svn commit: r48525 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall

Author: wblock
Date: Sun Apr  3 06:04:03 2016
New Revision: 48525
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48525

Log:
  Mention UEFI in the installation media section, and edit some of the
  surrounding section for clarity.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml	Sat Apr  2 22:16:00 2016	(r48524)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bsdinstall/chapter.xml	Sun Apr  3 06:04:03 2016	(r48525)
@@ -443,9 +443,17 @@
 	this file to a <acronym>DVD</acronym>, and boot the system
 	with the <acronym>DVD</acronym> inserted.</para>
 
-      <para>Several file types are available, though not all file
-	types are available for all architectures.  The possible file
-	types are:</para>
+      <para>Installation files are available in several formats.
+	The formats vary depending on computer architecture and media
+	type.</para>
+
+      <para xml:id="bsdinstall-installation-media-uefi">Additional
+	installation files are included for computers that boot with
+	<acronym>UEFI</acronym> (Unified Extensible Firmware
+	Interface).  The names of these files include the string
+	<filename>uefi</filename>.</para>
+
+      <para>File types:</para>
 
       <itemizedlist>
 	<listitem>
@@ -486,15 +494,18 @@
 	</listitem>
       </itemizedlist>
 
-      <para>Also download <filename>CHECKSUM.SHA256</filename> from
-	the same directory as the image file and use it to check the
-	image file's integrity by calculating a
-	<firstterm>checksum</firstterm>.  &os; provides &man.sha256.1;
-	for this, while other operating systems have similar programs.
-	Compare the calculated checksum with the one shown in
+      <para>After downloading the image file, download
+	<filename>CHECKSUM.SHA256</filename> from
+	the same directory.  Calculate a
+	<firstterm>checksum</firstterm> for the image file.
+	&os; provides &man.sha256.1; for this, used as <command>sha256
+	  <replaceable>imagefilename</replaceable></command>.
+	Other operating systems have similar programs.</para>
+
+      <para>Compare the calculated checksum with the one shown in
 	<filename>CHECKSUM.SHA256</filename>.  The checksums must
-	match exactly.  If the checksums do not match, the file is
-	corrupt and should be downloaded again.</para>
+	match exactly.  If the checksums do not match, the image file
+	is corrupt and must be downloaded again.</para>
 
       <sect3 xml:id="bsdinstall-usb">
 	<title>Writing an Image File to <acronym>USB</acronym></title>
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