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authorJohn Fieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org>1996-08-09 15:33:31 +0000
committerJohn Fieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org>1996-08-09 15:33:31 +0000
commit3fcbcefde16333284a2eab674d140a2e0967e033 (patch)
tree03b4034eec6e63c8d550ae7dcdcf70fde1c196fb
parentfd38cf8bb2aaf358ebb5b5880b4346dea4cfbf11 (diff)
Define a new entity to hold the latest *released* FreeBSD version number.
In the text, use &rel.current; instead of 2.1.5.
Notes
svn path=/head/; revision=473
-rw-r--r--handbook/handbook.sgml7
-rw-r--r--handbook/install.sgml10
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/handbook/handbook.sgml b/handbook/handbook.sgml
index 32edaa1ccd..9ef42f4f4b 100644
--- a/handbook/handbook.sgml
+++ b/handbook/handbook.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.52 1996-07-29 07:15:56 jkh Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: handbook.sgml,v 1.53 1996-08-09 15:33:27 jfieber Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
<!ENTITY % sections SYSTEM "sections.sgml">
%sections;
+<!-- The curerntly released version of FreeBSD -->
+<!ENTITY rel.current CDATA "2.1.5">
+
]>
<linuxdoc>
@@ -32,7 +35,7 @@
<abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the
installation and day to day use of <bf>FreeBSD Release
-2.1.5</bf>.
+&rel.current;</bf>.
This manual is a <bf>work in progress</bf> and is the
work of many individuals. Many sections do not yet exist
diff --git a/handbook/install.sgml b/handbook/install.sgml
index 33718ee810..5ebd985292 100644
--- a/handbook/install.sgml
+++ b/handbook/install.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.32 1996-07-25 13:12:25 jfieber Exp $ -->
+<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.33 1996-08-09 15:33:31 jfieber Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!--
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
(IRQ) and IO port addresses. </item>
<item>Download the <url
- url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp"
+ url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp"
name="installation boot disk image"> file to your hard
drive, and be sure to tell your browser to
<em>save</em> rather than <em>display</em>.
@@ -615,7 +615,7 @@ tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) dist1 .. dist2
In order for NFS installation to work, the server
must support subdir mounts, e.g., if your FreeBSD
- 2.1 distribution directory lives on:
+ &rel.current; distribution directory lives on:
<bf>ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD</bf> Then ziggy will have
to allow the direct mounting of
<bf>/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD</bf>, not just <bf>/usr</bf> or
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) dist1 .. dist2
<p>FTP installation may be done from any mirror site
containing a reasonably up-to-date version of FreeBSD
- 2.1. A full menu of reasonable choices from almost
+ &rel.current;. A full menu of reasonable choices from almost
anywhere in the world is provided by the FTP site
menu.
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ tar cvf /dev/rwt0 (or /dev/rst0) dist1 .. dist2
of a name server:
<tscreen><verb>
-ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE
+ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/&rel.current;-RELEASE
</verb></tscreen>
There are two FTP installation modes you can use: