Subject: Re: Updated HOWTO
To: Alex Kirk <port-dreamcast@netbsd.org>
From: Andrew Freedman <andrew.freedman@bigpond.com>
List: port-dreamcast
Date: 09/26/2002 15:49:57
From: "Alex Kirk" <alex@schnarff.com>

> Now that my system is basically in working order, and I've had Josh's
HOWTOs
> to poach from ;-), I decided it was time to update the official HOWTO.
I
> went ahead and grabbed
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/dreamcast/howto.list as
> instructed by howto.html; when I ran "make howto.list", I was told it
was up
> to date. Obviously, I'm missing something there...but that's what this
list
> is for.

That howto.list is actually a plain HTML document (it isn't really
supposed to be) so there isn't much point in running make over it
anyway.

If you look at the source of
http://www.netbsd.org/Ports/dreamcast/faq.list you'll get an idea of
what a list file looks like.

Definitive information can be had at
http://www.netbsd.org/developers/htdocs.html .

>
> Could someone tell me how to propery make the new howto.html, or do it
> themselves, so the official HOWTO can be posted? My updated file is at
> http://www.schnarff.com/netbsd/howto.list. Josh's docs are great, and
I
> don't propose to replace them; I just figure that newbies coming in at
this
> should get something a little more up-to-date.
>
> If you all like this HOWTO, I'll be happy to update the FAQ as well.

Please do, I started compiling questions and answers chronologically but
didn't get tremendously far so any additions would be very welcome.
However, I think it's going to end up large enough that a more
structured, section-based layout will be required so there may end up as
much work in layout and formatting as in Q&A writing.

- Andrew