Attachment 172894 Details for Bug 210360 – Light rework of 2.2 with attempt to clarify Intel support of amd64 architecture and 2 minor spelling fixes

[patch] Light rework of 2.2 with attempt to clarify Intel support of amd64 architecture and 2 minor spelling fixes

bsdinstall.diff.txt (text/plain), 5.26 KB, created by Timothy Moore II on 2016-07-23 14:44:02 UTC

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>Index: en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml
>===================================================================
>--- en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml	(revision 49151)
>+++ en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml	(working copy)
>@@ -140,37 +140,37 @@
>   <sect1 xml:id="bsdinstall-hardware">
>     <title>Minimum Hardware Requirements</title>
> 
>-    <para>The hardware requirements to install &os; vary by the
>-      hardware architecture.  Hardware architectures
>+    <para>The hardware requirements to install &os; vary by
>+      architecture.  Hardware architectures
>       and devices supported by a &os; release are listed on the
>       Release Information page of the &os; web site (<link
>-	xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/index.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/index.html</link>).</para>
>+	xlink:href="&url.base;/releases/index.html">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/index.html</link>).
>+      The &os; download page also has recommendations for choosing the
>+      right image for different architectures (<link 
>+	xlink:href="&url.base;/where.html">https://www.FreeBSD.org/where.html</link>).</para>
> 
>-    <para>A &os; installation will require a minimum 64&nbsp;MB of
>+    <para>A &os; installation will require 64&nbsp;MB of
>       <acronym>RAM</acronym> and 1.5&nbsp;GB of free hard drive space
>-      for the most minimal installation.  However, that is a
>-      <emphasis>minimal</emphasis> install, leaving almost no
>-      free space.  RAM requirements depend on usage.  Specialized
>-      FreeBSD systems can run in as little as 128MB RAM while desktop
>-      systems should have at least 4&nbsp;GB
>-      of <acronym>RAM</acronym>.</para>
>+      at minimum.  However, these specifications are 
>+      <emphasis>not</emphasis> recommended, as almost no free 
>+      space will be left on the system.  RAM requirements will depend 
>+      on usage, with some customized FreeBSD systems using as little 
>+      as 128&nbsp;MB of RAM, while desktop systems are recommended to 
>+      have at least 4&nbsp;GB of <acronym>RAM</acronym>.</para>
> 
>-    <para>The processor requirements for each architecture can be
>-      summarized as follows:</para>
>+    <para>Here are the processor requirements for each architecture:</para>
> 
>     <variablelist>
>       <varlistentry>
> 	<term>&arch.amd64;</term>
> 	<listitem>
>-	  <para>This is the most common type of processor desktop and
>-	    laptop computers will have.  Other vendors may call this
>-	    architecture <acronym>x86-64</acronym>.</para>
>-
>-	  <para>There are two primary vendors of &arch.amd64;
>-	    processors: &intel; (which produces
>-	    <acronym>Intel64</acronym> class processors) and AMD
>+	  <para>This is the most common desktop and laptop processor, 
>+	    used in most modern systems.  The architecture can also 
>+	    be called <acronym>x86-64</acronym>, and is used by both 
>+	    &intel; (which produces
>+	    <acronym>Intel64</acronym> class processors) and AMD 
> 	    (which produces <acronym>AMD64</acronym>).</para>
>-
>+	  
> 	  <para>Examples of &arch.amd64; compatible processsors
> 	    include: &amd.athlon;64, &amd.opteron;,
> 	    multi-core &intel;&nbsp;&xeon;, and
>@@ -181,8 +181,8 @@
>       <varlistentry>
> 	<term>&arch.i386;</term>
> 	<listitem>
>-	  <para>This architecture is the 32-bit x86
>-	    architecture.</para>
>+	  <para>Older, home based systems will generally use this 
>+	    32-bit, x86 architecture.</para>
> 
> 	  <para>Almost all i386-compatible processors with a floating
> 	    point unit are supported.  All &intel; processors 486 or
>@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@
> 
> 	  <para>&os; will take advantage of Physical Address
> 	    Extensions (<acronym>PAE</acronym>) support on
>-	    <acronym>CPU</acronym>s that support this feature.  A
>-	    kernel with the <acronym>PAE</acronym> feature enabled
>+	    <acronym>CPU</acronym>s with this feature.  A kernel with 
>+	    the <acronym>PAE</acronym> feature enabled
> 	    will detect memory above 4&nbsp;GB and allow it to be used
>-	    by the system.  This feature places constraints on the
>-	    device drivers and other features of &os; which may be
>-	    used; refer to &man.pae.4; for details.</para>
>+	    by the system.  However, using <acronym>PAE</acronym> 
>+	    places constraints on device drivers and other features of
>+	    &os;; refer to &man.pae.4; for details.</para>
> 	</listitem>
>       </varlistentry>
> 
>@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@
> 	disks were attached after the installer was started, select
> 	<guibutton>- Rescan Devices</guibutton> to repopulate the list
> 	of available disks.  To ensure that the correct disks are
>-	selected, so as not to accidently destroy the wrong disks, the
>+	selected, so as not to accidentally destroy the wrong disks, the
> 	<guibutton>- Disk Info</guibutton> menu can be used to inspect
> 	each disk, including its partition table and various other
> 	information such as the device model number and serial number,
>@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@
>       <title>Shell Mode Partitioning</title>
> 
>       <para>When creating advanced installations, the
>-	<application>bsdinstall</application> paritioning menus may
>+	<application>bsdinstall</application> partitioning menus may
> 	not provide the level of flexibility required.  Advanced users
> 	can select the <guibutton>Shell</guibutton> option from the
> 	partitioning menu in order to manually partition the drives,

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