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Author SHA1 Message Date
Alex Kozlov
e3988d2231 - Remove a mention of burncd(8) (removed in 9.0 with the Legacy ATA stack)
- Change /dev/acd0 to /dev/cd0 (acd removed in 9.0 with removal of atapicd)

Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D12560
Approved by:	bjk
2017-10-02 04:32:09 +00:00
Wolfram Schneider
c997987fd5 change download links from ftp to download.freebsd.org
PR: 222678
2017-10-01 12:11:13 +00:00
Wolfram Schneider
331f204056 switch to HTTPS 2017-09-29 10:44:48 +00:00
Glen Barber
ced5159bf3 Update FreeBSD version numbers in the FAQ.
Bump the copyright year while here.

Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
2017-04-04 20:41:58 +00:00
Sevan Janiyan
158cbd32f9 Fix typos
PR:		218173
Submitted by:	<gregoc3 AT rpi edu>
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10257
2017-04-04 13:11:02 +00:00
Sevan Janiyan
e112bf24be Replace PC-BSD with TrueOS
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision:	 https://reviews.freebsd.org/D10256
2017-04-04 13:08:21 +00:00
Bjoern Heidotting
7dde92ae3d Remove CTM entries from FAQ. CTM became deprecated some time ago.
Reviewed by:	wblock
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8324
2016-10-24 19:11:30 +00:00
Marc Fonvieille
30921d5840 Fix a link to the Handbook.
PR:		207557
Submitted by:	c.brinkhaus@t-online.de
2016-02-28 14:41:01 +00:00
Jason Helfman
4fb7b369f0 - address dead link
PR:		207355
Submitted by:	rootc2@rpi.edu
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5358
2016-02-19 21:53:48 +00:00
Jason Helfman
6888c44c07 - address style
PR:		207342
Submitted by:	danthemangorman@gmail.com
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5360
2016-02-19 21:48:40 +00:00
Jason Helfman
56eacbd939 - address broken link
PR:		207348
Submitted by:	blaze5545@gmail.com
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D5349
2016-02-19 19:48:11 +00:00
Rene Ladan
44fa78e0b7 Synchronize the description of the intended audience of FreeBSD-STABLE with
that of the Handbook.

Trim section 1.7 somewhat. In section 1.9, notet that FreeBSD-STABLE is just
another development branch and not specifically made for ISPs.

PR:		188031
Submitted by:	knl@bitflop.com
2016-01-10 21:25:03 +00:00
Bjoern Heidotting
9ae7f3900a Fix entity usage and remove superfluous paranthesis.
Reviewed by:	bcr
2015-10-07 17:55:14 +00:00
Ed Maste
be4b7506e0 Improve wording for r47478 change
Submitted by:	wblock
2015-10-02 13:52:29 +00:00
Ed Maste
84694babf9 Correct number of supported branches
Approved by:	gavin
2015-10-02 09:52:36 +00:00
Ed Maste
a039ecc4a5 Update memory test info: not run by default in 10.2 and later
Reviewed by:	dru
Approved by:	dru
2015-10-02 08:52:48 +00:00
Ed Maste
73e8e08baf Clarify tier 2 and 3 as best-effort, not if-possible.
Approved by:	brd
2015-10-02 08:29:10 +00:00
Ed Maste
4cfe07f61e Update kernel debug info for r288176
Kernel debug is in /usr/lib/debug/boot/kernel as of 11.x.

Also correct some longstanding errors in this section.

Approved by:	brd
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3777
2015-10-02 08:19:48 +00:00
Jason Helfman
e62918192e - tighten and clarify wording
PR:		203338 (based on)
Submitted by:	varnishedgreen@aim.com
Approved by:	wblock@ (mentor)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3749
2015-10-01 15:42:03 +00:00
Jason Helfman
9456934241 - remove 8.x content from faq
PR:		202237 (based on)
Submitted by:	chris@bsdjunk.com
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D3707
2015-09-22 16:03:58 +00:00
Warren Block
8b99ab03f0 Update a couple of links to the install chapter. 2015-09-05 14:00:56 +00:00
Glen Barber
00fd278916 Remove an 8.x reference from the FAQ.
Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
2015-08-19 02:01:14 +00:00
Bjoern Heidotting
b17b699ec9 Fix typos and various other things found by igor.
Translators can ignore.

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
2015-08-01 15:47:45 +00:00
Jason Helfman
db76545e13 - address broken link in faq
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D2522
Submitted by:	jhs@berklix.com
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
2015-05-12 20:44:12 +00:00
Eitan Adler
535354a081 faq: pkg_add is gone
Stop explaining how to use pkg_add when it no longer works.
2015-04-04 05:12:11 +00:00
Eitan Adler
0367f2bfc5 faq: restore commented out FAQ
- some FAQs were incorrectly commented in r44838.  Restore them.
2015-04-02 06:42:36 +00:00
Eitan Adler
772d34db7c faq: mail-loopback
- update full-screeen terminal question answer to be accurate now that we use
  xterm and not cons25

Submitted by:	Daniel O'Connor
Mangled by:	me
2015-04-02 06:24:54 +00:00
Eitan Adler
90500489bd faq: mail-loopback
- remove mail-loopback question.  The answer directly quotes the sendmail FAQ,
  and we don't need to be a secondary source for one-of-many sendmail specific
  questions.
2015-04-02 06:05:57 +00:00
Eitan Adler
f98a030cef faq: nvidia graphics question
- the older 96xx and 71xx no longer exist.
  However the explicit ### port do, and corrospond to the versions listed http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_32667.html
2015-04-02 06:03:58 +00:00
Eitan Adler
852252f293 FAQ: multiple changes
- don't list out explicit versions in the 'ports' section: just say "all
  supported versions"
- obtaining an office suite is not an FAQ and is fully covered in the handbook
  under https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/desktop-productivity.html
2015-04-02 05:54:01 +00:00
Benjamin Kaduk
a726b6b9f9 Start sentence with a capital letter
While here, make the version conditional easier to parse.

Approved by:	hrs (mentor, implicit)
2015-04-01 15:51:56 +00:00
Eitan Adler
b32954e02a FAQ: multiple changes
- remove leading "So"
- simplify explanation of packages and pkg(7)
- the old package tools are dead, don't ask about converting back
- remove question about killing processes by name.  This is not an FAQ and the
  FAQ is not an intro to Unix guide.
2015-04-01 05:59:49 +00:00
Eitan Adler
a017290176 FAQ: multiple changes
- don't point out bad IRC channels, just point to good ones
- simplify password hashing question by presuming a modern version (and briefly
  mentioning 8)
- combine memory limits questions into single question
2015-04-01 05:40:24 +00:00
Jason Helfman
5e81b5e582 - address outdated infomation regarding memory limits for amd64 in faq
PR:		196997
Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1731
Reported by:	ports@toco-domains.de
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
2015-01-30 08:25:47 +00:00
Gavin Atkinson
27aeb863ef Switch to using preferred URLs for Bugzilla. 2014-08-24 01:09:26 +00:00
Gavin Atkinson
2e7186064b Both http://forums.FreeBSD.org and http://wiki.FreeBSD.org redirect to
secure versions of the sites, so link to the secure version directly.
Note that for wiki links I have only fixed up key links in navbars etc,
there are a large number of other links but fixing them does not seem
worth the churn.
2014-08-02 13:39:27 +00:00
Gavin Atkinson
90dc95bf1a The canonical form of links to Bugzilla should be http://bugs.FreeBSD.org .
Correct case and schema.
2014-07-30 22:55:12 +00:00
Eitan Adler
0b1d0d7df7 eviscerate send-pr from the FAQ 2014-06-29 06:21:17 +00:00
Glen Barber
4a4ba223dc Replace query-pr.cgi and send-pr.html with their Bugzilla
equivalents.

Sponsored by:	The FreeBSD Foundation
2014-06-18 13:41:03 +00:00
Li-Wen Hsu
163ba6b752 Convert zh_TW from Big5 to UTF-8.
Approved by:	bcr
2014-05-29 16:48:07 +00:00
Benjamin Kaduk
4f92d3d3c6 Fix a typo and a minor grammar nit in the FAQ
Approved by:	hrs (mentor)
2014-05-15 19:23:49 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
2d11188f36 Fix cannot, &microsoft;, and Sendmail.
Fix formatting for ZFS portion of FAQ.

Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-15 00:43:23 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
1241ef5189 Remove most of the leftover instances of "you".
Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-15 00:14:09 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
b92879e347 Remove entry for games through PPP NAT. This has not been true for some time.
Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-14 21:35:25 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
615bcc2056 Fix some use of "you".
As per discussion at BSDCan, remove section on how to debug a version of
PPP that dumps core.

Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-14 21:23:56 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
6d8aa3b098 More rewording around "you".
Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-14 19:58:50 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
3a80919159 More rewording around "you".
Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-14 15:52:23 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
dd63eee42f More rewording around "you" usage.
Remove question about shosts.

Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-14 15:19:14 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
c3ae90f310 Some more rewording around "you", more to come.
Remove booting with NTloader and LILO entries.

Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-14 14:16:00 +00:00
Dru Lavigne
0985ac0488 Put acronym tags around FAQ.
Start to remove "you/we" usage.
Many more commits to come.

Sponsored by:	iXsystems
2014-05-14 11:59:36 +00:00