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Rewrite of the URL for the handbook to use the links instead of the ever
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<title>Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X
<author>The FreeBSD FAQ Team, <tt/FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG/
<date> $Id: freebsd-faq.sgml,v 1.21 1995/11/20 22:51:01 roberto Exp $
<date> $Id: freebsd-faq.sgml,v 1.22 1995/11/24 07:55:14 jkh Exp $
<abstract>
This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5+, unless otherwise noted.
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The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing
with different areas of interest. Please see the FreeBSD mailing
list FAQ in:
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook212.html#eresources:mail" name="Handbook s section on mailing-lists">
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/eresources:mail.html" name="Handbook s section on mailing-lists">
<p>
Example:
<p>
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details on the care and feeding of the package software, so no
explicit details will be given here.
<sect1>
<heading>I'm trying to get a SCO/iBCS2 application to run, it keeps bombing about <tt/socksys/. How do I set this up ?</heading>
<p>
You first need to edit the <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> in the last
section to change the following variable to <tt/YES/:
<code>
# Set to YES if you want ibcs2 (SCO) emulation loaded at startup
ibcs2=NO
</code>
It will load the <tt/ibcs2/ kernel module at startup.
You'll then need to set up /compat/ibcs2/dev to look like:
<code>
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 X0R@ -> /dev/null
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 7 Oct 15 22:20 nfsd@ -> socksys
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root wheel 0 Oct 28 12:02 null
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 9 Oct 15 22:20 socksys@ -> /dev/null
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 41, 1 Oct 15 22:14 spx
</code>
You just need socksys to go to <tt>/dev/null</tt> to fake the
open &amp; close. The code in -current will handle the rest.
This is much cleaner than the way it was done before. If you
want the <tt/spx/ driver for a local socket X connection, define
<tt/SPX&lowbar;HACK/ when you compile the system.
<sect>
<heading>Miscellaneous Questions</heading>
<p>
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<p>
Read this:
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook175.html"
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/current.html"
name="Handook's section of FreeBSD-CURRENT">
it will tell you all you need to know.
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name="The SUP package">
Second, read the <url
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook188.html#333"
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/sup.html"
name="Handbook's section on SUP">
This file describes how to setup sup on your machine. You may
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Yes, you can use the <tt/CTM/ facility. Check out the
<url
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook/handbook180.html#325" name="Handbook's section on for CTM">
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook/ctm.html" name="Handbook's section on for CTM">
for more information.
<sect1>
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<p>
Please take a look at the FAQ for submiting code to FreeBSD at:
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/handbook199.html#344"
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/submitters.html"
name="Handbbook's section on how to submit code">.
And thanks for the thought.
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messages printed by your old kernel, some of which may be quite
helpful in configuring the new one.
<sect1>
<heading>I don't understand, I have removed <tt/npx0/ from my kernel configuration file as I don't have a mathematic coprocessor but it keeps bombing saying that <tt/&lowbar;hw&lowbar;float/ is missing.</heading>
<p>
The <tt/npx0/ is <bf/MANDATORY/. Even if you don't have a
mathematic coprocessor, you <bf/must/ include the <tt/npx0/
device.
<sect1>
<heading>When I compile a kernel with multi-port serial code, it tells me that only the first port is probed and the rest skipped due to interrupt conflicts. How do I fix this?</heading>
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Recompile and install.
<sect1>
<sect1>
<heading>I have 128 MB of RAM but it seems that the system use only the first 64 MB. What's going on ?</heading>
<p>
Due to the manner in which FreeBSD gets the memory size from the
BIOS, it can only detect 16 bits worth of Kbytes in size (65535
Kbytes = 64MB). If you have more than 64MB, FreeBSD will only see
the first 64MB. To work around this problem, you need to use the
kernel option specified below. There is a way to get complete
memory information from the BIOS, but we don't have room in the
bootblocks to do it. Someday when lack of room in the bootblocks
is fixed, we'll use the extended BIOS functions to get the full
memory information...but for now we're stuck with the kernel
option.
<code>
options "MAXMEM=<n>"
</code>
Where <tt/n/ is your memory in Kilobytes. For a 128 MB machine,
you'd want to use <tt/131072/
<heading>Will FreeBSD ever support other architectures?</heading>
<p>
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Please have a look at the section of the Handbook on printing. It
should cover most of your problem. See
<url
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook85.html#132"
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/printing.html"
name="Handbook's section on printing">
</sect1>
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You can also have a look at the SLIP/PPP/Use PPP sections of the
handbook in <tt>/usr/share/doc/handbook</tt> or use the following
link:
links:
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/handbook136.html#272"
name="Handbook's section on SLIP and PPP">
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/slips.html"
name="Handbook's section on SLIP (server side)">
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/slipc.html"
name="Handbook's section on SLIP (client side)">
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/ppp.html"
name="Handbook's section on PPP (kernel version)">
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/How/handbook/userppp.html"
name="Handbook's section on SLIP (user-mode version)">
<sect1>
<heading>How do I get my network set up? I don't see how to make my <tt>/dev/ed0</tt> device!</heading>
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See
<url
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/handbook167.html#312"
url="http://www.freebsd.org/How/handbook/nfs.html"
name="Handbook's section NFS">
for more information on
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</verb>
</sect1>
<sect1>
<heading>The 2.1.0R release notes speaks of network card based on the DEC PCI chipset, what are they ?</heading>
<p>
Here is a list compiled by Glen Foster
<tt/&lt;gfoster@driver.nsta.org&gt;/:
<code>
Vendor Model
- --------------------------------------------------------
ASUS PCI-L101-TB
Accton ENI1203
Cogent EM960PCI
Compex ENET32-PCI
D-Link DE-530
DEC DE435
Danpex EN-9400P3
JCIS Condor JC1260
Linksys EtherPCI
Mylex LNP101
SMC EtherPower 10/100 (Model 9332)
SMC EtherPower (Model 8432)
TopWare TE-3500P
Zynx ZX342
</code>
<sect>
<heading>Serial Communications</heading>