Pass the set suffix (either .tgz or .tar.xz) from the makefile.
Document the rescue set.

Split out /rescue to its own set and adapt installers/images to add it.

This is meant to make updates safer: if something goes wrong with updating
base, we still have the old, standalone /rescue to

Split out /rescue to its own set and adapt installers/images to add it.

This is meant to make updates safer: if something goes wrong with updating
base, we still have the old, standalone /rescue to recover from.

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Use \*[Lt] and \*[Gt].

PR/13749 - Incorrect options specified for dd(1) in tape installs.

Cleanup dd options accordingly to the following policy:
1) put if, of, bs, conv in this order
2) for reading/writing from/t

PR/13749 - Incorrect options specified for dd(1) in tape installs.

Cleanup dd options accordingly to the following policy:
1) put if, of, bs, conv in this order
2) for reading/writing from/to disk don't use sync
4) reading from tape - use sync
3) writing to tape - use osync

Noted by Don Yuniskis (auryn at gci-net.com) via install/13749. Thanks!
Reviewed by <martin>. Thank you!

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clean up whitespace, formatting, copyrights

more work:
- use .Tn, .Bx, .Ul, .Key, .Sq, .Dq, .Li, .Dl, (etc) ... as appropriate
- be more consistent between various ports' install notes
- other cleanups

major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including:
- update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check)
- use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate
- introduce some CONSISTENCY bet

major terraform (this is MUCH more than a rototill :-), including:
- update for 1.5 (still more MD stuff to check)
- use new macros in ../common/macros as appropriate
- introduce some CONSISTENCY between the various ports' install docs
- use various mdoc macros as appropriate, including .Li, .Pa, .Sy, and .Ic.
- migrate more stuff into ../common/*
- whitespace cleanup
- lots of other little things i'm sure...

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First round of corrections for the atari.

Markup for -mdoc and -mdoc2html.

Update for mandated release structure.

RCS Id Police.

Updates and clarifications (mostly from Julian Coleman).

Use _VER and _SVER_S where appropriate and update the gzipped and unpacked
sizes of the various distribution sets (sizes taken from the amiga docs).

12 -> 13

merge in 1.2 branch

Final(?) update of the 1.2 install docs

First steps in getting the installation docs up to date.

Atari distribution notes