diff --git a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
index 80b6129cdc..ab59ee9e88 100644
--- a/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+++ b/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
@@ -971,9 +971,7 @@
Channel #FreeBSDhelp on EFNet
- is a channel dedicated to helping &os; users. They
- are much more sympathetic to questions than
- #FreeBSD is.
+ is a channel dedicated to helping &os; users.
@@ -1345,11 +1343,9 @@
- &os; 7 and 8 use MD5 password hashing by default.
- Recent versions of &os; use SHA512 by
- default. These are believed to be more secure than the
- traditional &unix; password format, which used a scheme
- based on the DES algorithm. DES
+ versions of &os; (past &os; 8) use
+ SHA512 by
+ default. DES
passwords are still available for backwards compatibility
with legacy operating systems which still
use the less secure password format. &os; also supports
@@ -1364,25 +1360,6 @@
-
-
- What are the limits for memory?
-
-
-
- Memory limits depend on the platform used. On a
- standard &i386; install, the limit is 4 GB but more
- memory can be supported through &man.pae.4;. See instructions for using
- 4 GB or more memory on &i386;.
-
- &os;/pc98 has a limit of 4 GB memory, and PAE can
- not be used with it. Other architectures supported by
- &os; have much higher theoretical limits on maximum memory
- (many terabytes).
-
-
-
What are the limits for FFS file systems?
@@ -1440,11 +1417,8 @@
- Yes, &rel.head.releng; users can set
- WITH_BSDCONFIG in
- /etc/src.conf. Users of &rel.relx;
- and higher may also install
- sysutils/bsdconfig.
+ Yes. bsdconfig provides a
+ nice interface to configure &os; post-installation.
@@ -1485,13 +1459,14 @@
- Does &os; support more than 4 GB of memory
+ What are the limits for memory? Does &os; support
+ more than 4 GB of memory
(RAM)? More than 16 GB? More than
48 GB?
- Yes. &os; as an operating system generally supports
+ &os; as an operating system generally supports
as much physical memory (RAM) as the platform it is
running on does. Keep in mind that different platforms
have different limits for memory; for example &i386;
@@ -1699,22 +1674,15 @@
- Which CD-ROM drives are supported by &os;?
+ Which CD-ROM and CD-RW drives are supported by
+ &os;?Any SCSI drive connected to a supported controller
is supported. Most ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs are
supported.
-
-
-
-
- Which CD-RW drives are supported by &os;?
-
-
- &os; supports any ATAPI-compatible IDE CD-R or CD-RW
drive. See &man.burncd.8; for details.
@@ -1915,12 +1883,8 @@ bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char # for xterm
On a 32-bit version of &os;, the memory appears lost,
since it will be remapped above 4 GB, which a 32-bit
kernel is unable to access. In this case, the solution is
- to build a PAE enabled kernel. See the entry on memory
- limits and about different memory
- limits on different platforms for more
- information.
+ to build a PAE enabled kernel. See
+ the entry on memory limits for more information.On a 64-bit version of &os;, or when running a
PAE-enabled kernel, &os; will correctly detect and remap