make note of which /etc files need upgrading in installUpgrade rather
than asking the user to keep track of the list himself.
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-----------------------------------------
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FreeBSD 2.2 --- ALPHA Version , ,
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FreeBSD 2.2 --- BETA Version , ,
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----------------------------------------- /( )`
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\ \___ / |
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Welcome to the 2.2 ALPHA release of FreeBSD! /- _ `-/ '
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Welcome to the 2.2 BETA release of FreeBSD! /- _ `-/ '
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This release preceeds our first full 2.2 release, (/\/ \ \ /\
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which is scheduled for a late December / early / / | ` \
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January release. Your testing of this release will O O ) / |
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help to ensure that 2.2-RELEASE is of the highest `-^--'`< '
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quality we can make it, and is much appreciated. (_.) _ ) /
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which is scheduled for an early January release. / / | ` \
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Your testing of this BETA will greatly help to O O ) / |
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ensure that 2.2-RELEASE is of the highest possible `-^--'`< '
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quality, and it is much appreciated. (_.) _ ) /
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`.___/` /
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`-----' /
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Feedback or offers to help with anything <----. __ / __ \
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@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ you see in this release are most welcome <----|====O)))==) \) /====
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and should be sent to one of the approp- <----' `--' `.__,' \
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riate mailing lists (see notes below). | |
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\ / /\
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Please also note that ALPHA releases, as much ______( (_ / \______/
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Please also note that BETA releases, as much ______( (_ / \______/
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as we enjoy seeing them tested in serious ,' ,-----' |
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situations, are not recommended for production `--{__________)
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environments!
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@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ failures or crashes should also be reported ASAP by sending mail to
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bugs@freebsd.org or using the send-pr command (those preferring a WEB based
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interface can also see http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html).
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For information about the layout of the 2.2-BETA release directory,
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see ABOUT.TXT. For general information about FreeBSD, see README.TXT.
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For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and HARDWARE.TXT
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files.
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0. What's new since 2.1.5-RELEASE
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0. What's new since 2.1.X-RELEASE
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------------------------------------
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Support for the SDL RISCom N2pci sync serial card.
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@ -70,7 +75,7 @@ easily understood installation process. Your feedback on this
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(constantly evolving) process is especially welcome!
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In addition to the base distributions, FreeBSD offers a ported
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software collection with over 600 commonly sought-after programs. The
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software collection with over 700 commonly sought-after programs. The
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list of ports ranges from http (WWW) servers, to games, languages,
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editors and almost everything in between. The entire ports collection
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requires only 6MB of storage, all ports being expressed as "deltas"
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@ -535,4 +540,4 @@ We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
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The FreeBSD Core Team
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$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.26 1996/11/27 01:44:57 jkh Exp $
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$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.27 1996/11/29 04:55:47 jkh Exp $
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@ -12,25 +12,6 @@ swap, file systems, etc. The usual convention is to create ONE
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FreeBSD partition per drive and then subsection this partition into
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swap and file systems with the Label editor.
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The flags field has the following legend:
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'=' -- This partition is properly aligned.
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'>' -- This partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
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'R' -- This partition contains the root (/) filesystem
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'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
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'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
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'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
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for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
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a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
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installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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To leave the partition editor, type `Q'.
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No actual changes will be made to the disk until you (C)ommit from the
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Install menu or use the (W)rite option here! You're working with what
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is essentially a copy of the disk label(s), both here and in the Label
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@ -58,3 +39,21 @@ or anything else that has to interact with the BIOS. This option is
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therefore only considered safe for SCSI disks and most IDE disks and
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is primarily intented for people who are going to set up a dedicated
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FreeBSD server or workstation, not a typical `home PC'.
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The flags field has the following legend:
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'=' -- This partition is properly aligned.
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'>' -- This partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
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'R' -- This partition contains the root (/) filesystem
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'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
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'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
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'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
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for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
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a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
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installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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To leave the partition editor, type `Q'.
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@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ close to the edge, that's all we can say!
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NOTE to 2.0 users: We're sorry, but the "slice" changes that were
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added in FreeBSD 2.0.5 made automated upgrades pretty difficult due to
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the fact that a complete reinstall is pretty much called for. Things
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may still *work* after a 2.1 upgrade, but you will also no doubt
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receive many warnings at boot time about non-aligned slices and such;
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we really do recommend a fresh installation for 2.0 systems! (But
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back up your user data first :-).
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may still *work* after an upgrade, but you will also no doubt receive
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many warnings at boot time about non-aligned slices and such; we
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really do recommend a fresh installation for 2.0 systems! (But back
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up your user data first :-).
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@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
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HOW TO USE THIS SYSTEM
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======================
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[press the PageDown key to go to the next screen when you finish
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reading this one]
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The following keys are recognised in most of the dialogs you'll
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encounter during this installation [press the PageDown key to go
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to the next screen when you finish reading this one]:
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encounter during this installation:
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KEY ACTION
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--- ------
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SPACE Select or toggle the current item.
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RETURN Finish with an item.
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RETURN Finish with a menu or item.
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UP ARROW Move to previous item (or up, in a text display box).
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DOWN ARROW Move to next item (or down, in a text display box).
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TAB Move to next item or group.
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@ -20,13 +22,11 @@ PAGE DOWN In text display boxes, scrolls down one page.
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If you see small "^(-)" or "v(+)" symbols at the edges of a menu, it
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means that there are more items above or below the current one that
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aren't being shown (due to insufficient screen space). Using the
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up/down arrow keys will cause the menu to scroll. The PageUp and
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PageDown keys will scroll by entire screens.
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In text display boxes, the amount of text above the current point will be
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displayed as a percentage in the lower right corner. A value of
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100% means that you're at the bottom of the displayed text.
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aren't being shown (due to insufficient screen space). In text
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display boxes, the amount of text above the current point will be
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displayed as a percentage in the lower right corner. Using the
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Up/Down arrow keys will cause the object to scroll by line. The
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PageUp and PageDown keys will scroll by entire screens.
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Selecting OK in a menu will confirm whatever action it's controlling.
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Selecting Cancel will cancel the operation and generally return you to
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@ -36,25 +36,24 @@ the previous menu.
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SPECIAL FEATURES:
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=================
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It is also possible to select a menu item by typing the first
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character of its name, if unique. This will generally be an
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item number.
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It is possible to select a menu item by typing the first character of
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its name, if unique. This will generally be an item number.
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The console driver also contains a scroll-back buffer for reviewing
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things that may have scrolled off the screen. To use scroll-back,
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press the "Scroll Lock" key on your keyboard and use the arrow or Page
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Up/Page Down keys to move through the saved text. To leave
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scroll-back mode, press the Scroll Lock key again. This feature is
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most useful for reading back through your boot messages (go ahead, try
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it now!) though it's also useful when dealing with sub-shells or other
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"wizard modes" that don't use menus and tend to scroll their output
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off the top of the screen.
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The console driver contains a scroll-back buffer for reviewing things
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that may have scrolled off the screen. To use scroll-back, press the
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"Scroll Lock" key on your keyboard and use the arrow or Page Up/Page
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Down keys to move through the saved text. To leave scroll-back mode,
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press the Scroll Lock key again. This feature is most useful for
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reading back through your boot messages (go ahead, try it now!) though
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it's also useful when dealing with sub-shells or other "wizard modes"
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that don't use menus and tend to scroll their output off the top of
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the screen.
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Once the system is fully installed and running multi-user you will
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also find that you have multiple "virtual consoles" and can use them
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to have several active sessions at once. Use ALT-F<n> to switch
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between them, where `F<n>' is the function key corresponding to the
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Once the system is fully installed and running multi-user, you will
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find that you have multiple "virtual consoles" which you can use to in
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order to have several active sessions at once. Use ALT-F<n> to switch
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between screens, where `F<n>' is the function key corresponding to the
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screen you wish to see. By default, the system comes with 3 virtual
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consoles enabled. You can enable more by editing the /etc/ttys file
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consoles enabled - you can enable more by editing the /etc/ttys file
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and turning the "off" field to "on" in the relevant vty entries (up to
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12).
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the additional group membership list should normally not contain the
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login group again.
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The user's password can also be set here, and should be chosen with
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care - 6 or more characters, intermixing punctuation and numerics, and
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*not* a word from the dictionary or related to the username is a good
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password choice.
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Some of the system's groups have a special meaning. In particular,
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members of group "wheel" are the only people who are later allowed to
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become superuser using the command su(1). So if you're going to add a
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@ -82,15 +87,3 @@ Finally, the shell is the user's initial command interpreter. The
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default shell is /bin/sh, some users prefer the more historic
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/bin/csh. Other, often more user-friendly and comfortable shells can
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be found in the ports and packages collection.
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Passwords
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=========
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Note that new users will be established with no allowable password, so
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they cannot login immediately. Instead, someone with superuser
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privileges has to run the command ``passwd <user>'' (where <user> is
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to be replaced with the actual login name for this user) on behalf of
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the new user, so (s)he can enter his/her password. Since the password
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won't be echoed on the screen, it must be entered twice. This should
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never be done across a network, to prevent password-sniffing.
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* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
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* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
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*
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* $Id: installUpgrade.c,v 1.33 1996/10/09 09:53:35 jkh Exp $
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* $Id: installUpgrade.c,v 1.34 1996/12/08 12:27:55 jkh Exp $
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*
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* Copyright (c) 1995
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* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
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static void
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doByHand(HitList *h)
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{
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FILE *fp;
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fp = fopen("/etc/update-by-hand", "a");
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msgConfirm("/etc/%s is one of those files that this upgrade procedure just isn't\n"
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"smart enough to deal with right now. You'll need to merge the old and\n"
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"new versions by hand when the option to do so manually is later\n"
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"presented (in the meantime, you might want to write the name of\n"
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"this file down! - the holographic shell on VTY4 is a good place for\n"
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"this).", h->name);
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"presented. This has also been noted in the file /etc/update-by-hand.", h->name);
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fprintf(fp, "/etc/%s\n", h->name);
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fclose(fp);
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}
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static void
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yellSysconfig(HitList *h)
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{
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FILE *fp;
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fp = fopen("/etc/update-by-hand", "a");
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fprintf(fp, "/etc/sysconfig\n");
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msgConfirm("/etc/sysconfig is one of those files that this upgrade procedure just isn't\n"
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"smart enough to deal with right now. Unfortunately, your system\n"
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"will also come up with a very different \"personality\" than it had\n"
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"before if you do not merge at LEAST the hostname and ifconfig lines\n"
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"from the old one! This is very important, so please do this merge\n"
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"even if you do no others before the system is allowed to reboot.");
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fclose(fp);
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}
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/* These are the only meaningful files I know about */
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/* No bin selected? Not much of an upgrade.. */
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if (!(Dists & DIST_BIN)) {
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if (msgYesNo("You didn't select the bin distribution as one of the distributons to load.\n"
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"This one is pretty vital to a successful 2.1 upgrade. Are you SURE you don't\n"
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"This one is pretty vital to a successful upgrade. Are you SURE you don't\n"
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"want to select the bin distribution? Chose _No_ to bring up the Distributions\n"
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"menu.") != 0) {
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if (!dmenuOpenSimple(&MenuDistributions, FALSE))
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"step.");
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if (DITEM_STATUS(diskLabelEditor(self)) == DITEM_FAILURE) {
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msgConfirm("The disk label editor failed to work properly! Upgrade operation\n"
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msgConfirm("The disk label editor returned an error status. Upgrade operation\n"
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"aborted.");
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return DITEM_FAILURE | DITEM_RECREATE;
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}
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FreeBSD partition per drive and then subsection this partition into
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swap and file systems with the Label editor.
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The flags field has the following legend:
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'=' -- This partition is properly aligned.
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'>' -- This partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
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'R' -- This partition contains the root (/) filesystem
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'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
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'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
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'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
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for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
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a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
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installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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To leave the partition editor, type `Q'.
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No actual changes will be made to the disk until you (C)ommit from the
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Install menu or use the (W)rite option here! You're working with what
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is essentially a copy of the disk label(s), both here and in the Label
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@ -58,3 +39,21 @@ or anything else that has to interact with the BIOS. This option is
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therefore only considered safe for SCSI disks and most IDE disks and
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is primarily intented for people who are going to set up a dedicated
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FreeBSD server or workstation, not a typical `home PC'.
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The flags field has the following legend:
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'=' -- This partition is properly aligned.
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'>' -- This partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
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'R' -- This partition contains the root (/) filesystem
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'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
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'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
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'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
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for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
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a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
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installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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To leave the partition editor, type `Q'.
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@ -12,25 +12,6 @@ swap, file systems, etc. The usual convention is to create ONE
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FreeBSD partition per drive and then subsection this partition into
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swap and file systems with the Label editor.
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The flags field has the following legend:
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'=' -- This partition is properly aligned.
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'>' -- This partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
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'R' -- This partition contains the root (/) filesystem
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'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
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'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
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'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
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for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
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a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
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installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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To leave the partition editor, type `Q'.
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No actual changes will be made to the disk until you (C)ommit from the
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Install menu or use the (W)rite option here! You're working with what
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is essentially a copy of the disk label(s), both here and in the Label
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@ -58,3 +39,21 @@ or anything else that has to interact with the BIOS. This option is
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therefore only considered safe for SCSI disks and most IDE disks and
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is primarily intented for people who are going to set up a dedicated
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FreeBSD server or workstation, not a typical `home PC'.
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The flags field has the following legend:
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'=' -- This partition is properly aligned.
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'>' -- This partition doesn't end before cylinder 1024
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'R' -- This partition contains the root (/) filesystem
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'B' -- Partition employs BAD144 bad-spot handling
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'C' -- This is the FreeBSD 2.0-compatibility partition (default)
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'A' -- This partition is marked active.
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If you select a partition for Bad144 handling, it will be scanned
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for bad blocks before any new filesystems are made on it.
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If no partition is marked Active, you will need to either install
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a Boot Manager (the option for which will be presented later in the
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installation) or set one Active before leaving this screen.
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To leave the partition editor, type `Q'.
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HOW TO USE THIS SYSTEM
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======================
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[press the PageDown key to go to the next screen when you finish
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reading this one]
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|
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The following keys are recognised in most of the dialogs you'll
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encounter during this installation [press the PageDown key to go
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to the next screen when you finish reading this one]:
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encounter during this installation:
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KEY ACTION
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--- ------
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SPACE Select or toggle the current item.
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RETURN Finish with an item.
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RETURN Finish with a menu or item.
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UP ARROW Move to previous item (or up, in a text display box).
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DOWN ARROW Move to next item (or down, in a text display box).
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TAB Move to next item or group.
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@ -20,13 +22,11 @@ PAGE DOWN In text display boxes, scrolls down one page.
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If you see small "^(-)" or "v(+)" symbols at the edges of a menu, it
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means that there are more items above or below the current one that
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aren't being shown (due to insufficient screen space). Using the
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up/down arrow keys will cause the menu to scroll. The PageUp and
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PageDown keys will scroll by entire screens.
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In text display boxes, the amount of text above the current point will be
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displayed as a percentage in the lower right corner. A value of
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100% means that you're at the bottom of the displayed text.
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aren't being shown (due to insufficient screen space). In text
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display boxes, the amount of text above the current point will be
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displayed as a percentage in the lower right corner. Using the
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Up/Down arrow keys will cause the object to scroll by line. The
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PageUp and PageDown keys will scroll by entire screens.
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Selecting OK in a menu will confirm whatever action it's controlling.
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Selecting Cancel will cancel the operation and generally return you to
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@ -36,25 +36,24 @@ the previous menu.
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SPECIAL FEATURES:
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=================
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It is also possible to select a menu item by typing the first
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character of its name, if unique. This will generally be an
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item number.
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It is possible to select a menu item by typing the first character of
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its name, if unique. This will generally be an item number.
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The console driver also contains a scroll-back buffer for reviewing
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things that may have scrolled off the screen. To use scroll-back,
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press the "Scroll Lock" key on your keyboard and use the arrow or Page
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Up/Page Down keys to move through the saved text. To leave
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scroll-back mode, press the Scroll Lock key again. This feature is
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most useful for reading back through your boot messages (go ahead, try
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it now!) though it's also useful when dealing with sub-shells or other
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"wizard modes" that don't use menus and tend to scroll their output
|
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off the top of the screen.
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The console driver contains a scroll-back buffer for reviewing things
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that may have scrolled off the screen. To use scroll-back, press the
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"Scroll Lock" key on your keyboard and use the arrow or Page Up/Page
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Down keys to move through the saved text. To leave scroll-back mode,
|
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press the Scroll Lock key again. This feature is most useful for
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reading back through your boot messages (go ahead, try it now!) though
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it's also useful when dealing with sub-shells or other "wizard modes"
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that don't use menus and tend to scroll their output off the top of
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the screen.
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Once the system is fully installed and running multi-user you will
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also find that you have multiple "virtual consoles" and can use them
|
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to have several active sessions at once. Use ALT-F<n> to switch
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between them, where `F<n>' is the function key corresponding to the
|
||||
Once the system is fully installed and running multi-user, you will
|
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find that you have multiple "virtual consoles" which you can use to in
|
||||
order to have several active sessions at once. Use ALT-F<n> to switch
|
||||
between screens, where `F<n>' is the function key corresponding to the
|
||||
screen you wish to see. By default, the system comes with 3 virtual
|
||||
consoles enabled. You can enable more by editing the /etc/ttys file
|
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consoles enabled - you can enable more by editing the /etc/ttys file
|
||||
and turning the "off" field to "on" in the relevant vty entries (up to
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12).
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|
@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ additional password etc. Except for the "wheel" case mentioned below,
|
||||
the additional group membership list should normally not contain the
|
||||
login group again.
|
||||
|
||||
The user's password can also be set here, and should be chosen with
|
||||
care - 6 or more characters, intermixing punctuation and numerics, and
|
||||
*not* a word from the dictionary or related to the username is a good
|
||||
password choice.
|
||||
|
||||
Some of the system's groups have a special meaning. In particular,
|
||||
members of group "wheel" are the only people who are later allowed to
|
||||
become superuser using the command su(1). So if you're going to add a
|
||||
@ -82,15 +87,3 @@ Finally, the shell is the user's initial command interpreter. The
|
||||
default shell is /bin/sh, some users prefer the more historic
|
||||
/bin/csh. Other, often more user-friendly and comfortable shells can
|
||||
be found in the ports and packages collection.
|
||||
|
||||
|
||||
Passwords
|
||||
=========
|
||||
|
||||
Note that new users will be established with no allowable password, so
|
||||
they cannot login immediately. Instead, someone with superuser
|
||||
privileges has to run the command ``passwd <user>'' (where <user> is
|
||||
to be replaced with the actual login name for this user) on behalf of
|
||||
the new user, so (s)he can enter his/her password. Since the password
|
||||
won't be echoed on the screen, it must be entered twice. This should
|
||||
never be done across a network, to prevent password-sniffing.
|
||||
|
@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
|
||||
* This is probably the last program in the `sysinstall' line - the next
|
||||
* generation being essentially a complete rewrite.
|
||||
*
|
||||
* $Id: installUpgrade.c,v 1.33 1996/10/09 09:53:35 jkh Exp $
|
||||
* $Id: installUpgrade.c,v 1.34 1996/12/08 12:27:55 jkh Exp $
|
||||
*
|
||||
* Copyright (c) 1995
|
||||
* Jordan Hubbard. All rights reserved.
|
||||
@ -56,23 +56,31 @@ typedef struct _hitList {
|
||||
static void
|
||||
doByHand(HitList *h)
|
||||
{
|
||||
FILE *fp;
|
||||
|
||||
fp = fopen("/etc/update-by-hand", "a");
|
||||
msgConfirm("/etc/%s is one of those files that this upgrade procedure just isn't\n"
|
||||
"smart enough to deal with right now. You'll need to merge the old and\n"
|
||||
"new versions by hand when the option to do so manually is later\n"
|
||||
"presented (in the meantime, you might want to write the name of\n"
|
||||
"this file down! - the holographic shell on VTY4 is a good place for\n"
|
||||
"this).", h->name);
|
||||
"presented. This has also been noted in the file /etc/update-by-hand.", h->name);
|
||||
fprintf(fp, "/etc/%s\n", h->name);
|
||||
fclose(fp);
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
static void
|
||||
yellSysconfig(HitList *h)
|
||||
{
|
||||
FILE *fp;
|
||||
|
||||
fp = fopen("/etc/update-by-hand", "a");
|
||||
fprintf(fp, "/etc/sysconfig\n");
|
||||
msgConfirm("/etc/sysconfig is one of those files that this upgrade procedure just isn't\n"
|
||||
"smart enough to deal with right now. Unfortunately, your system\n"
|
||||
"will also come up with a very different \"personality\" than it had\n"
|
||||
"before if you do not merge at LEAST the hostname and ifconfig lines\n"
|
||||
"from the old one! This is very important, so please do this merge\n"
|
||||
"even if you do no others before the system is allowed to reboot.");
|
||||
fclose(fp);
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
||||
/* These are the only meaningful files I know about */
|
||||
@ -200,7 +208,7 @@ installUpgrade(dialogMenuItem *self)
|
||||
/* No bin selected? Not much of an upgrade.. */
|
||||
if (!(Dists & DIST_BIN)) {
|
||||
if (msgYesNo("You didn't select the bin distribution as one of the distributons to load.\n"
|
||||
"This one is pretty vital to a successful 2.1 upgrade. Are you SURE you don't\n"
|
||||
"This one is pretty vital to a successful upgrade. Are you SURE you don't\n"
|
||||
"want to select the bin distribution? Chose _No_ to bring up the Distributions\n"
|
||||
"menu.") != 0) {
|
||||
if (!dmenuOpenSimple(&MenuDistributions, FALSE))
|
||||
@ -249,7 +257,7 @@ installUpgrade(dialogMenuItem *self)
|
||||
"step.");
|
||||
|
||||
if (DITEM_STATUS(diskLabelEditor(self)) == DITEM_FAILURE) {
|
||||
msgConfirm("The disk label editor failed to work properly! Upgrade operation\n"
|
||||
msgConfirm("The disk label editor returned an error status. Upgrade operation\n"
|
||||
"aborted.");
|
||||
return DITEM_FAILURE | DITEM_RECREATE;
|
||||
}
|
||||
|
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