diff --git a/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index 84050f5ad0..3f9152834b 100644 --- a/FAQ/FAQ.sgml +++ b/FAQ/FAQ.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ - +
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Please send submissions to - $Date: 1997-10-18 23:34:07 $ + $Date: 1997-10-19 13:35:27 $ This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are @@ -127,13 +127,13 @@

is the development version of the operating system, which will in due course become 3.0-RELEASE. As such, it is really only of interest - to developers working on the system and die-hard hobbiests. + to developers working on the system and die-hard hobbyists. See the in the for details on running -current.

If you are not familiar with the operating system or are not - capable of identifying the differenece between a real problem and + capable of identifying the difference between a real problem and a temporary problem, you should not use FreeBSD-current. This branch sometimes evolves quite quickly and can be un-buildable for a number of days at a time. People that use FreeBSD-current @@ -211,7 +211,7 @@

The -current branch is slowly progressing towards 3.0 and beyond, - whereas the previous 2.1-stable branch was superseded by the + whereas the previous 2.1-stable branch was superceded by the release of 2.2.0, the new "stability branch" aka 2.2-stable. 3.0-current will continue to be where the active development takes place, up until the actual release of 3.0. At that point, 3.0 will @@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ - Is there anything about FreeBSD on IRC (Internet Relay Chat) ? + Are there FreeBSD IRC (Internet Relay Chat) channels?

There are two channels about FreeBSD on IRC: @@ -580,8 +580,7 @@ - I've got some other special requirements, can I make my own custom - install floppy? + How can I make my own custom install floppy?

Currently there's no way to *just* make a custom install floppy. @@ -663,8 +662,14 @@ the bed for the last three years)? Did you download the floppy image in binary (or image) mode? - (don't be embarrassed, even the best of us have made this - mistake at least once when FTP'ing things!) + (don't be embarrassed, even the best of us have accidentally + downloaded a binary file in ASCII mode at least once!) + + If you're using one of these new-fangled operating systems + like Windows95 or Windows NT, did you shut it down and restart + the system in plain, honest DOS? It seems these OS's can + interfere with programs that write directly to hardware, which + the disk creation program does; even running it inside a DOS shell in the GUI can cause this problem. @@ -736,7 +741,7 @@ into block references internally as well.

All that matters is the - What about disk managers? My BIOS doesn't support large drives! + What about disk managers? Or, I have a large drive!

FreeBSD recognizes the Ontrack Disk Manager and makes allowances @@ -1133,7 +1138,7 @@ - How do I use the mouse/trackball/touchpad/etc... on my laptop? + How do I use the mouse/trackball/touchpad on my laptop?

Please refer to . -

Of course, this does present you a chicken-and-egg problem when +

Of course, this does present you with a chicken-and-egg problem when installing on such a machine. In order to work around this problem, a special hack is available inside UserConfig. Do not use the ``visual'' interface, but the plain command-line @@ -1472,12 +1476,12 @@

at the prompt, and install your system as usual. While it's - recommendable to compile and install a custom kernel anyway, + recommended you compile and install a custom kernel anyway, now also understands to save this value. -

Hopefully, future version will have a proper fix for this problem. +

Hopefully, future versions will have a proper fix for this problem.

for @@ -1900,6 +1904,13 @@ at the master site. + + Where do I find libc.so.3.0? + +

You are trying to run a package for 2.2/3.0 on a 2.1.x + system. Please take a look at the previous section and get + the correct port/package for your system. + ghostscript gives lots of errors with my 386/486SX.

- Where do I find libc.so.3.0? - -

You are trying to run a package for 2.2/3.0 on a 2.1.x - system. Please take a look at the previous section and get - the correct port/package for your system. - When I run a SCO/iBCS2 application, it bombs on - How about FreeBSD and Linux? How do I boot FreeBSD from LILO? + How do I boot FreeBSD and Linux from LILO?

Theoretically you should be able to boot FreeBSD from LILO by @@ -3265,7 +3269,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers file. This is not necessary: X will use the first free - - I want to recompile the latest BIND from ISC. It blows up during the - compilation on some types conflicts. What can I do? - - -

There is a conflict between the ``compat/include/sys/cdefs.h. - Can I connect my Win95 box to the Internet via FreeBSD? @@ -3404,6 +3398,15 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1

See also the section on . + + + Why does recompiling the latest BIND from ISC fail? + + +

There is a conflict between the ``compat/include/sys/cdefs.h. + Does FreeBSD support SLIP and PPP? @@ -3668,7 +3671,7 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0 also sees the NAK reflect (which also means ppp must change its magic). This produces a potentially enormous number of magic number changes, all of which are happily piling into - the servers tty buffer. As soon as ppp starts on the server, + the server's tty buffer. As soon as ppp starts on the server, it's flooded with magic number changes and almost immediately decides it's tried enough to negotiate LCP and gives up. Meanwhile, the client, who no longer sees the reflections, @@ -4558,7 +4561,7 @@ vat_nv_record Recording tools for vat ftp.sics.se:archive/vat_nv_record.tar.Z - What is FreeBSD's a.out executable format, and why not ELF? + What is FreeBSD's a.out executable format and not ELF?

To understand why FreeBSD uses the a.out format, you must @@ -4753,7 +4756,7 @@ vat_nv_record Recording tools for vat ftp.sics.se:archive/vat_nv_record.tar.Z - What's with all these SNAPshot, RELENG and RELEASE releases? + What's with all these SNAP, RELENG and RELEASE releases?

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