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<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN">
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<!-- $FreeBSD$ -->
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<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.16 1996/12/14 18:12:17 joerg Exp $ -->
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<article>
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<author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG'
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name='<pds@FreeBSD.ORG>'></tt>
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<date>$Date: 1997/01/04 20:43:55 $
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<date>$Date: 1996/12/14 18:12:17 $
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<abstract>
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This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
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assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5+, unless otherwise noted.
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@ -34,11 +34,8 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
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Every effort has been made to make this FAQ as informative as
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possible; if you have any suggestions as to how it may be improved,
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please feel free to mail them to the
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<url url="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.ORG" name="FreeBSD-questions
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Mailing list"> or to <url url="mailto:faq@FreeBSD.ORG"
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name="FreeBSD FAQ mailing list">
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please feel free to mail them to the <url
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url="mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG" name="FAQ maintainer">.
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<sect1>
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<heading>What is FreeBSD?</heading>
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<sect1>
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<heading>What is the latest version of FreeBSD?</heading>
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<p>
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Version 2.1.5 is the latest version; it was released in mid-July, 1996.
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Version 2.1.6 is the latest version; it was released in December, 1996.
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<sect1>
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<heading>What is FreeBSD-current?</heading>
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<p>
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FreeBSD-current is the development version of the operating system,
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which will in due course become version 2.2. As such, it is really
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which will in due course become version 3.0. As such, it is really
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only of interest to developers working on the system. See the section
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``Staying current with FreeBSD'' in the
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@ -152,8 +149,8 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
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enhancements would be made to it (for Internet Service Providers
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and other commercial enterprises for whom sudden shifts or
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experimental features are quite undesirable). The other branch was
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2.2-current, which essentially has been one unbroken line leading
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towards 2.2-RELEASE since 2.0 was released. If a little ASCII art
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3.3-current, which essentially has been one unbroken line leading
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towards 3.0-RELEASE since 2.0 was released. If a little ASCII art
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would help, this is how it looks:
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<verb>
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2.0
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@ -163,21 +160,23 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
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2.0.5 ---> 2.1 ---> 2.1.5 ---> 2.1.6 ---* [-stable ends]
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| (Dec 1996)
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[2.2-current] 2.2-SNAPs
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[3.0-current] 2.2-SNAPs
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2.2-RELEASE (scheduled for Q1 1997)
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2.2-ALPHA ---> 2.2-BETA ---> 2.2-RELEASE ---> [2.2-stable]
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| (Q1 1997)
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.
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\|/
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+
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[future releases]
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[future 3.x releases]
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</verb>
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<p>
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The -current branch is slowly progressing towards 2.2 and beyond,
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whereas the -stable branch will effectively end with 2.1.6.
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The -current branch is slowly progressing towards 3.0 and beyond,
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whereas the -stable branch will effectively end with 2.1.6,
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resurrecting itself as 2.2-stable after the 2.2-RELEASE is out.
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<sect1>
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<heading>Why is the -stable branch ending with 2.1.6? </heading>
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@ -237,10 +236,12 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
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<heading>Where can I get FreeBSD?<label id="where-get"></heading>
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<p>
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The distribution is available via anonymous ftp from:
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/" name="the FreeBSD FTP site">
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/"
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name="the FreeBSD FTP site">
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For the current release, 2.1.5R, look in:
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/" name="FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE">
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For the current release, 2.1.6R, look in:
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/"
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name="FreeBSD 2.1.6-RELEASE">
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FreeBSD is also available via CDROM, from the following place(s):
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Orders: (800)-786-9907<newline>
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Questions: (510)-674-0783<newline>
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FAX: (510)-674-0821<newline>
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email: <url url="mailto:orders@cdrom.com" name="WC Orders address"> <newline>
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email: <url url="mailto:orders@cdrom.com"
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name="WC Orders address"> <newline>
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WWW: <url url="http://www.cdrom.com/" name="WC Home page"><newline>
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In Australia, you may find it at:
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Fax: +44 01892 667473<newline>
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(Do not dial the leading zero if calling from outside the UK).
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<sect1>
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<heading>What FreeBSD mailing lists are available?</heading>
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<p>
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The following mailing lists are provided for FreeBSD users and
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developers. For more information, send to
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<majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG> and include a single line saying
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``help'' in the body of your message.
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<descrip>
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<tag/announce/ For announcements about or on FreeBSD.
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<tag/hackers/ Useful for persons wishing to work on the internals.
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<tag/questions/ General questions on FreeBSD.
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<tag/bugs/ Where bugs should be sent.
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<tag/SCSI/ Mailing list for SCSI developers.
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<tag/current/ This is the mailing list for communications
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between the developers and users of freebsd-current. It also
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carries announcements and discussions on current. <tt
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/Required/ reading for anyone using freebsd-current!
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<tag/security/ For issues dealing with system security.
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<tag/platforms/ Deals with ports to non-Intel platforms.
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<tag/ports/ Discussion of the Ports collection.
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<tag/fs/ Discussion of FreeBSD Filesystems.
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<tag/hardware/ Discussion on hardware requirements for
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FreeBSD.
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<tag/committers/ All CVS commit messages
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<tag/chat/ Miscellaneous chit-chat that does not belong
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anywhere else, humour, etc.
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<tag/hubs/ This the mailing-list for all of the generous
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people who manage the ``regional'' part of the <tt/freebsd.org/
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domain.
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<tag/users-groups/ For the local area Users Groups coordinators.
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</descrip>
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<p>
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The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing
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with different areas of interest. Please see the FreeBSD mailing
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list FAQ in:
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<url url="../handbook/eresources:mail.html" name="Handbook entry on mailing-lists">
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<p>
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<sect1>
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<heading>How can I get on the mailing lists?</heading>
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<heading>Where do I find info on the mailing lists?</heading>
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<p>
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You can find full information in the
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<url url="../handbook/eresources#mail.html"
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name="Handbook entry on mailing-lists.">
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<p>
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Example:
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<p>
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To subscribe to the <tt/questions/ list, you'll to send a message
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containing the following command in the <bf/body/ of the message
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(the subject will be ignored):
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<verb>
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subscribe questions john.smith@foo.bar (John Smith)
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</verb>
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<p>
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Unsubscribing is just as easy:-
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<verb>
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unsubscribe questions john.smith@foo.bar (John Smith)
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</verb>
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Just remember to send your request
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to
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<url url="mailto:Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG" name="the mail administrator">
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and <bf/not/ to the list itself! (The last thing the subscribed
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users want to see is administrative requests...)
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<sect1>
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<heading>What FreeBSD news groups are available?</heading>
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<p>
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There are two newsgroups currently dedicated to FreeBSD:
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<descrip>
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<tag/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.announce/ For announcements
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<tag/comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc/ General discussion
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</descrip>
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The following newsgroups may also be of interest to
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general BSD enthusiasts:
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<descrip>
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<tag><tt/comp.unix.bsd/</tag>
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General BSD topics
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</descrip>
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<tt>/usr/ports/news</tt> contains a number of ready-ported
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programs not only for reading Usenet News, but even setting
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up and running your own News server! You'll find trn, TIN,
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Cnews, INN and others there.
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For French-speaking people, the <tt/fr.comp.os.bsd/ group is for
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you; there is also a Japanese newsgroup, <tt /fj.os.bsd.freebsd/.
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If you do not receive these newsgroups, ask your system
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administrator to get them for you.
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</sect1>
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You can find full information in the
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<url url="../handbook/eresources#news.html"
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name="Handbook entry on newsgroups.">
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<sect1>
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<heading>Is there anything about FreeBSD on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) ?</heading>
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<p>
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<heading>Books on FreeBSD</heading>
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<p>
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Greg Lehey's book ``Installing and Running FreeBSD'' is available
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from Walnut Creek and ships with the 2.1.5 CDROM. There is also
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from Walnut Creek and ships with the 2.1.6 CDROM. There is also
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a larger book entitled ``The Complete FreeBSD'', which comes with
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additional printed manpages and includes the 2.1.5 CDROM set. It
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additional printed manpages amd includes the 2.1.6 CDROM set. It
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should be available in most good bookshops now.
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There is a FreeBSD Documentation Project which you may contact (or
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even better, join) on the <tt>doc</tt> mailing list:
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<url url="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.ORG" name="<doc@FreeBSD.ORG>">.
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A FreeBSD ``handbook'' is being created, and can be found as:
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<url url="../handbook/handbook.html" name="the FreeBSD Handbook">
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A FreeBSD ``handbook'' is availible, and can be found as:
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<url url="../handbook/handbook.html" name="the FreeBSD Handbook">.
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Note that this is a work in progress, and so parts may be incomplete.
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However, as FreeBSD 2.X is based upon Berkeley 4.4BSD-Lite, most
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SLIP/PPP, sendmail, INN/NNTP, printing, etc.. It's expensive
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(approx. US$45-$55), but worth it. It also
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includes a CDROM with the sources for various tools; most of
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these, however, are also on the FreeBSD 2.1.5R CDROM (and the
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these, however, are also on the FreeBSD 2.1.6R CDROM (and the
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FreeBSD CDROM often has newer versions).
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<sect1>
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<heading>I have heard about the Problem Report database. Is there an easy way to accesss it ?</heading>
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<heading>I have heard about the Problem Report database.
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Is there an easy way to accesss it ?</heading>
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<p>
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The Problem Report database, filled with all the problems, bugs
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and changes requested by users with help of the <url
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url="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html" name="send-pr">
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command can be reached at
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<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi"
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<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi-bin/query-pr-summary.cgi"
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name="PR Database Summary">
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<sect1>
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of the FreeBSD installation (lucky you!), the simplest way to
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install FreeBSD is to download
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<url
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp"
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp"
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name="the boot image,"> make a boot floppy, boot with it and watch it
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pull down all the necessary files. Depending on connection speed and
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how much of FreeBSD you wish to install, this could take several hours
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<sect1>
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<heading>Where are the instructions for installing FreeBSD?</heading>
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<p>
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Installation instructions can be found as:
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Installation instructions can be found in the
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<url url="../handbook/install.html"
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name="Handbook install section.">
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/INSTALL"
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name="INSTALL from 2.1.5R">
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Release notes are also available as:
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<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/RELNOTES"
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name="RELNOTES from 2.1.5R">
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On the CDROM, the following files are in the top-most directory:
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<verb>
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HARDWARE.TXT -- Hardware information
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INSTALL -- Installation instructions
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README.TXT -- Basic README file
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RELNOTES -- Release notes
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</verb>
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<sect1>
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<heading>What do I need to run FreeBSD?</heading>
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<p>
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you'll need a 386 or better PC, with 4 MB or more of RAM and at
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You'll need a 386 or better PC, with 4 MB or more of RAM and at
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least 60 MB of hard disk space. It can run with a low end MDA
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card but to run X11R6, a VGA or better video card is needed.
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<sect1>
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<heading>I have only 4 MB of RAM. Can I install FreeBSD?</heading>
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<p>
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The latest version of FreeBSD (2.1.5) will install on a 4MB
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system, provided you use the <url
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE/floppies/boot4.flp"
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name="special boot floppy for 4MB systems.">
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FreeBSD 2.1.6 is the last version of FreeBSD that will install on
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a 4MB system. Newer versions of FreeBSD, like 2.2, need at least
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5MB to install on a new system.
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FreeBSD 2.1.5 does not install in 4 MB. To be exact: it does
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not install with 640 kB base + 3 MB extended memory. If your
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motherboard can remap some of the ``lost'' memory out of the
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640kB to 1MB region, then you may still be able to get FreeBSD
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2.1.5 up.
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All versions of FreeBSD, including 2.2, will RUN in 4MB of ram. You
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can add extra memory for the install process, if you like, and then
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after the system is up and running, go back to 4MB.
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Use <url
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url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/floppies/boot4.flp"
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name="special boot floppy for 4MB computers from FreeBSD 2.1.6">
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There are also situations in which FreeBSD 2.1.6 will not install
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in 4 MB. To be exact: it does not install with 640 kB base + 3 MB
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extended memory. If your motherboard can remap some of the ``lost''
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memory out of the 640kB to 1MB region, then you may still be able
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to get FreeBSD 2.1.6 up.
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Try to go into your BIOS setup and look for a ``remap'' option.
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Enable it. You may also have to disable ROM shadowing.
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custom kernel with only the options you need and then get the 4
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MB out again.
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You may also install 2.0.5 and then upgrade your system to 2.1.5
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with the ``upgrade'' option of the 2.1.5 installation program.
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You may also install 2.0.5 and then upgrade your system to 2.1.6
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with the ``upgrade'' option of the 2.1.6 installation program.
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After the installation, if you build a custom kernel, it will run
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in 4 MB. Someone has even succeeded in booting with 2 MB (the
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<sect1>
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<heading>How can I have more than one operating system on my PC?</heading>
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<p>
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Have a look at <url url="http://www.in.net/~jayrich/doc/multios.html" name="The multi-OS page.">
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Have a look at <url url="http://www.in.net/~jayrich/doc/multios.html"
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name="The multi-OS page.">
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<sect1>
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<heading>Can I install on an IDE disk with bad blocks?</heading>
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<sect1>
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<heading>Help! I can't install from tape!</heading>
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<p>
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If you are installing 2.1.5R from tape, you must create the tape
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If you are installing 2.1.6R from tape, you must create the tape
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using a tar blocksize of 10 (5120 bytes). The default tar
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blocksize is 20 (10240 bytes), and tapes created using this
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default size cannot be used to install 2.1.5R; with these tapes,
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default size cannot be used to install 2.1.6R; with these tapes,
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you will get an error that complains about the record size being
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too big.
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translation is turned on - see previous question). For IDE, the
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corresponding figure is 504MB.
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<sect1><heading>What about disk managers? My BIOS doesn't support large drives!</heading>
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<p>
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FreeBSD recognises the Ontrack Disk Manager and makes allowances
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for it. Other disk managers are not supported.
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If you just want to use the disk with FreeBSD you don't need a
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disk manager. Just configure the disk for as much space as the
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BIOS can deal with (usually 504 megabytes), and FreeBSD
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should figure out how much space you really have. If you're using
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an old disk with an MFM controller, you may need to explicitly
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tell FreeBSD how many cylinders to use.
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If you want to use the disk with FreeBSD and another operating
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system, you may be able to do without a disk manager: just make sure
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the the FreeBSD boot partition and the slice for the other
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operating system are in the first 1024 cylinders.
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<sect1>
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<heading>When I boot FreeBSD I get ``Missing Operating System''.</heading>
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<p>
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@ -786,14 +730,14 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
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for confirmation, and press `q' to quit.
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<p>
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<label id="2_1-disklabel-fix">
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<bf>Using disklabel(8) manually with 2.1.5-RELEASE</bf>
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<bf>Using disklabel(8) manually with 2.1.6-RELEASE</bf>
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<p>
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<em>WARNING: There is no substitute for reading carefully
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& understanding what you are doing! Things described here may
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DESTROY your system. Proceed with caution! Remember, a BACKUP is your
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friend!</em>
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<p>
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<tt /sysinstall/ is broken with 2.1.5-RELEASE and will
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<tt /sysinstall/ is broken with 2.1.6-RELEASE and will
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insist on mounting something at / in the disklabel editor. You will
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have to manually run <tt /disklabel(8)/ before you can run
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<tt /newfs(8)/. This means doing the math for partitions
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@ -1356,7 +1300,7 @@ options PSM_NO_RESET #don't reset mouse hardware (some laptops)
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<heading>I am about to buy a new machine. What do you recommend?</heading>
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<p>
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See the <htmlurl url="handbook/hw.html" name="hardware section">
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See the <url url="../handbook/hw.html" name="hardware section">
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of the handbook.
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-->
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<sect1>
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@ -1408,6 +1352,42 @@ options PSM_NO_RESET #don't reset mouse hardware (some laptops)
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the section <ref id="bigram" name="on >16 MB machines">. This is a
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problem that occurs with the Vesa-Local Buslogic SCSI cards.
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<sect1>
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<heading>FreeBSD does not recognise my on-board AIC-7xxx EISA SCSI in an HP Netserver</heading>
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<p>
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This is basically a known problem. The EISA on-board SCSI controller
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in the HP Netserver machines occupies EISA slot number 11, so all
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the ``true'' EISA slots are in front of it. Alas, the address space
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for EISA slots >= 10 collides with the address space assigned to PCI,
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and FreeBSD's auto-configuration currently cannot handle this
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situation very well.
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So now, the best you can do is to pretend there were no address
|
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range clash :), go right ahead and edit the file
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<tt>/sys/i386/eisa/eisaconf.h</tt>. Look for a line defining the
|
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macro <tt/EISA_SLOTS/, and bump the number it's defining to 12.
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Configure and compile a kernel, as described in the
|
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<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/kernelconfig.html"
|
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name="Handbook entry on configuring the kernel">.
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|
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Of course, this does present you a chicken-and-egg problem when
|
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installing on such a machine. In order to work around this
|
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problem, a special hack is available inside <em>UserConfig</em>.
|
||||
Do not use the ``visual'' interface, but the plain command-line
|
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interface there. Simply type
|
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<verb>
|
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eisa 12
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quit
|
||||
</verb>
|
||||
|
||||
at the prompt, and install your system as usual. Don't forget
|
||||
to install the kernel source distribution, since you need to
|
||||
build a custom kernel, or otherwise you would have to repeat the
|
||||
described procedure at each boot! <tt/dset(8)/ doesn't save this
|
||||
change for you.
|
||||
|
||||
Hopefully, future version will have a proper fix for this problem.
|
||||
|
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<sect1>
|
||||
<heading>FreeBSD does not recognise my on-board AIC-7xxx EISA SCSI in an HP Netserver</heading>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
@ -1632,7 +1612,9 @@ crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 41, 1 Oct 15 22:14 spx
|
||||
<heading>How do I configure INN (Internet News) for my machine?</heading>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>After installing the inn package or port, the
|
||||
<url url="http://www.math.psu.edu/barr/INN.html" name="Dave Barr's INN Page"> where you'll find the INN FAQ may be an excellent place to start.
|
||||
<url url="http://www.math.psu.edu/barr/INN.html"
|
||||
name="Dave Barr's INN Page">
|
||||
where you'll find the INN FAQ may be an excellent place to start.
|
||||
|
||||
<sect>
|
||||
<heading>Miscellaneous Questions</heading>
|
||||
@ -2079,42 +2061,14 @@ pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)
|
||||
<sect1>
|
||||
<heading>What is this thing called ``<tt/sup/'', and how do I use it?</heading>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
You should really be using CVSup, not sup, according to the latest
|
||||
skinny. I'm going to bug the hackers for a section describing that.
|
||||
In the meantime:
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
SUP stands for Software Update Protocol, and was developed by CMU
|
||||
for keeping their development trees in sync. We use it to keep
|
||||
for keeping their development trees in sync. We used it to keep
|
||||
remote sites in sync with our central development sources.
|
||||
|
||||
Unless you have direct Internet connectivity, and don't care too
|
||||
much about the cost/duration of the sessions, you shouldn't use
|
||||
sup. For those ``low/expensive-bandwidth'' applications, we have
|
||||
developed <tt/CTM/, see the section <ref id="ctm" name="on CTM">
|
||||
for more about that.
|
||||
|
||||
To use it, you need to have direct Internet connectivity (not
|
||||
just mail or news). First, pick up the <tt/sup.tgz/ package
|
||||
from:
|
||||
|
||||
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/packages/sup.tgz"
|
||||
name="The SUP package">
|
||||
|
||||
Second, read the <url
|
||||
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/sup.html"
|
||||
name="Handbook entry on SUP">
|
||||
|
||||
This file describes how to setup sup on your machine. You may
|
||||
also want to look at
|
||||
|
||||
<tt>/usr/src/share/examples/sup/*-supfile</tt>, or you may grab
|
||||
updated supfiles from:
|
||||
|
||||
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/FAQ/extras"
|
||||
name="Updated SUP files">
|
||||
|
||||
which are a set of supfiles for supping from <tt/FreeBSD.ORG/.
|
||||
SUP is not bandwidth friendly, and has been retired. The current
|
||||
recommended method to keep your sources up to date is
|
||||
<url url="../handbook/cvsup.html" name="Handbook entry on CVSup">
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1>
|
||||
<heading>How cool is FreeBSD?</heading>
|
||||
@ -2215,7 +2169,7 @@ pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)
|
||||
Yes, you can do this <tt /without/ downloading the whole source tree
|
||||
by using the
|
||||
<url
|
||||
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook/ctm.html"
|
||||
url="../handbook/ctm.html"
|
||||
name="CTM facility.">
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1>
|
||||
@ -2236,15 +2190,12 @@ pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)
|
||||
${RELEASEDIR}/tarballs/bindist/bin_tgz.)
|
||||
</verb>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1>
|
||||
<heading><XXX> I'd like to browse the system dumps after a panic.</heading>
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1>
|
||||
<heading>I've written a kernel extension, who do I send it to?</heading>
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
Please take a look at:
|
||||
|
||||
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/submitters.html"
|
||||
<url url="../handbook/submitters.html"
|
||||
name="The Handbook entry on how to submit code.">
|
||||
|
||||
And thanks for the thought!
|
||||
@ -2645,7 +2596,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
|
||||
Please have a look at the Handbook entry on printing. It
|
||||
should cover most of your problem. See the
|
||||
<url
|
||||
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/printing.html"
|
||||
url="../handbook/printing.html"
|
||||
name="Handbook entry on printing.">
|
||||
</sect1>
|
||||
|
||||
@ -2779,7 +2730,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
|
||||
network, and reads the necessary files from a server instead of
|
||||
its hard disk. For full details, please read
|
||||
|
||||
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/diskless.html"
|
||||
<url url="../handbook/diskless.html"
|
||||
name="the Handbook entry on diskless booting">
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1>
|
||||
@ -2852,13 +2803,13 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
|
||||
handbook in <tt>/usr/share/doc/handbook</tt> or use the following
|
||||
links:
|
||||
|
||||
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/slips.html"
|
||||
<url url="../handbook/slips.html"
|
||||
name="Handbook entry on SLIP (server side)">
|
||||
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/slipc.html"
|
||||
<url url="../handbook/slipc.html"
|
||||
name="Handbook entry on SLIP (client side)">
|
||||
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/ppp.html"
|
||||
<url url="../handbook/ppp.html"
|
||||
name="Handbook entry on PPP (kernel version)">
|
||||
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/userppp.html"
|
||||
<url url="../handbook/userppp.html"
|
||||
name="Handbook entry on PPP (user-mode version)">
|
||||
|
||||
<sect1>
|
||||
@ -2918,7 +2869,7 @@ disable pred1
|
||||
|
||||
See
|
||||
<url
|
||||
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/nfs.html"
|
||||
url="../handbook/nfs.html"
|
||||
name="the Handbook entry on NFS">
|
||||
|
||||
for more information on
|
||||
@ -3225,7 +3176,7 @@ domain foo.bar.edu
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
If you have compiled your kernel with the <tt/IPFIREWALL/
|
||||
option, you need to be aware that the default policy as of
|
||||
2.1.5R (this actually changed during 2.1-STABLE development)
|
||||
2.1.6R (this actually changed during 2.1-STABLE development)
|
||||
is to deny all packets that are not explicitly allowed.
|
||||
|
||||
<p>
|
||||
|
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Block a user