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| author | Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-08-18 23:26:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Doug White <dwhite@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-08-18 23:26:50 +0000 |
| commit | 3d1fbbd3c3bf362b1354dcef1b574a84e59ffaf5 (patch) | |
| tree | c2765bc2ab114623c2f6d5081e5a4ee1097182b4 /FAQ | |
| parent | f3a3dbdbf8b61c56391d6f8f0098b70bc1c32f1a (diff) | |
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| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ/admin.sgml | 41 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ/hardware.sgml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ/install.sgml | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ/misc.sgml | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ/network.sgml | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ/preface.sgml | 95 |
6 files changed, 178 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/FAQ/admin.sgml b/FAQ/admin.sgml index 426187b675..f4f34e6260 100644 --- a/FAQ/admin.sgml +++ b/FAQ/admin.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: admin.sgml,v 1.9 1998-08-14 15:24:02 nik Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: admin.sgml,v 1.10 1998-08-18 23:26:50 dwhite Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -823,5 +823,44 @@ take effect. Of course if you are using an alternate keymap for your country, you should edit that one instead. + <sect1> + <heading>How do I reformat DOS text files to UNIX ones?</heading> + + <p>Simply use this perl command: + +<verb> +perl -i.bak -pe 's/\r\n/\n/g' file ... +</verb> + + <p>file is the file(s) to process. The modification is done in-place, + with the original file stored with a .bak extension. + + <sect1> + <heading>How do I kill processes by name?</heading> + + <p>Use <url url="/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/man.cgi?killall" name="killall(1)">. + + <sect1> + <heading>Why is su bugging me about not being in root's ACL? + </heading> + + <p>The error comes from the Kerberos distributed authentication system. + The problem isn't fatal but annoying. You can either run su with the -k + option, or uninstall Kerberos as described in the next question. + + <sect1> + <heading>How do I uninstall Kerberos?</heading> + + <p>To remove Kerberos from the system, reinstall the bin distribution + for the release you are running. If you have the CDROM, you can + mount the cd (we'll assume on /cdrom) and run + +<verb> +cd /cdrom/bin +./install.sh +</verb> + + + </sect> diff --git a/FAQ/hardware.sgml b/FAQ/hardware.sgml index 290dd682af..c785ddb287 100644 --- a/FAQ/hardware.sgml +++ b/FAQ/hardware.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.10 1998-08-03 17:38:19 wosch Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: hardware.sgml,v 1.11 1998-08-18 23:26:50 dwhite Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -397,5 +397,12 @@ <htmlurl url="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron" name="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron"> + + <sect1> + <heading>Does FreeBSD support Symmetric Multiproccessing (SMP)? + </heading> + + <p>SMP is supported in 3.0-CURRENT only. + </sect> diff --git a/FAQ/install.sgml b/FAQ/install.sgml index d9f4340207..5ea777b5b1 100644 --- a/FAQ/install.sgml +++ b/FAQ/install.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.8 1998-08-12 04:02:57 jkoshy Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.9 1998-08-18 23:26:50 dwhite Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -535,5 +535,18 @@ disk wd2 at wdc1 drive 1 # change from wd3 to wd2 </enum> + <sect1> + <heading>What are the limits for memory and diskspace?</heading> + + <p>For memory, the (theoretical) limit is 4 gigabytes. One gigabyte + has been tested; you generally can't buy i386 PCs that can support + much more than that. + + <p>For filesystems, the maximum theoretical limit is 8 terabytes. In + practice, there is a soft limit of 1 terabyte, but with modifications + filesystems with 4 terabytes are possible (and exist). + + <p>The maximum size of a single file is 2 gigabytes. + </sect> diff --git a/FAQ/misc.sgml b/FAQ/misc.sgml index f40b9aec3c..04052b2a21 100644 --- a/FAQ/misc.sgml +++ b/FAQ/misc.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: misc.sgml,v 1.5 1998-07-23 14:10:03 jkh Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: misc.sgml,v 1.6 1998-08-18 23:26:50 dwhite Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -231,5 +231,12 @@ Given a choice, I think I'd prefer to get used to the scratchy noises, myself! + <sect1> + <heading>What does 'MFC' mean?</heading> + + <p>MFC is an acronym for 'Merged From -CURRENT.' It's used in the CVS + logs to denote when a change was migrated from the CURRENT to the STABLE + branches. + </sect> diff --git a/FAQ/network.sgml b/FAQ/network.sgml index 321a5926be..30f46b5ad5 100644 --- a/FAQ/network.sgml +++ b/FAQ/network.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: network.sgml,v 1.12 1998-07-30 02:31:21 jkoshy Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: network.sgml,v 1.13 1998-08-18 23:26:50 dwhite Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -1067,5 +1067,20 @@ default 10.0.0.2 UGSc 0 0 tun0 </itemize> + <sect1> + <heading>How can I redirect service requests from one machine to another? + </heading> + + <p>You can redirect FTP (and other service) request with the 'socket' + package, available in the ports tree in category 'sysutils'. + Simply replace the service's commandline to call socket instead, like so: + +<verb> +ftp stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/local/bin/socket socket ftp.foo.com ftp +</verb> + + <p>where 'ftp.foo.com' and 'ftp' are the host and port to redirect to, + respectively. + </sect> diff --git a/FAQ/preface.sgml b/FAQ/preface.sgml index e3d46ac5bd..3c6720a2ed 100644 --- a/FAQ/preface.sgml +++ b/FAQ/preface.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: preface.sgml,v 1.16 1998-08-17 23:09:21 dwhite Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: preface.sgml,v 1.17 1998-08-18 23:26:50 dwhite Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <sect> @@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ <heading>Books on FreeBSD</heading> <p>Greg Lehey's book ``Installing and Running FreeBSD'' is available - from Walnut Creek and ships with the 2.2.6 CDROM. There is also + from Walnut Creek and ships with the 2.2.7 CDROM. There is also a larger book entitled ``The Complete FreeBSD'', which comes with - additional printed manpages and includes the 2.2.6 CDROM set. It + additional printed manpages and includes the 2.2.7 CDROM set. It should be available in most good book shops now. <p>There is a FreeBSD Documentation Project which you may contact (or @@ -483,6 +483,95 @@ electronic mail. <sect1> + <heading>Where can I get ASCII/PostScript versions of the FAQ?</heading> + + <p>The up-to-date FAQ is available from the FreeBSD Web Server or any + mirror as PostScript and plain text (7 bit ASCII and 8-bit Latin1). + + <p>As PostScript (about 370KB): + <itemize> + <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"> + </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"> + </itemize> + + <sect1> + <heading>Where can I get ASCII/PostScript versions of the Handbook?</heading> + + <p>The up-to-date Handbook is available from the FreeBSD Web Server or any + mirror as PostScript and plain text (7 bit ASCII and 8-bit Latin1). + + <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"> + </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"> + </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"> + </itemize> + + <sect1> + <heading>The ASCII handbook isn't plain text!</heading> + + <p>True, the ASCII and Latin1 versions of the FAQ and Handbook aren't + strictly plaintext; they contain underlines and overprints that + assume the output is going directly to a dot matrix printer. If you + need to reformat them to be human-readable, run the file through col: + + <verb> + $ col -b < inputfile > outputfile + </verb> + + <sect1> + <heading>I'd like to become a FreeBSD Web mirror!</heading> + + <p>Certainly! There are multiple ways to mirror the Web pages. + + <itemize> + <item>Using CVSUP: You can retrieve the formatted files using CVSUP + 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 + +</verb> + + <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. + </itemize> + + <sect1> + <heading>I'd like to translate the documentation into Friesian.</heading> + + <p>Well, we can't pay, but we might arrange a free CD or T-shirt and a + Contributor's Handbook entry if you sbumit a translation of the + documentation. + + <sect1> <heading>Other sources of information.</heading> <p>The following newsgroups contain pertinent discussion for FreeBSD |
