, <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable>/<replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>-RELEASE/floppies/</literal>.
>@@ -799,6 +809,66 @@
> 	</step>
>       </procedure>
> 
>+      <para>To create a bootable memory stick, follow these steps:</para>
>+
>+      <procedure>
>+	<step>
>+	  <title>Acquire the Memory Stick Image</title>
>+
>+	  <para>The memory stick image can be downloaded from the
>+	    <filename class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename> directory from
>+	    <literal>ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable>/ISO-IMAGES/<replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable>/&rel.current;-RELEASE-&lt;arch&gt;-memstick.img</literal>.
>+	    Replace <replaceable>&lt;arch&gt;</replaceable> and
>+	    <replaceable>&lt;version&gt;</replaceable> with the architecture
>+	    and the version number which you want to install, respectively.
>+	    For example, the memory stick images for
>+	    &os;/&arch.i386;&nbsp;&rel.current;-RELEASE are available from
>+	    <ulink url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/&arch.i386;/ISO-IMAGES/&rel.current;/&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img"></ulink>.</para>
>+
>+	  <para>The memory stick image has a <filename>.img</filename> extension.
>+	    The <filename class="directory">ISO-IMAGES/</filename> directory
>+	    contains a number of different images, and the one you will need
>+	    to use will depend on the version of &os; you are installing, and
>+	    in some cases, the hardware you are installing to.</para>
>+
>+	  <important>
>+	    <para>Before proceeding, <emphasis>back up</emphasis> the data you
>+	    currently have on your USB stick, as this procedure will
>+	    <emphasis>erase</emphasis> it.</para>
>+	  </important>
>+	</step>
>+
>+	<step>
>+	  <title>Prepare the Memory Stick</title>
>+
>+	  <warning>
>+	    <para>The example below lists <filename>/dev/da0</filename> as the
>+	      target device from which you will be booting.  Be very careful
>+	      that you have the correct device as the output target, or you
>+	      may destroy your existing data.</para>
>+	  </warning>
>+
>+	  <para>Set the <literal>kern.geom.debugflags</literal> sysctl to be
>+	  able to write a master boot record to the target device.</para>
>+
>+	  <screen><userinput>&prompt.root; sysctl kern.geom.debugflags=16</userinput></screen>
>+	</step>
>+
>+	<step>
>+	  <title>Write the Image File to the Memory Stick</title>
>+
>+	  <para>The <filename>.img</filename> file is <emphasis>not</emphasis>
>+	    a regular file you copy to the memory stick.  It is an image of
>+	    the complete contents of the disk.  This means that you
>+	    <emphasis>cannot</emphasis> simply copy files from one disk to
>+	    another.  Instead, you must use &man.dd.1; to write the image
>+	    directly to the disk:</para>
>+
>+	  <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=&rel.current;-RELEASE-&arch.i386;-memstick.img of=/dev/<replaceable>da0</replaceable> bs=64k</userinput></screen>
>+
>+	</step>
>+      </procedure>
>+
>       <para>You are now ready to start installing FreeBSD.</para>
>     </sect2>
>   </sect1>

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