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69 Commits

Author SHA1 Message Date
John Fieber
25b2a24f77 Rename the FAQ as I threatened to do some time ago. 1996-09-28 22:20:24 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
b789faa9c1 Add a section about how to access the GNATS base from WWW.
Add a section on what to do in order to recompile the latest BIND from ISC.

Change a & into a more proper & as LaTeX shoked on it.

Obtained from: Usenet
1996-09-12 23:01:21 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
bb7ab80677 Add HP NICs (missed in previous commit). 1996-09-10 15:14:38 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
369e217166 Correct a typo of mine in INN link. 1996-09-08 22:12:40 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
89a487fd4e Fix the link to the INN FAQ. It is now a link to Dave Barr's page which
has the FAQ locally mirrored from the main FTP site.
1996-09-08 22:09:06 +00:00
John Fieber
11c88b32f6 &ero; -> &
Put "ascii art" in <verb></verb> so it doesn't get munched.
1996-09-08 21:22:54 +00:00
Wolfram Schneider
7dda791089 "http://www.freebsd.org/handbook" -> "../handbook/handbook.html"
Absolute URLs are bad for WWW mirrors or for the local file system.
1996-08-25 21:11:46 +00:00
Wolfram Schneider
76f773a6a5 update keymap list 1996-08-16 13:51:55 +00:00
James Raynard
a82abaa6a1 Back out roberto's amendment to my update of the Australian distributor's
address - Melbourne is a city in the state of Victoria, not vice versa! :-)

Also add reference to Greg Lehey's books in the appropriate section,
replace some redundant questions by pointers to the Handbook, replace
"look at this bit of the Handbook" pointers by URLs, clean up
inconsistent use of "one" and "you" and fix a couple of typos
introduced by my previous changes...
1996-08-05 17:18:03 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
c4530749dd Correct the warning about "xconsole" when generating ASCII output. 1996-08-04 15:29:20 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
e31f0c0380 Update the address for the Australian CD distributor.
Suggested-By: David Henshaw by way of Martin Butkus (mail)
1996-08-04 15:21:53 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
686c2d9f7d Add pointers to both EFNET and BSDNet IRC channels.
Suggested-By: Dima
1996-08-04 15:13:42 +00:00
James Raynard
5dde6aa3d3 * Added lots more introductory material.
* Removed material that was duplicated in the installation instructions.

* Updated the address for an Australian supplier of CDROMs (supplied by
  David Henshaw via Martin Butkus).

* Give more info about how to get started with the installation.

* Update references to 2.1.0 as "the latest release".

* Added pointer to a Web page explaining how to have multiple operating
  systems on the same machine.

* Moved question about running DOS binaries out of the installation section.

* Added question re boot floppy not loading properly.

* Added explanation of disk geometry, moved things around so that "please
  refer to the previous question" no longer sends the reader with a
  non-booting system to a PLIP cable wiring diagram!

* Mention the time/space requirements for making a custom install floppy.

* Acknowledge a couple of people whose answers I've adapted in various
  places (and who deserve credit anyway for answering so many questions!)
1996-08-04 14:14:05 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
68d9f6ce8b Adjust reference to PPP page.
Submitted-By: Tim Stoddard <tims@achilles.k12.ar.us>
1996-08-04 03:28:14 +00:00
James Raynard
80550032a8 Combine the four Mach ATI64 questions and answers into one.
(Suggested by Charles Green).
1996-08-03 09:48:15 +00:00
James Raynard
e88b2b4cf5 Add an entry dealing with connecting Win95 to the Internet via
a FreeBSD box (this may save a few marriages!)
1996-07-28 22:46:27 +00:00
James Raynard
c6e5a0b23b Added an entry for ``mail loops back to myself''.
Suggested by: Gary Palmer
1996-07-10 17:09:20 +00:00
James Raynard
b7903b6ac0 * Move questions re mounting CDROMs together
(suggested by Darryl Okahata).

* Add explanation of what virtual consoles are
  (suggested by Francisco Reyes)

* Minor formatting change to fix docs/1378 (could some kind person
  close this for me? Thanks!)

* Removed references to obsolete /usr/share/FAQ/Text directory.

* Added details of UK supplier of FreeBSD CDs.

* Made the consequences of running ``make world'' more explicit.

* More cleaning and tidying up.
1996-07-09 22:37:38 +00:00
James Raynard
1f47599122 Make temporary changes to the FAQ in time for 2.1.5, pending a more
comprehensive re-write later.

* Ruthlessly condense questions so they fit on a single line (the
  TOC is now actually readable in lynx!). In one or two cases, this
  has meant splitting up questions or incorporating part of the old
  question into the answer.

* Make it clear that the question about disklabel'ing is actually
  about adding a second hard disk, provide a _much_ simpler answer and
  move it out of the installation section.

* Don't imply that the AHA2920 is supported (I suspect we will get a
  lot of queries about this)

* Reword the non-serious questions to hint that the answer may not be
  particularly informative...

* Correct typos and grammar, remove US-centric colloquialisms :-)

and many more.
1996-07-09 02:23:54 +00:00
Alexander Langer
1b4a0206d6 Fix a typo. 1996-07-07 23:45:30 +00:00
Alexander Langer
b66619c821 Add an entry explaining the ``Permission denied'' message associated
with enabling IPFIREWALL.
1996-07-07 22:09:24 +00:00
Joerg Wunsch
77854eb028 Correct my English misgrammaring.
Submitted by:	jhs
1996-07-06 14:39:56 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
cb4a54c743 Update the "CD-ROM not configured" question.
"It would be good to point out that a machine that only has SCSI devices
may also generate this message if an IDE CD-ROM is not configured as
the Master device. Words like these might work ..."

        This generally means that there is no CDROM in the CDROM drive,
        or the drive is not visible on the bus. Feed the drive
        something, and/or check it's master/slave status.

Submitted by:	Neil Smith <ngs@sesame.hensa.ac.uk> with a small addition
1996-07-01 21:07:49 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
29bcbec024 Added pointer to inn FAQ on the net. 1996-05-29 00:46:01 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
0ac7fc1db6 clarify which steps do which actions in "how to compile a kernel" doc
section 8.1
Noticed by:	Carol Lyn Deihl <carol@tinker.com>
1996-05-19 05:20:18 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
dff7693bfe Now that X Inside, Inc. is shipping their Motif, point at them instead. 1996-05-12 13:07:50 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
bc77d22520 Document the /etc/fbtab fix for X.
Inspired-By: Nik Clayton <nik@blueberry.co.uk>
1996-04-30 19:07:58 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
8a60bacb43 Update section on mounting DOS extended partitions.
Document the fact that we're now working on BSDI's dos emulator
and point people at the new freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org mailing
list.
1996-04-13 00:12:41 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
0d12126b3b Add several entries for ISA PnP cards (from Frank Durda IV), for using the NT
loader to boot, Jörg answer for slow printers and Dave Walton's answer to
hang during vty switches.
1996-04-07 17:23:34 +00:00
Joerg Wunsch
defd3fe688 Add an entry for adding `vn' swap.
Submitted by:	Werner Griessl (quoted in Usenet)
1996-03-24 22:24:10 +00:00
Joerg Wunsch
5320fd40a2 Add a description of how to setup sendmail for use with UUCP.
Ideally, this should go into the ``mail'' section of the handbook, but
i don't have the time to write all of this right now, so i've put it
into the FAQ.
1996-03-05 23:48:02 +00:00
John Fieber
96aec9b60e Remove reference to Systems.FAQ 1996-02-28 20:08:48 +00:00
Joerg Wunsch
92871d692a Add a note about the RFC-1535 compliant behaviour of the recent BIND
version that's now shipping with FreeBSD.

Pointed-out by: Holm Tiffe <holm@geophysik.tu-freiberg.de>
1996-02-22 23:34:13 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
453309955b Add a few questions forwarded by Jordan and one from Jörg about
XDM.

Submitted by:	geert@sun3.iaf.nl,tedm%toybox@agora.rdrop.com,joerg
1996-02-21 00:07:39 +00:00
Gary Clark II
1585b19f54 Lets see...
Cruft removed (small amounts)
Added entry about IJPPP pred1 and some sites.
Changed entry on commiters to read "All CVS commits" instead of current commits
1996-02-12 15:15:01 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
f21428af43 Add a comment from John Reece <reece@ix.netcom.com> about toggling NumLock
in the BIOS for the PS/2 mouse.

Add <tt// around FIPS.
1996-02-11 14:02:52 +00:00
Mike Pritchard
739d6a140c Some more spelling fixes. 1996-01-31 14:26:20 +00:00
John Fieber
bc3dd984f4 Formatting tweak. 1996-01-28 16:59:05 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
ed46ab75b2 Add a few questions including where to find the 2.1.0 CD inAustralia,
the fact that 2.1.0 will not install with 4 MB and a few others.
1996-01-27 15:57:07 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
0b89109fcd Fix typo.
Submitted by:	Tim VanderHoek <hoek@io.org>
1996-01-03 14:58:04 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
d2aa26c616 Ah well, so much for relative urls! :( 1996-01-03 10:41:53 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
585666bedc Sheesh - what markup language am I using again? :-) 1996-01-03 10:37:40 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
466afa7a9d Amend the PS/2 mouse entry a bit. 1996-01-03 10:18:55 +00:00
John Fieber
5578e3e91e Correct phone number for xinside.
Submitted by:	Richard Van Dyke <rav@xinside.com>
1996-01-02 23:31:25 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
fa2cf3c0c8 Correct two bogons I introduced, it formats again. 1995-12-03 17:27:18 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
223f1ce9a0 Add several questions including the MAXMEM kernel option, the DEC PCI card
list and the npx0 being mandatory.

Rewrite of the URL for the handbook to use the links instead of the ever
changing numbers generated by sgmlfmt.
1995-12-03 17:21:07 +00:00
Jordan K. Hubbard
f2e2018809 Various tweaks to things I noticed while reading these docs. 1995-11-24 07:55:27 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
b348eb87ac Add a few questions, especiallyuy two answered by Jordan in Usenet.
Change one to a better form. Add a mention about quotas.
1995-11-20 22:51:01 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
0e6397868d Add several questions to the FAQ.
Chnge references to the *.FAQ files into URL for the Handbook.

Synch. with 2.1.0R releases notes.
1995-11-20 22:32:13 +00:00
Ollivier Robert
ecd506c811 Update about the latest news about 2.1. 1995-11-13 22:53:21 +00:00