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Gabor Kovesdan
a06603e1e8 - MFH 2013-02-05 09:14:34 +00:00
Eitan Adler
d3dd0b0285 The answer is wrong, and the correct one involves pointing poeple to the 
release notea and man page which is a non-answer.  Remoeve the question.

Discussed on:	-multimedia
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-02-04 00:21:25 +00:00
Eitan Adler
a04e45f8d8 Pointing users to the release is a non-answer of which the FAQ offers no 
additional value.  As such, remove the question.

Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-02-04 00:21:19 +00:00
Eitan Adler
eb2d2f50b2 According to the manufacturer MouseSystems mice are not intended to 
function until the year 19821

Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-02-02 05:25:17 +00:00
Eitan Adler
62e937385d Finish removing plip documentation from the FAQ not noticed before. 
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-02-02 05:14:06 +00:00
Eitan Adler
6c2f7d2fa7 As a follow to r40833 up to burn the plip FAQ with fire. 
Discussed with:	db
Discussed with:	imp
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)

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 2013-01-30 21:17:46 +00:00
Gabor Kovesdan
5df509eaa2 - Remove standalone="no" statements from XML declarations since it did not 
always work and is no use anyway
 2013-01-30 19:12:36 +00:00
Gabor Kovesdan
36cdb51546 - Migrate the documentation set to DocBook 4.5 2013-01-30 14:00:53 +00:00
Eitan Adler
dd23b54187 Fix minor whitespace issues 
Translators may ignore

Approved by:	jkois (mentor)
 2013-01-30 00:07:33 +00:00
Eitan Adler
f926643a01 Fix whitespace. 
Add period to end of sentence

Translators may ignore

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-29 19:00:49 +00:00
Eitan Adler
3d4ae647f2 Minor whitespace fix. 
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-29 13:41:10 +00:00
Eitan Adler
f7f541a66f Modernize a number of questions as they relate to bsdinstall. 
Also prefer ada over ad

Submitted by:	nwhitehorn
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-29 13:41:08 +00:00
Eitan Adler
05a1ef7efb bootmanage-restore is a duplicate of win95-damaged-boot-manager which 
has more detailed instructions, so remove it.

Submitted by:	perryh@pluto.rain.com
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-28 20:01:34 +00:00
Eitan Adler
4d031f45b0 sl is too important to not mention. 
Submitted by:	Edward <edward@rdtan.net>
Approved by:	bcr, jkois (mentors)
 2013-01-28 19:13:24 +00:00
Eitan Adler
d83eeb3e93 Even though 7.4 is technically still supported, the link is a 404 and 
support is ending in 1.5 months. As such: remove it.

Approved by:	jkois (mentor)
 2013-01-28 19:13:22 +00:00
Eitan Adler
c40d536ce4 Minor grammar fix 
Reported by:	bjk
Approved by:	jkois (mentor)
 2013-01-28 19:13:20 +00:00
Warren Block
9a84ccbfd6 Fix an innovative spelling of "necessary". 2013-01-28 05:09:12 +00:00
Eitan Adler
fae7c99678 Add a link to the wiki page of IRC channels. 
Submitted by:	Alex Weber <alexwebr@gmail.com>
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 15:12:37 +00:00
Eitan Adler
8d3a54df48 Modernize the xdm-boot question. 
Submitted by:	Lowell Gilbert <lgusenet@be-well.ilk.org>
Reviewed by:	-doc
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 15:11:48 +00:00
Eitan Adler
0d2b2e7634 The -nat option in user-mode ppp(8) does not cease to exist 
when a given installation is not using dialup

Submitted by:	Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com>
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 14:53:41 +00:00
Eitan Adler
5aae50cbaf The "F" renders much more distinctly as a literal than a "C" or a "S" 
leading to an odd looking set of words.  Instead of <literal> use a
capital letter.

Submitted by:	Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com>
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 12:51:21 +00:00
Eitan Adler
13124e7eac Fix minor grammar issue 
Submitted by:	Perry Hutchison <perryh@pluto.rain.com>
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 12:51:19 +00:00
Eitan Adler
ac977c8bbc A window manager restart has not been required for xmodmap to work in 
ages (if ever).

Approved by: 	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 12:51:17 +00:00
Eitan Adler
5a2b3427a9 Remove fluff words. 
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 12:51:14 +00:00
Eitan Adler
d6428331b7 Simplify some language 
Translators may ignore.

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 12:51:12 +00:00
Eitan Adler
0152b17c7e Simplify some language. 
Translators may ignore.

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-27 12:51:10 +00:00
Eitan Adler
dfa8b0d764 Remove generic question with mostly useless answer. 
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-27 01:45:15 +00:00
Eitan Adler
9a6a7e0633 According to wikipedia the last stable release of NextSTEP was in 1995. 
As such remove ppp-nextstep

Discussed with:	nwhitehorn
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-27 01:15:50 +00:00
Eitan Adler
74db29fadf Old ATA devices don't solicit many questions these days. 
Noted by:	rpaulo, imp
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-26 19:35:24 +00:00
Eitan Adler
bb4bf6cd9a nlist failed is not an FAQ these days. 
Noted by:	imp
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-26 19:35:22 +00:00
Eitan Adler
1cd1e86632 missing-os talks about CHS addressing which has been obsolete for 10-15 
years.

Noted by:	scottl
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-26 18:58:03 +00:00
Eitan Adler
4f5fe368e3 Correct the number and identity of the floppies required for pc98. 
Noted by:	nyan
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-25 16:17:46 +00:00
Eitan Adler
8f224d7fad Combine the questions on mailing lists and newgroups as they have nearly 
identical (non-)answers.

Approved by:	bcr
 2013-01-25 16:17:43 +00:00
Eitan Adler
b162efeb83 Remove multiport-serial-share-irq: 
"likely isn't relevant since everybody uses PCI/PCIe serial
	cards"

Noted by:	imp
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-24 18:07:39 +00:00
Eitan Adler
14d796660c Remove install-bad-blocks: 
95% bogus, user-controlled bad block mapping stopped being a
thing about 20 years ago

Noted by:	scottl
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-24 17:34:55 +00:00
Eitan Adler
b030da8798 Wes gesund obsolete section: dangerously-dedicated 
Noted by:	nwhitehorn
Aproved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-23 02:48:28 +00:00
Eitan Adler
adca6aff8e List our friends and relatives. 
Submitted by:	Alex Weber <alexwebr@gmail.com>
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-23 02:42:58 +00:00
Eitan Adler
31dd245a17 ahc hardware is too old to be interesting. 
Noted by:	imp
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-22 03:20:36 +00:00
Eitan Adler
db3f412996 Remove ed1-timeout as it is ancient and old. 
Noted by:	imp
Approved by:	bcr (mentor, implicit)
 2013-01-22 03:20:19 +00:00
Eitan Adler
9b37d4613c Update and clarify proc-table-full to conform with reality. 
Discussed with:	alfred
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-17 03:32:42 +00:00
Glen Barber
200f62241c Add a FAQ entry for ZFS TRIM support. 2013-01-17 00:21:13 +00:00
Eitan Adler
505d5517ea The alternate-directory-layout question has only historic value, there is no way 
to obtain reliable information from a modern HDD about cylinder groups.

No objection from:	mckusick
Approved by:		bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-16 04:30:24 +00:00
Eitan Adler
302a64e0c1 Add comma after "e.g." 
Approved by:	bcr
 2013-01-14 02:43:09 +00:00
Eitan Adler
0f8ec17371 Fix a variety of whitespace issues in the FAQ 
Translators may ignore

Approved by:	bcr (mentor)

Partial commit of approved changes
 2013-01-14 02:40:58 +00:00
Eitan Adler
6cfeec6095 Fix indentation issues in the document. 
Translators may ignore.

Approved by:	(bcr)

Partial commit of approved changes
 2013-01-14 02:35:59 +00:00
Eitan Adler
106557c9e5 Answer the question "My time is wrong, how can I change the 
timezone?"

Submitted by:	Edward <edward@rdtan.net>
Reviewed by:	-doc
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-14 02:30:27 +00:00
Eitan Adler
c1d2cf245b Answer the question "I just changed /etc/newsyslog.conf. How can I check 
if it does what I expect?"

Submitted by:	Edward <edward@rdtan.net>
Reviewed by:	-doc
Approved by:	bcr (mentor)
 2013-01-14 02:30:25 +00:00
Glen Barber
c6db15d674 Fix broken entities. 2013-01-14 00:57:45 +00:00
Glen Barber
159f3c659d Add sentence stop. 2013-01-13 20:11:29 +00:00
Glen Barber
8de73845dd Whitespace cleanup after fixes from r40602. 
Submitted by:	blackend (in part)
 2013-01-13 20:11:26 +00:00