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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man7 Update release(7) for the recent iso -> image...



details:   https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/dc8485454e97
branches:  trunk
changeset: 781447:dc8485454e97
user:      riz <riz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date:      Thu Sep 06 22:17:46 2012 +0000

description:
Update release(7) for the recent iso -> images change.

diffstat:

 share/man/man7/release.7 |  67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diffs (95 lines):

diff -r 8c0e8246c840 -r dc8485454e97 share/man/man7/release.7
--- a/share/man/man7/release.7  Thu Sep 06 16:39:07 2012 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man7/release.7  Thu Sep 06 22:17:46 2012 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"    $NetBSD: release.7,v 1.32 2012/01/14 22:56:31 jmcneill Exp $
+.\"    $NetBSD: release.7,v 1.33 2012/09/06 22:17:46 riz Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1997, 2000, 2005 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
 .\" All rights reserved.
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 .\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 .\"
-.Dd January 14, 2012
+.Dd Septemeber 6, 2012
 .Dt RELEASE 7
 .Os
 .Sh NAME
@@ -122,7 +122,35 @@
 files and subdirectories:
 .Pp
 .Bl -tag -width "\*[Lt]machine\*[Gt]"
-.It Sy iso/
+.It Sy images/
+Image files intended for use in installing
+.Nx .
+There are different types of images for different platforms, and sometimes
+multiple different image types for a single platform.
+.Pp
+Images in this directory, unlike images in the
+.Sm off
+.Xo
+.Sy .../NetBSD-
+.Aq Em rel
+.Sy /
+.Aq Em machine
+.Sy /installation/\\*/
+.Xc
+.Sm on
+directories, contain file systems that
+have an internal layout that corresponds to
+a complete release for a given machine type.
+If built with
+.Dq iso-image-source ,
+then it will also contain a
+.Dq source
+directory.
+These images are usually bootable.
+.Bl -tag -width "NetBSD-\*[Lt]rel\*[Gt]-\*[Lt]machine\*[Gt].iso"
+.It Sy MD5
+.It Sy SHA512
+.It Sy NetBSD- Ns Ao Em rel Ac Ns Sy - Ns Ao Em machine Ac Ns Sy .iso
 CDROM images in ISO 9660 format, usually created with
 .Dq ./build.sh ... iso-image ...
 after a
@@ -135,30 +163,15 @@
 .Dq ./build.sh -x ... release sourcesets ...
 in
 .Pa src .
-.Pp
-Images in this directory, unlike images in the
-.Sm off
-.Xo
-.Sy .../NetBSD-
-.Aq Em rel
-.Sy /
-.Aq Em machine
-.Sy /installation/cdrom/
-.Xc
-.Sm on
-directory, contain file systems that
-have an internal layout that corresponds to
-a complete release for a given machine type.
-If built with
-.Dq iso-image-source ,
-then it will also contain a
-.Dq source
-directory.
-These images are usually bootable.
-.Bl -tag -width "NetBSD-\*[Lt]rel\*[Gt]-\*[Lt]machine_arch\*[Gt].iso"
-.It Sy MD5
-.It Sy SHA512
-.It Sy NetBSD- Ns Ao Em rel Ac Ns Sy - Ns Ao Em machine Ac Ns Sy .iso
+.It Sy NetBSD- Ns Ao Em rel Ac Ns Sy - Ns Ao Em machine Ac Ns Sy -install.img.gz
+Bootable installation images intended to be written to any drive which
+appears as an
+.Xr sd 4
+type, such as USB flash disks.
+These images are created with
+.Dq ./build.sh ... install-image
+in
+.Pa src .
 .El
 .
 .It Sy shared/



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