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Updated the FAQ. Would everyone please review their sections.

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Networking cards
Do we have an update kernel debugging FAQ?

I'll posting the FAQ on SUNDAY!!
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Please mail all suggestions and additions to <FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG>
Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.14 1994/12/29 16:42:10 jkh Exp $
Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.15 1995/01/16 19:19:14 ats Exp $
All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.
Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
@ -114,6 +114,9 @@ NOTE: These groups cover all the *BSDs (FreeBSD, NetBSD, 386BSD).
comp.os.bsd: General BSD topics, maybe of intrest
NOTE: As of the date of this writing, there is has been a break up of
newsgroups into groups for each OS. These groups can be found under
``comp.unix.bsd''.
1 Installation
@ -259,7 +262,7 @@ Buslogic BT-445 Series <VLB> (but see section 1.5)
BT-742 Series <EISA>
BT-747 Series <EISA>
BT-964 Series <PCI>
Future Domain TMC-8xx/950 Series <ISA>
Future Domain TMC-950 Series <ISA>
PCI Generic NCR 53C810 based controllers <PCI>
ProAudioSpectrum Zilog 5380 based controllers <ISA>
SCSI-2 controllers <ISA>
@ -306,6 +309,7 @@ kernel.
We are working to get the GPL restriction removed, but for now you should
at least be aware of it.
NOTE: This support has been greatly upgraded in the lastest SNAP and current.
2.6: I have a Mumbleco bus mouse. Is it supported and if so, how do I set
it up for XFree86?
@ -320,8 +324,6 @@ Logitech and ATI mice:
2.7: I have a PS/2 mouse (`keyboard' mouse) [Alternatively: I have a
laptop with a track-ball mouse]. How do I use it?
The PS/2 mouse is part of the system. See the psm0 driver description
/sys/doc/options.doc.
2.8: What types of tape drives are supported under FreeBSD?
@ -373,6 +375,11 @@ There is support for the following cards:
`ze' driver:
IBM PCMCIA credit card adapter
`lnc' driver:
Unknown Lance based (*)
Note: Drivers marked with (*) are known to have problems.
Note: We also support TCP/IP over parallel lines. At this point we are
incompatiable with other versions, but we hope to correct this in
the near future.
@ -410,6 +417,12 @@ Please note, this is a raw listing of equipment that other users
have sent in, and does not constitute any kind of endorsement by the
FreeBSD Project.
2.14: I have a lap-top with power management. Can FreeBSD take advantage
of this?
Yes it can on certain machines. Please look in the LINT kernel config
file under APM.
3 Commercial Applications
@ -483,8 +496,8 @@ can only hope that others are encouraged to follow suit.
4.1: I want to run X, how do I go about it?
First, get the XFree86 distribution of X11R5 from XFree86.cdrom.com.
The version you want for FreeBSD 1.1 and later is XFree86 2.1. Follow
First, get the XFree86 distribution of X11R6 from XFree86.cdrom.com.
The version you want for FreeBSD 2.X and later is XFree86 3.1. Follow
the instructions for installation carefully. You may then wish to read
the documentation for the ConfigXF86 tool, which assists you in
configuring XFree86 for your particular graphics card/mouse/etc.
@ -514,7 +527,7 @@ also be installed or deinstalled again easily without having to know
the gory details. CDROM people will have a packages/ directory on
their CD, others can get the currently available packages from:
ftp.FreeBSD.ORG:pub/FreeBSD/packages
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG:pub/FreeBSD/packages
Note that all ports may not be available as packages, and that new
packages are constantly being added. It is always a good idea to
@ -545,7 +558,7 @@ sites in sync with our central development sources.
To use it, you need to have direct internet connectivity (not just
mail or news). First, pick up the sup_bin.tgz package from:
ftp.FreeBSD.ORG:pub/FreeBSD/packages
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG:pub/FreeBSD/packages/sup_bin.tgz
Second, read the file /usr/src/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.sup.faq.
@ -616,7 +629,7 @@ bin-tarball:
There was a minor SNAFU in the 2.0-R bindist and they got left out.
If you have the source, you just have to do a "make install" from
/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/perl/lib and everything will be fine. Or you
may ftp to ftp.gbdata.com and grab them from ~/pub/perl/libs.tar.gz.
may ftp to phoenix-gw.gbdata.com and grab them from ~/pub/perl/libs.tar.gz.
@ -703,8 +716,7 @@ You need to uncomment the following line in the generic config file
controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr
disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0
disk
fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
#tape ft0 at fdc0 drive 2
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -875,7 +887,7 @@ feedback, and cannot make this a better FAQ without your help!
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS:
Gary Clark II - Our head FreeBSD FAQ maintenance man
Gary Clark II - FreeBSD FAQ maintenance man (For one last time:))
Jordan Hubbard - Janitorial services (I don't do windows)
Garrett Wollman - Networking and formatting
Robert Oliver, Jr. - Ideas and dumb questions (That made me think)