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<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.102 1999-01-27 21:50:19 billf Exp $ -->
<!-- $Id: FAQ.sgml,v 1.103 1999-07-28 20:26:04 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<!DOCTYPE linuxdoc PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD linuxdoc//EN" [
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<name>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</name>
</author>
<date>$Date: 1999-01-27 21:50:19 $</date>
<date>$Date: 1999-07-28 20:26:04 $</date>
<abstract>
This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are
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Any entries with a &lt;XXX&gt; are under construction.
If you are interested in helping with this project, send
email to the the FreeBSD documentation project mailing list <htmlurl
url="mailto:freebsd-doc@freebsd.org" name="<freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG>">.
url="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org" name="<freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org>">.
The latest version of this document is always available from the <url
url="http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/" name="FreeBSD World Wide Web server">.
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/" name="FreeBSD World Wide Web server">.
It may also be downloaded in <url url="FAQ.latin1" name="plain text">,
<url url="FAQ.ps" name="postscript">,
<url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/FAQ.pdf" name="PDF">
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/FAQ.pdf" name="PDF">
or <url url="FAQ-html.tar.gz"
name="HTML"> with HTTP or gzip'd from the <url
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/doc" name="FreeBSD FTP server">.
You may also want to <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/search/search.html" name="Search the FAQ">.
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc" name="FreeBSD FTP server">.
You may also want to <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/search/search.html" name="Search the FAQ">.
</abstract>

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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<p>
<verb>
If you see a problem with this FAQ, or wish to submit an entry,
please mail us at <FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG>. We appreciate your
please mail us at <FAQ@FreeBSD.org>. We appreciate your
feedback, and cannot make this a better FAQ without your help!

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<!-- $Id: admin.sgml,v 1.28 1999-07-28 20:26:05 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<p>From 2.0.5R to 2.2.1R, the primary configuration file is
<tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>. All the options are to be specified in
this file and other files such as <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc" name="/etc/rc"> and
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc" name="/etc/rc"> and
<tt>/etc/netstart</tt> just include it.
<p>Look in the <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> file and change the value to
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<p>In post-2.2.1 and 3.0, <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> was renamed
to a more self-describing <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)" name="rc.conf">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)" name="rc.conf">
file and the syntax cleaned up a bit in the process.
<tt>/etc/netstart</tt> was also renamed to <tt>/etc/rc.network</tt>
so that all files could be copied with a <tt><htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cp" name="cp"> /usr/src/etc/rc*
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?cp" name="cp"> /usr/src/etc/rc*
/etc</tt> command.
<p><tt>/etc/rc.local</tt> is here as always and may be used to
start up additional local services like <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^inn" name="INN">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^inn" name="INN">
or set custom options.
<p>The <tt>/etc/rc.serial</tt> is for serial port initialization
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<sect1>
<heading>How do I add a user easily?</heading>
<p>Use the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?adduser"
<p>Use the <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?adduser"
name="adduser"> command. For more complicated usage, the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?pw" name="pw"> command.
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?pw" name="pw"> command.
<p>To remove the user again, use the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rmuser" name="rmuser"> command.
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rmuser" name="rmuser"> command.
<sect1>
<heading>How can I add my new hard disk to my FreeBSD system?</heading>
<p>See the Disk Formatting Tutorial at
<url url="../tutorials/diskformat/"
name="www.freebsd.org">.
name="www.FreeBSD.org">.
<sect1>
<heading>I have a new removable drive, how do I use it?</heading>
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system on it. You'll get long filename support, at least a 2X
improvement in performance, and a lot more stability. First, you
need to redo the DOS-level partitions/filesystems. You can either
use <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fdisk"
use <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?fdisk"
name="fdisk"> or <tt>/stand/sysinstall</tt>, or for a small
drive that you don't want to bother with multiple operating system
support on, just blow away the whole FAT partition table (slices)
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</verb>
<p>and it's probably a good idea to add a line like this to
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fstab"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?fstab"
name="/etc/fstab"> so you can just type "mount /zip" in the
future:
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of the disk partitioning for the operating system in question.
<p><bf/ Linux/: 2.2 and later have support for <bf/ext2fs/ partitions.
See <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount_ext2fs"
See <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount_ext2fs"
name="mount_ext2fs"> for more information.
<p><bf/ NT/: A read-only NTFS driver exists for FreeBSD. For more
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</verb>
<p>On FreeBSD 2.2.5 and later, you can configure <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?boot(8)" name="boot(8)">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?boot(8)" name="boot(8)">
to automatically do this for you at boot time.
<p>The <htmlurl
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<p>Both the <tt>/usr/share/syscons/keymaps</tt> and the <tt/.kbd/
extension are assumed by
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?kbdcontrol"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?kbdcontrol"
name="kbdcontrol">.
<p>This can be configured in <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> (or <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)" name="rc.conf">).
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)" name="rc.conf">).
See the appropriate comments in this file.
<p>In 2.0.5R and later, everything related to text fonts, keyboard
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<p>Tweaking <tt>/etc/sendmail.cf</tt> manually is considered
something for purists. Sendmail version 8 comes with a
new approach of generating config files via some
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?m4"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?m4"
name="m4"> preprocessing, where the actual hand-crafted configuration
is on a higher abstraction level. You should use the
configuration files under
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with the original file stored with a .bak extension.
<p>Alternatively you can use the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tr" name="tr"> command:
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tr" name="tr"> command:
<verb>
tr -d '\r' &lt; dos-text-file &gt; unix-file
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<sect1>
<heading>How do I kill processes by name?</heading>
<p>Use <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?killall"
<p>Use <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?killall"
name="killall">.
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<!-- $Id: applications.sgml,v 1.13 1999-07-28 20:26:06 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<descrip>
<tag>for 2.2.8-release/2.2.8-stable</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/">
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-2.2.8/">
<tag>for 3.2-release/3.2-stable</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/">
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-3-stable/">
<tag>for 4.0-current</tag>
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-current/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-current/">
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-current/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports/i386/packages-4-current/">
</descrip>
<p>or your nearest local mirror site.
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<p>Note that all ports may not be available as packages since
new ones are constantly being added. It is always a good
idea to check back periodically to see which packages are available
at the <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="ftp.freebsd.org"> master site.
at the <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="ftp.FreeBSD.org"> master site.
</sect1>
<sect1>
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</heading>
<p>You first need to edit the <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>
(or <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)"
(or <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf(5)"
name="/etc/rc.conf">) file in the last section to change the
following variable to <tt/YES/:
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</verb>
<p>It will load the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ibcs2" name="ibcs2">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ibcs2" name="ibcs2">
kernel module at startup.
<p>You'll then need to set up /compat/ibcs2/dev to look like:
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</verb>
<p>You just need socksys to go to <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?null(4)" name="/dev/null">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?null(4)" name="/dev/null">
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
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<heading>Does FreeBSD support Java?</heading>
<p>Yes. Please see <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/java"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/java">.
<p>Yes. Please see <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/java"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/java">.
</sect1>
<sect1>
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<p>If you're running a FreeBSD version that lags significantly behind
-current or -stable, you may need a ports upgrade kit from
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/ports"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/ports">. If you are up to date, then
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/ports">. If you are up to date, then
someone might have committed a change to the port which works for
-current but which broke the port for -stable. Please submit a bug
report on this with the <em>send-pr(1)</em> command, since the ports

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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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</heading>
<p>There are currently three active/semi-active branches in the FreeBSD
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi" name="CVS Repository">:
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi" name="CVS Repository">:
<itemize>
<item><bf/RELENG_2_2/ AKA <bf/2.2-stable/ AKA <bf/"2.2 branch"/
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<p>To make a release you need to do three things: First, you need to
be running a kernel with the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?vn" name="vn"> driver configured
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?vn" name="vn"> driver configured
in. Add this to your kernel config file and build a new kernel:
<verb>
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multi-architecture ports for FreeBSD and the FreeBSD/AXP (ALPHA)
port is one such effort which has been quite successful, now
available in 3.0 SNAPshot release form at <url
url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha/"
name="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha">. The ALPHA
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha/"
name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/alpha">. The ALPHA
port currently runs on a growing number of ALPHA machine
types, among them the AlphaStation, AXPpci, PC164, Miata and Multia
models. This port is not yet considered a full release and won't be
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number of working ports and packages.
FreeBSD/AXP should be considered BETA quality software at this
time. For status information, please join the
<tt>&lt;freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt><ref id="mailing"
<tt>&lt;freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.org&gt;</tt><ref id="mailing"
name="mailing list">.
Interest has also been expressed in a port of FreeBSD to
the SPARC architecture, join the <tt>&lt;freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;
the SPARC architecture, join the <tt>&lt;freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.org&gt;
</tt><ref id="mailing" name="mailing list"> if you are interested
in joining that project. For general discussion on new architectures,
join the <tt>&lt;freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt>
join the <tt>&lt;freebsd-platforms@FreeBSD.org&gt;</tt>
<ref id="mailing" name="mailing list">.
<sect1>
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publicly available. If you do, then please send us a copy of the
driver source code, plus the appropriate modifications to
<tt>files.i386</tt>, a sample configuration file entry, and the
appropriate <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?MAKEDEV"
appropriate <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?MAKEDEV"
name="MAKEDEV"> code to create any special files your device uses. If
you do not, or are unable to because of licensing restrictions, then
character major number 32 and block major number 8 have been reserved
specifically for this purpose; please use them. In any case, we'd
appreciate hearing about your driver on
<tt>&lt;freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;</tt>.
<tt>&lt;freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org&gt;</tt>.
<sect1>
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<p>
<em>[This section was extracted from a mail written by <url
url="mailto:wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG" name="Bill Paul"> on the
url="mailto:wpaul@FreeBSD.org" name="Bill Paul"> on the
freebsd-current <ref id="mailing" name="mailing list"> by <url
url="mailto:des@FreeBSD.ORG" name="Dag-Erling Co&iuml;dan
url="mailto:des@FreeBSD.org" name="Dag-Erling Co&iuml;dan
Sm&oslash;rgrav">, who fixed a few typos and added the bracketed
comments]</em>
@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ From: Bill Paul <wpaul@skynet.ctr.columbia.edu>
Subject: Re: the fs fun never stops
To: ben@rosengart.com
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 15:22:50 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG
Cc: current@FreeBSD.org
</verb>
<p>
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<p>If you want to search, using <tt>dlsym()</tt>, for symbols
present in the main executable of a process, you need to link
the executable using the <tt>-export-dynamic</tt> option to the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ld"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ld"
name="ELF linker">.
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four megabytes.
<p>
[<url url="mailto:dg@freebsd.org" name="David Greenman">
[<url url="mailto:dg@FreeBSD.org" name="David Greenman">
adds: <em> I think the kernel address space needs to be a power
of two, but I'm not certain about that. The old(er) boot code
used to monkey with the high order address bits and I think

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<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.20 1999-07-28 20:26:06 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<p>Some unnamed clone cards have also been known to work, especially
those that claim to be AST compatible.
<p>Check the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio"
<p>Check the <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio"
name="sio"> man page to get more information on configuring such cards.
<sect1>
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<p>The bus mouse usually comes with an dedicatd interface card.
It may allow you to set the port address and the IRQ number other
than shown above. Refer to the manual of your mouse and the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?mse" name="mse">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?mse" name="mse">
man page for more information.
<sect1>
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<p>Where <tt>xxxx</tt> is the mouse device name and <tt>yyyy</tt>
is a protocol type for the mouse. See the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?moused" name="moused">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?moused" name="moused">
man page for supported protocol types.
<p>You may wish to run the mouse daemon automatically when the
@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
the text. Pressing the button 3 will ``extend'' the selected region
of text. If your mouse does not have the middle button, you may wish
to emulate it or remap buttons using moused options. See the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?moused" name="moused">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?moused" name="moused">
man page for details.
<sect1>
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<heading>Does FreeBSD support tape changers?</heading>
<p>FreeBSD 2.2 supports SCSI changers using the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ch(4)" name="ch"> device and
the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chio" name="chio">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ch(4)" name="ch"> device and
the <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?chio" name="chio">
command. The details of how you actually control the changer can be
found in the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chio"
found in the <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?chio"
name="chio"> man page.
<p>If you're not using <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?amanda" name="AMANDA"> or
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?amanda" name="AMANDA"> or
some other product that already understands changers, remember that
they're only know how to move a tape from one point to another, so
you need to keep track of which slot a tape is in, and which slot the
@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
<p>FreeBSD supports APM on certain machines. Please look in the
<tt/LINT/ kernel config file, searching for the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?apm" name="APM"> keyword.
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?apm" name="APM"> keyword.
<sect1>
<heading>Workarounds for specific hardware problems</heading>
@ -345,9 +345,9 @@
<p>The newer AIC789x series Adaptec chips are supported under the CAM SCSI
framework which made it's debut in 3.0. Patches against 2.2-STABLE
are in <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/" name="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/">.
A CAM-enhanced boot floppy is available at <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/">. In both cases read the README before
are in <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/" name="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/">.
A CAM-enhanced boot floppy is available at <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/~abial/cam-boot/"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/~abial/cam-boot/">. In both cases read the README before
beginning. </p>
</sect1>

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<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.19 1999-07-28 20:26:06 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
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<heading>Can I install on a disk with bad blocks?</heading>
<p>FreeBSD's bad block (the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?bad144" name="bad144">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?bad144" name="bad144">
command) handling is still not 100&percnt; (to put it charitably) and
it must unfortunately be said that if you've got an IDE or ESDI drive
with lots of bad blocks, then FreeBSD is probably not for you!
@ -258,8 +258,8 @@ on moritz start
</verb>
<P>Thats all! Please read also the manpages
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?lp" name="lp(4)"> and
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?lpt" name="lpt(4)">.
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?lp" name="lp(4)"> and
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?lpt" name="lpt(4)">.
<P>You should also add the hosts to /etc/hosts
@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.530/2.643/2.774/0.103 ms
kernel. There is nothing in the system which requires the
presence of the sources to operate, however, except for the
kernel-configuration program
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?config"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?config"
name="config">. With the exception
of the kernel sources, our build structure is set up so that you
can read-only mount the sources from elsewhere via NFS and still
@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.530/2.643/2.774/0.103 ms
<descrip>
<tag/South Africa/
<tt>ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD</tt><newline>
<tt>ftp://ftp.internat.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD</tt><newline>
<tt>ftp://storm.sea.uct.ac.za/pub/FreeBSD</tt>
<tag/Brazil/

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<!-- $Id: kernelconfig.sgml,v 1.3 1999-07-28 20:26:07 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
</heading>
<p>Let me guess. You removed <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?npx(4)" name="npx0"> from your
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?npx(4)" name="npx0"> from your
kernel configuration file because you don't have a math co-processor,
right? Wrong! :-) The <tt/npx0/ is <bf/MANDATORY/. Even if you don't
have a mathematic co-processor, you <bf/must/ include the <tt/npx0/
@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
<p>You need to uncomment the following line in the generic config
file (or add it to your config file), add a ``<tt/flags 0x1/''
on the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fdc(4)"
on the <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?fdc(4)"
name="fdc"> line and recompile.
<verb>
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
<p>You will have a device called <tt>/dev/ft0</tt>, which you can
write to through a special program to manage it called
``<tt/ft/'' - see the man page on <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ft" name="ft">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ft" name="ft">
for further details.
<p>Versions previous to <tt/-current/ also had some trouble dealing

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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
@ -32,13 +32,13 @@
formats for UNIX:
<itemize>
<item><htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?a.out(5)"
<item><htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?a.out(5)"
name="a.out">
<p>The oldest and `classic' unix object format. It uses a
short and compact header with a magic number at the beginning
that's often used to characterize the format (see
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?a.out(5)"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?a.out(5)"
name="a.out(5)"> for more details). It contains three loaded
segments: .text, .data, and .bss plus a symbol table and a
string table.
@ -61,12 +61,12 @@
providing a utility for <em>branding</em> a known <tt/ELF/
executable with information about the ABI it's compliant with.
See the man page for
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?brandelf"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?brandelf"
name="brandelf"> for more information.
</itemize>
<p>FreeBSD comes from the "classic" camp and has traditionally used
the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?a.out(5)"
the <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?a.out(5)"
name="a.out"> format, a technology tried and proven through
many generations of BSD releases. Though it has also been possible
for some time to build and run native <tt/ELF/ binaries (and
@ -173,15 +173,15 @@
<p>You have to use either ``<tt/-H/'' or ``<tt/-L/'' together with
the ``<tt/-R/'' option to make this work. See the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chmod" name="chmod"> and
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?symlink" name="symlink">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?chmod" name="chmod"> and
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?symlink" name="symlink">
man pages for more info.
<p><bf/WARNING/ the ``<tt/-R/'' option does a <bf/RECURSIVE/
<tt/chmod/. Be careful about specifying directories or symlinks
to directories to <tt/chmod/. If you want to change the
permissions of a directory referenced by a symlink, use
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chmod" name="chmod">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?chmod" name="chmod">
without any options and follow the symlink with a trailing slash
(``<tt>/</tt>''). For example, if ``<tt/foo/'' is a symlink to
directory ``<tt/bar/'', and you want to change the permissions of
@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
</verb>
<p>With the trailing slash, <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chmod" name="chmod"> will
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?chmod" name="chmod"> will
follow the symlink, ``<tt/foo/'', to change the permissions of the
directory, ``<tt/bar/''.
@ -231,12 +231,12 @@
<p>Yes, starting with version 3.0 you can using BSDI's <tt/rundos/
DOS emulation which has been integrated and enhanced.
Send mail to <url url="mailto:freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org"
Send mail to <url url="mailto:freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.org"
name="The FreeBSD emulation discussion list"> if you're interested in
joining this ongoing effort!
<p>For pre-3.0 systems, there is a neat utility called
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^pcemu" name="pcemu">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^pcemu" name="pcemu">
in the ports collection which emulates an 8088 and enough BIOS services
to run DOS text mode applications. It requires the X Window
System (provided as XFree86).
@ -246,7 +246,7 @@
What is ``<tt/sup/'', and how do I use it?
</heading>
<p><htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^sup" name="SUP">
<p><htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^sup" name="SUP">
stands for Software Update Protocol, and was developed by CMU
for keeping their development trees in sync. We used it to keep
remote sites in sync with our central development sources.
@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
<p>Fifty-seven to complain about the lights being out two weeks
after the bulb has been changed.
<p><em><url url="mailto:nik@freebsd.org" name="Nik Clayton">
<p><em><url url="mailto:nik@FreeBSD.org" name="Nik Clayton">
adds:</em>
<p><em/I was laughing quite hard at this./

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<!-- $Id: network.sgml,v 1.29 1999-07-28 20:26:07 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
<p>Internet standards and good engineering practice prohibit us from
providing packet forwarding by default in FreeBSD. You can
however enable this feature by changing the following variable to
<tt/YES/ in <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf"
<tt/YES/ in <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf"
name="rc.conf">:
<verb>
@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
</verb>
<p>This option will put the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sysctl" name="sysctl"> variable
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sysctl" name="sysctl"> variable
<tt/net.inet.ip.forwarding/ to <tt/1/.
<p>In most cases, you will also need to run a routing process to
tell other systems on your network about your router; FreeBSD
comes with the standard BSD routing daemon
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?routed"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?routed"
name="routed">, or for more complex situations you may want to try
<em/GaTeD/ (available by FTP from <tt/ftp.gated.Merit.EDU/) which
supports FreeBSD as of 3_5Alpha7.
@ -82,15 +82,15 @@
<heading>Does FreeBSD support SLIP and PPP?</heading>
<p>Yes. See the man pages for
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?slattach"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?slattach"
name="slattach">, <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sliplogin" name="sliplogin">,
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?pppd" name="pppd"> and
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp">.
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sliplogin" name="sliplogin">,
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?pppd" name="pppd"> and
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp">.
<tt/pppd/ and <tt/ppp/ provide support for both incoming and outgoing
connections. <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sliplogin"
connections. <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sliplogin"
name="Sliplogin"> deals exclusively with incoming connections and
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?slattach"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?slattach"
name="slattach"> deals exclusively with outgoing connections.
<p>These programs are described in the following sections of the
@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
<p>If you only have access to the Internet through a "shell
account", you may want to have a look at the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^slirp" name="slirp">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^slirp" name="slirp">
package. It can provide you with (limited) access to services
such as ftp and http direct from your local machine.
@ -124,14 +124,14 @@
<p>If you have a local subnet (one or more local machines), but have
been allocated only a single IP number from your Internet provider
(or even if you receive a dynamic IP number), you may want to look at
the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?natd" name="natd">
the <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?natd" name="natd">
program. <tt/Natd/ allows you to connect an entire subnet to the
internet using only a single IP number.
<p>The <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp"
<p>The <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp"
name="ppp"> program has similar functionality built in via
the <tt/-alias/ switch. The <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?libalias" name="alias library">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?libalias" name="alias library">
is used in both cases.
<sect1>
@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
</heading>
<p>You should first read the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp man page"> and
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp man page"> and
the <url url="../handbook/ppp-and-slip.html#USERPPP"
name="ppp section of the handbook">. Enable logging with the command
@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
it may be entered in the <tt>/etc/ppp/ppp.conf</tt> configuration file
(the start of the <bf>default</bf> section is the best place to put it).
Make sure that <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?syslog.conf"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?syslog.conf"
name="/etc/syslog.conf"> contains the lines
<verb>
@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
<p>If your version of ppp doesn't understand the "set log"
command, you should download the
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/~brian" name="latest version">.
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/~brian" name="latest version">.
It will build on FreeBSD version 2.1.5 and higher.
<sect2>
@ -193,7 +193,7 @@
<heading>Ppp won't dial in -auto mode</heading>
<p>First, check that you've got a default route. By running <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?netstat">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?netstat">
name="netstat -rn">, you should see two entries like this:
<verb>
@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
handbook, the man page or from the ppp.conf.sample file.
If you haven't got a default route, it may be because you're
running an old version of <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp"
name="ppp"> that doesn't understand the
word <tt/HISADDR/ in the ppp.conf file. If your version of
<bf/ppp/ is from before FreeBSD 2.2.5, change the
@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<p>Another reason for the default route line being missing is that
you have mistakenly set up a default router in your
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf"
name="/etc/rc.conf"> file (this file was called
<tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> prior to release 2.2.2), and you have
omitted the line saying
@ -278,10 +278,10 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
the <tt>ppp.conf</tt> file, or to type it at the prompt in
interactive mode. It is also possible to adjust it on the fly while
the line is active by connecting to <bf/ppp/s server socket using
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?telnet" name="telnet">
or <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?pppctl"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?telnet" name="telnet">
or <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?pppctl"
name="pppctl">. Refer to the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp"> man
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp"> man
page for further details.
<sect2>
@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<heading>Nothing happens after the Login OK! message</heading>
<p>Prior to FreeBSD version 2.2.5, once the link was established,
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp"
name="ppp"> would wait for the peer to initiate the Line Control
Protocol (LCP). Many ISPs will not initiate negotiations and
expect the client to do so. To force <bf/ppp/ to initiate
@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<p>In the DNS case, you should try to determine what is actually
trying to resolve a host name. A lot of the time,
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sendmail"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sendmail"
name="sendmail"> is the culprit. You should make sure that you tell
sendmail not to do any DNS lookups in its configuration file. See
the section on <ref id="ispmail" name="Mail Configuration"> for
@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
</verb>
<p>This will make
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ppp" name="ppp">
log everything up until the last requested "expect" string.
<p>If you wish to see your connect speed and are using PAP or CHAP
@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
fixed in the latest version - search the man page for <bf/iface/.
<p>The problem was that when that initial program calls
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?connect"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?connect"
name="connect(2)">, the IP number of the tun interface is
assigned to the socket endpoint. The kernel creates the first
outgoing packet and writes it to the tun device. <bf/Ppp/ then
@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
the negotiated IP on the fly. This is essentially what the
<tt/iface-alias/ option in the latest version of <bf/ppp/ is
doing (with the help of <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?libalias" name="libalias(3)">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?libalias" name="libalias(3)">
and ppp's <bf/-alias/ switch) - it's maintaining all previous
interface addresses and aliasing them to the last negotiated address.
@ -981,7 +981,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<p>If all else fails, send as much information as you can,
including your config files, how you're starting <bf/ppp/,
the relevant parts of your log file and the output of the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?netstat"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?netstat"
name="netstat -rn"> command (before and after connecting) to the
<url url="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org"
name="freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org"> mailing list or the
@ -1006,7 +1006,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<heading>How can I setup Ethernet aliases?</heading>
<p>Add ``<tt/netmask 0xffffffff/'' to your <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ifconfig" name="ifconfig">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ifconfig" name="ifconfig">
command-line like the following:
<verb>
@ -1018,12 +1018,12 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<p>If you want to use the other ports, you'll have to specify an
additional parameter on the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ifconfig"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ifconfig"
name="ifconfig"> command line. The
default port is ``<tt/link0/''. To use the AUI port instead of
the BNC one, use ``<tt/link2/''. These flags should be specified
using the ifconfig_* variables in <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf" name="/etc/rc.conf">.
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf" name="/etc/rc.conf">.
<sect1>
<heading>I'm having problems with NFS to/from FreeBSD.</heading>
@ -1059,7 +1059,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<heading>I'm having problems talking PPP to NeXTStep machines.</heading>
<p>Try disabling the TCP extensions in <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf" name="/etc/rc.conf"> by
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc.conf" name="/etc/rc.conf"> by
changing the following variable to NO:
<verb>
@ -1123,7 +1123,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
<p>Traditionally, this was allowed by BSD BIND resolvers. However
the current version of <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?named" name="bind"> that ships
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?named" name="bind"> that ships
with FreeBSD no longer provides default abbreviations for non-fully
qualified domain names other than the domain you are in.
So an unqualified host <tt>mumble</tt> must either be found
@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0
domain foo.bar.edu
</verb>
<p>into your <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?resolv.conf"
<p>into your <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?resolv.conf"
name="/etc/resolv.conf"> file. However, make sure that the search order
does not go beyond the ``boundary between local and public
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<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
<p>Every effort has been made to make this FAQ as informative as
possible; if you have any suggestions as to how it may be improved,
please feel free to mail them to the <url url="mailto:FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG"
please feel free to mail them to the <url url="mailto:FAQ@FreeBSD.org"
name="FAQ maintainer">.
<sect1>
@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
also based indirectly on William Jolitz's port of U.C. Berkeley's
Net/2 to the i386, known as 386BSD, though very little of the 386BSD
code remains. A fuller description of what FreeBSD is and how
it can work for you may be found on the <url url="http://www.freebsd.org"
it can work for you may be found on the <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org"
name="FreeBSD home page">.
<p>FreeBSD is used by companies, Internet Service Providers, researchers,
@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
<sect1>
<heading>What is the latest version of FreeBSD?</heading>
<p>Version <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.2-RELEASE"
<p>Version <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/3.2-RELEASE"
name="3.2"> is the latest <em/stable/ version; it was released
in May, 1999. This is also the latest <em/release/ version.
@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
and tested mettle, you will have to stick to full releases.
<p>Snapshot releases are directly available from <url
url="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"> and are generated,
url="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"> and are generated,
on the average, once a day for both the 4.0-current and 3.0-stable
branches.
@ -256,18 +256,18 @@
<heading>Where can I get FreeBSD?<label id="where-get"></heading>
<p>Every significant release of FreeBSD is available via anonymous ftp
from the <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/"
from the <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="FreeBSD FTP site">:
<itemize>
<item>For the current 2.2-stable release, 2.2.8R, see the
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/releases/2.2.8-RELEASE/"
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/2.2.8-RELEASE/"
name="2.2.8-RELEASE"> directory.
<item>For the current 3.0-stable release, 3.0-RELEASE, see the
<url url="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/3.0-RELEASE/" name="3.0-RELEASE"> directory.
<url url="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/3.0-RELEASE/" name="3.0-RELEASE"> directory.
<item><url url="ftp://releng22.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
<item><url url="ftp://releng22.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="2.2 Snapshot"> releases are made once a day along the
RELENG_2_2 branch (post 2.2.8) as it slowly winds down in
maintenance mode. The RELENG_2_2 branch is currently being carefully
@ -275,12 +275,12 @@
those strictly necessary for security or reliability enhancements
are now made.
<item><url url="ftp://releng30.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
<item><url url="ftp://releng30.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="3.0 Snapshot"> releases are also made once a day along the
RELENG_3 branch (post 3.0-release) as it continues on its way
towards 3.2-RELEASE.
<item><url url="ftp://current.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
<item><url url="ftp://current.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/"
name="4.0 Snapshot"> releases are made once a day for the
<ref id="current" name="-current"> branch, these being of service
purely to bleeding-edge testers and developers.
@ -336,7 +336,7 @@
<heading>Where do I find the FreeBSD Y2K info?</heading>
<p>You can find full information in the <url
url="http://www.freebsd.org/y2kbug.html" name="FreeBSD Y2K page.">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/y2kbug.html" name="FreeBSD Y2K page.">
<sect1>
<heading>What FreeBSD news groups are available?</heading>
@ -394,13 +394,13 @@
<p>There is a FreeBSD Documentation Project which you may contact (or
even better, join) on the <tt>doc</tt> mailing list:
<url url="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG"
name="&lt;freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;">.
<url url="mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org"
name="&lt;freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.org&gt;">.
This list is for discussion of the FreeBSD documentation. For
actual questions about FreeBSD, there is the <tt>questions</tt>
mailing list:
<url url="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG"
name="&lt;freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;">.
<url url="mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org"
name="&lt;freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org&gt;">.
<p>A FreeBSD ``handbook'' is available, and can be found as:
<url url="../handbook/index.html" name="the FreeBSD Handbook">.
@ -483,8 +483,8 @@
<p>The Problem Report database of all open user change requests
may be queried (or submitted to) by using our web-based PR
<url url="http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html" name="submission">
and <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi"
<url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html" name="submission">
and <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi"
name="query"> interfaces. The <em>send-pr(1)</em> command
can also be used to submit problem reports and change requests via
electronic mail.
@ -497,20 +497,20 @@
<p>As PostScript (about 370KB):
<itemize>
<item><url url="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.ps"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.ps">
<item><url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/FAQ.ps"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/FAQ.ps">
</itemize>
<p>As ASCII text (about 220KB):
<itemize>
<item><url url="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.ascii"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.ascii">
<item><url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/FAQ.ascii"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/FAQ.ascii">
</itemize>
<p>As ISO 8859-1 text (about 220KB):
<itemize>
<item><url url="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.latin1"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/FAQ.latin1">
<item><url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/FAQ.latin1"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/FAQ.latin1">
</itemize>
<sect1>
@ -521,20 +521,20 @@
<p>As PostScript (about 1.7MB):
<itemize>
<item><url url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.ps"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.ps">
<item><url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/handbook.ps"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/handbook.ps">
</itemize>
<p>As ASCII text (about 1080KB):
<itemize>
<item><url url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.ascii"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.ascii">
<item><url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/handbook.ascii"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/handbook.ascii">
</itemize>
<p>As ISO 8859-1 text (about 1080KB):
<itemize>
<item><url url="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.latin1"
name="http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.latin1">
<item><url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/handbook.latin1"
name="http://www.FreeBSD.org/handbook/handbook.latin1">
</itemize>
<sect1>
@ -556,19 +556,19 @@
<itemize>
<item>Using CVSUP: You can retrieve the formatted files using CVSUP
from cvsup.freebsd.org. Add this line to your cvsup file:
from cvsup.FreeBSD.org. Add this line to your cvsup file:
<verb>
www release=current hostname=/home base=/usr/local/etc/cvsup
prefix=/usr/local/www/data/www.freebsd.org delete old use-rel-suffix
prefix=/usr/local/www/data/www.FreeBSD.org delete old use-rel-suffix
</verb>
<item>Using rsync: See <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/internal/mirror.html"
<item>Using rsync: See <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/internal/mirror.html"
name="the mirroring page"> for information.
<item>Using ftp mirror: You can download the FTP server's copy of
the web site using your favorite ftp mirror tool. Simply start at
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/www.
ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/www.
</itemize>
<sect1>
@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ prefix=/usr/local/www/data/www.freebsd.org delete old use-rel-suffix
<p>Web resources:
<itemize>
<item>The <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/" name="FreeBSD Home Page">.
<item>The <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/" name="FreeBSD Home Page">.
<item><label id="pao">If you have a laptop, be sure and see
<url url="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/"
@ -605,14 +605,14 @@ prefix=/usr/local/www/data/www.freebsd.org delete old use-rel-suffix
<item><label id="smp">For information on SMP (Symmetric
MultiProcessing), please see the <url
url="http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html"
name="SMP support page">.
<item><label id="multimedia">For information on FreeBSD multimedia
applications, please see the <url
url="http://www.freebsd.org/~faulkner/multimedia/mm.html"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/~faulkner/multimedia/mm.html"
name="multimedia">page. If you're interested specifically in
the <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/~ahasty/Bt848.html"
the <url url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/~ahasty/Bt848.html"
name="Bt848"> video capture chip, then follow that link.
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<!-- $Id: serial.sgml,v 1.5 1999-07-28 20:26:08 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
<heading>How do I access the serial ports on FreeBSD?</heading>
<p>The third serial port, <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio" name="sio2"> (known as
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio" name="sio2"> (known as
COM3 in DOS), is on <tt>/dev/cuaa2</tt> for dial-out devices, and on
<tt>/dev/ttyd2</tt> for dial-in devices. What's the difference
between these two classes of devices?
@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
<p>Again, the section on kernel configuration provides information
about configuring your kernel. For a multiport serial card,
place an <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio"
place an <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio"
name="sio"> line for each serial port on the card in the
kernel configuration file. But place the irq and vector
specifiers on only one of the entries. All of the ports on the
@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
<p>Naturally, you should make the initial state and lock state
devices writable only by <tt/root/. The <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?MAKEDEV"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?MAKEDEV"
name="MAKEDEV"> script does <bf/NOT/ do this when it creates the
device entries.
@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
without resorting to an MS-DOS terminal program.
<p>Next, make an entry in <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys"> for the
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys"> for the
modem. This file lists all the ports on which the operating system will
await logins. Add a line that looks something like this:
@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
<p>This line indicates that the second serial port
(<tt>/dev/ttyd1</tt>) has a modem connected running at 57600 bps
and no parity (<tt/std.57600/, which comes from the file
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?gettytab"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?gettytab"
name="/etc/gettytab">). The terminal type for this port is
``dialup.'' The port is ``on'' and is ``insecure''---meaning
root logins on the port aren't allowed. For dialin ports like
@ -203,21 +203,21 @@
the actual terminal type if the starting type is dialup. The
example shows the port as insecure. To become root on this port,
you have to login as a regular user, then ``<htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?su" name="su">'' to
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?su" name="su">'' to
<tt/root/. If you use ``secure'' then <tt/root/ can login in
directly.
<p>After making modifications to <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">, you
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">, you
need to send a hangup or <tt/HUP/ signal to the <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?init" name="init"> process:
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?init" name="init"> process:
<verb>
kill -HUP 1
</verb>
<p>This forces the init process to reread <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">. The
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">. The
init process will then start getty processes on all ``on'' ports.
You can find out if logins are available for your port by typing
@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
ports. If you're using an actual terminal, see its accompanying
instructions.
<p>Then, modify <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys"
<p>Then, modify <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys"
name="/etc/ttys">, like above. For example, if you're hooking up a
WYSE-50 terminal to the fifth serial port, use an entry like this:
@ -250,16 +250,16 @@
<p>This example shows that the port on <tt>/dev/ttyd4</tt> has a
wyse50 terminal connected at 38400 bps with no parity
(<tt/std.38400/ from <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?gettytab"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?gettytab"
name="/etc/gettytab">) and <tt/root/ logins are allowed (secure).
<sect1>
<heading>Why can't I run <tt/tip/ or <tt/cu/?</heading>
<p>On your system, the programs <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> and <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cu" name="cu"> are probably
executable only by <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?uucp"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> and <htmlurl
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?cu" name="cu"> are probably
executable only by <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?uucp"
name="uucp"> and group <tt/dialer/. You can use the group <tt/dialer/
to control who has access to your modem or remote systems. Just add
yourself to group dialer.
@ -276,16 +276,16 @@
<heading>My stock Hayes modem isn't supported---what can I do?</heading>
<p>Actually, the man page for <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> is out of
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> is out of
date. There is a generic Hayes dialer already built in. Just use
``<tt/at=hayes/'' in your <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote" name="/etc/remote"> file.
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote" name="/etc/remote"> file.
<p>The Hayes driver isn't smart enough to recognize some of the
advanced features of newer modems---messages like <tt/BUSY/,
<tt/NO DIALTONE/, or <tt/CONNECT 115200/ will just confuse it.
You should turn those messages off when you use <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> (using
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> (using
<tt/ATX0&amp;W/).
<p>Also, the dial timeout for <tt/tip/ is 60 seconds. Your modem
@ -307,7 +307,7 @@
</heading>
<p>Make what's called a ``<tt/direct/'' entry in your
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
name="/etc/remote"> file. For example, if your modem's hooked
up to the first serial port, <tt>/dev/cuaa0</tt>, then put in the
following line:
@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
<p>Use the highest bps rate your modem supports in the br
capability. Then, type <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip cuaa0"> and
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip cuaa0"> and
you'll be connected to your modem.
<p>If there is no <tt>/dev/cuaa0</tt> on your system, do this:
@ -342,10 +342,10 @@
<heading>The <tt/@/ sign for the pn capability doesn't work!</heading>
<p>The <tt/@/ sign in the phone number capability tells tip to look in
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?phones(5)"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?phones(5)"
name="/etc/phones"> for a phone number. But the <tt/@/ sign is
also a special character in capability files like
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
name="/etc/remote">. Escape it with a backslash:
<verb>
@ -356,7 +356,7 @@
<heading>How can I dial a phone number on the command line?</heading>
<p>Put what's called a ``<tt/generic/'' entry in your
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
name="/etc/remote"> file. For example:
<verb>
@ -367,9 +367,9 @@
</verb>
<p>Then you can do something like ``<tt/tip -115200 5551234/''. If you
prefer <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cu"
prefer <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?cu"
name="cu"> over <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip">, use a
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip">, use a
generic cu entry:
<verb>
@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
<p>Put in an entry for <tt/tip1200/ or <tt/cu1200/, but go ahead and
use whatever bps rate is appropriate with the br capability. <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> thinks a good
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> thinks a good
default is 1200 bps which is why it looks for a ``<tt/tip1200/'' entry.
You don't have to use 1200 bps, though.
@ -394,7 +394,7 @@
<p>Rather than waiting until you're connected and typing
``<tt/CONNECT &lt;host&gt;/'' each time, use tip's <tt/cm/
capability. For example, these entries in
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote"
name="/etc/remote">:
<verb>
@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
and several thousand students trying to use them...
<p>Make an entry for your university in <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote" name="/etc/remote">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?remote" name="/etc/remote">
and use <tt>\@</tt> for the <tt/pn/ capability:
<verb>
@ -428,7 +428,7 @@
</verb>
<p>Then, list the phone numbers for the university in
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?phones"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?phones"
name="/etc/phones">:
<verb>
@ -438,7 +438,7 @@
big-university 5551114
</verb>
<p><htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip"
<p><htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip"
name="tip"> will try each one in the listed order, then give up. If
you want to keep retrying, run <tt/tip/ in a while loop.
@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
<heading>Why do I have to hit CTRL+P twice to send CTRL+P once?</heading>
<p>CTRL+P is the default ``force'' character, used to tell
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip">
that the next character is literal data. You can set the force
character to any other character with the <tt/~s/ escape, which
means ``set a variable.''
@ -470,7 +470,7 @@
<heading>Suddenly everything I type is in UPPER CASE??</heading>
<p>You must've pressed CTRL+A, <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> ``raise
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?tip" name="tip"> ``raise
character,'' specially designed for people with broken caps-lock keys.
Use <tt/~s/ as above and set the variable ``raisechar'' to something
reasonable. In fact, you can set it to the same as the force
@ -491,8 +491,8 @@
<p>If you're talking to another UNIX system, you can send and
receive files with <tt/~p/ (put) and <tt/~t/ (take). These
commands run <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?cat"
name="cat"> and <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?echo"
commands run <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?cat"
name="cat"> and <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?echo"
name="echo"> on the remote system to accept and send files. The syntax
is:
@ -509,8 +509,8 @@
<p>First, install one of the zmodem programs from the ports
collection (such as one of the two from the comms category,
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^lrzsz" name="lrzsz">
and <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^rzsz"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^lrzsz" name="lrzsz">
and <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?^rzsz"
name="rzsz">).
<p>To receive files, start the sending program on the remote end.

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<!-- $Id: troubleshoot.sgml,v 1.10 1999-07-28 20:26:09 nik Exp $ -->
<!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project -->
<sect>
@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
<p>at the prompt, and install your system as usual. While it's
recommended you compile and install a custom kernel anyway,
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?dset" name="dset">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?dset" name="dset">
now also understands to save this value.
<p>Hopefully, future versions will have a proper fix for this problem.
@ -214,12 +214,12 @@
<heading>When I mount a CDROM, I get ``Incorrect super block''.</heading>
<p>You have to tell
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount" name="mount">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount" name="mount">
the type of the device that you want to mount. By default,
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount" name="mount">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount" name="mount">
will assume the filesystem is of type ``<tt/ufs/''. You want to mount
a CDROM filesystem, and you do this by specifying the ``<tt/-t cd9660/''
option to <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount"
option to <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?mount"
name="mount">. This does, of course, assume that the
CDROM contains an ISO 9660 filesystem, which is what most CDROMs
have. As of 1.1R, FreeBSD automatically understands the Rock Ridge
@ -303,7 +303,7 @@
<p>This is a known problem with the ATI Mach 64 video card.
The problem is that this card uses address <tt/2e8/, and
the fourth serial port does too. Due to a bug (feature?) in the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio" name="sio.c">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio" name="sio.c">
driver it will touch this port even if you don't have the
fourth serial port, and <bf/even/ if you disable sio3 (the fourth
port) which normally uses this address.
@ -344,7 +344,7 @@
<p>Replace the older files with the new versions and make sure you
run <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xf86config"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xf86config"
name="xf86config"> again.
<sect1>
@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
connections you need to support. I'd recommend trying 2048 - this
should get rid of the panic completely. You can monitor the
number of mbuf clusters allocated/in use on the system with
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?netstat"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?netstat"
name="netstat -m">. The default value for NMBCLUSTERS is
<tt/512 + MAXUSERS * 16/.
@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
<p>This is a conflict with an Ultrastor SCSI Host Adapter.
<p>During the boot process enter the kernel configuration menu and
disable <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?uha(4)"
disable <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?uha(4)"
name="uha0">, which is causing the problem.
<sect1>
@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
<item>After logging on to the remote machine, set your TERM shell
variable to either <tt>ansi</tt> or <tt>sco</tt>.
<item>Use a VT100 emulator like <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?screen-" name="screen">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/ports.cgi?screen-" name="screen">
locally. <tt>screen</tt> offers you the ability to run
multiple concurrent sessions from one terminal, and is a neat
program in its own right.

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<sect>
@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
during the installation process.
<p>Then read and follow the documentation on the <htmlurl url=
"http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xf86config"
"http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xf86config"
name="xf86config"> tool, which assists you in configuring XFree86(tm)
for your particular graphics card/mouse/etc.
@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
<p>Some people prefer to use ``<tt>/dev/mouse</tt>'' under X. To
make this work, ``<tt>/dev/mouse</tt>'' should be linked to
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sysmouse"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?sysmouse"
name="/dev/sysmouse">:
<verb>
@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
these virtual consoles.
To enable more of them, edit <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">
and add entries for ``<tt/ttyv4/'' to ``<tt/ttyvc/'' after the
comment on ``Virtual terminals'':
@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
<p>(You could also just delete these lines.)
<p>Once you have edited <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">,
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys" name="/etc/ttys">,
the next step is to make sure that you have enough virtual terminal
devices. The easiest way to do this is:
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<heading>How do I start XDM on boot?</heading>
<p>There are two schools of thought on how to start <htmlurl url=
"http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xdm"
"http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xdm"
name="xdm">. One school starts xdm from
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys"
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?ttys"
name="/etc/ttys"> using the supplied example, while the other
simply runs xdm from <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc"
simply runs xdm from <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?rc"
name="rc.local"> or
from a <tt/X.sh/ script in <tt>/usr/local/etc/rc.d</tt>.
Both are equally valid, and one may work in
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<heading>When I run xconsole, I get ``Couldn't open console''.</heading>
<p>If you start <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=X"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=X"
name="X"> with <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=startx"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=startx"
name="startx">, the permissions on /dev/console will <tt /not/ get
changed, resulting in things like <htmlurl
url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xterm"
url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xterm"
name="xterm -C"> and <htmlurl url=
"http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xconsole"
"http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?manpath=xfree86&amp;query=xconsole"
name="xconsole"> not working.
<p>This is because of the way console permissions are set by default.
On a multi-user system, one doesn't necessarily want just any user
to be able to write on the system console. For users who are logging
directly onto a machine with a VTY, the
<htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fbtab" name="fbtab">
<htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?fbtab" name="fbtab">
file exists to solve such problems.
<p>In a nutshell, make sure an uncommented line of the form
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/dev/ttyv0 0600 /dev/console
</verb>
<p>is in <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fbtab(5)"
<p>is in <htmlurl url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?fbtab(5)"
name="/etc/fbtab"> and it will ensure that whomever logs in on
<tt>/dev/ttyv0</tt> will own the console.