%authors; ]> FreeBSD Handbook <author> <name>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</name> </author> <date>May 11, 1995</date> <abstract>Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of FreeBSD. This manual is a <bf>work in progress</bf> and is the work of many individials. Many sections do not yet exist and some of those that do exist need to be updated. If you are interested in helping with this project, send email to &a.jfieber; or to the FreeBSD Documentantion Project mailing list <tt><doc@freebsd.org></tt>. </abstract> <toc> <!-- ************************************************************ --> <part><heading>Basics</heading> <chapt><heading>Introduction</heading> &nutshell; &history; <sect><heading>About this release</heading> <sect><heading>FreeBSD now and in the future</heading> <chapt><heading>Installing FreeBSD</heading> <sect><heading>Preparing for the installation</heading> <sect1><heading>Hardware checklist</heading> <sect2><heading>minimal requirements</heading> <sect2><heading>IRQs, IO Addresses, and DMA channels</heading> <sect1><heading>Software checklist</heading> <sect2><heading>Making the installation floppies</heading> <sect2><heading>CD-ROM</heading> <sect2><heading>Tape</heading> <sect2><heading>Disk</heading> <sect><heading>Installation</heading> <sect><heading>Set up a user account</heading> &basics; <chapt><heading>Installing applications</heading> <sect><heading>Installing packages</heading> &ports; &porting; <!-- ************************************************************ --> <part><heading>System Administration</heading> <chapt><heading>Reconfiguring the kernel</heading> <chapt><heading>Users, groups and security</heading> <sect><heading>DES, MD5 and Crypt</heading> &kerberos; <sect><heading>S/Key</heading> <sect><heading>Firewalls</heading> <chapt><heading>The X-Window System</heading> <chapt><heading>Printing</heading> <chapt><heading>Managing hardware</heading> &scsi; <sect><heading>adding/reconfiguring disks</heading> <sect><heading>tapes and backups</heading> <sect><heading>serial ports</heading> <sect><heading>sound cards</heading> <chapt><heading>PC Hardware compatibility</heading> <sect><heading>CORE/PROCESSING</heading> <sect1><heading>Motherboards</heading> <sect2><heading>ISA</heading> <sect2><heading>EISA</heading> <sect2><heading>VLB</heading> <sect2><heading>PCI</heading> <sect1><heading>CPUs/FPUs</heading> <sect1><heading>Memory</heading> <sect1><heading>BIOS</heading> <sect><heading>INPUT/OUTPUT</heading> <sect1><heading>Video cards</heading> <sect1><heading>Sound cards</heading> <sect1><heading>Serial ports (including multiport cards)</heading> <sect1><heading>Parallel ports</heading> <sect1><heading>Modems</heading> <sect1><heading>Etherenet cards</heading> <sect1><heading>Keyboards</heading> <sect1><heading>Mice</heading> <sect1><heading>Other (joysticks? tablets?)</heading> <sect><heading>STORAGE</heading> <sect1><heading>Disk/tape controllers</heading> <sect2><heading>SCSI</heading> <sect2><heading>IDE</heading> <sect2><heading>Floppy</heading> <sect1><heading>Hard drives</heading> <sect1><heading>Tape drives</heading> <sect1><heading>CD-ROM drives</heading> <sect1><heading>Other</heading> <sect><heading>OTHER</heading> <sect1><heading>PCMCIA</heading> <!-- ************************************************************ --> <part><heading>Network Communications</heading> <chapt><heading>Basic Networking</heading> <sect><heading>Ethernet basics</heading> <sect><heading>Serial basics</heading> <sect><heading>Hardwired Terminals</heading> &dialup; <chapt><heading>PPP and SLIP</heading> &ppp; &slipc; &slips; <chapt><heading>Advanced networking</heading> <sect><heading>Gateways and routing</heading> &nfs; <sect><heading>Yellow Pages/NIS</heading> &diskless; <sect><heading>ISDN</heading> <chapt><heading>Mail</heading> <!-- ************************************************************ --> <part><heading>Advanced topics</heading> &booting; ¤t; &ctm; ⊃ <chapt><heading>Kernel debugging</heading> &troubleshooting; &submitters; <part><heading>Additional resources</heading> &bibliography; &eresources; &glossary; </book> </linuxdoc>