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authorVanilla I. Shu <vanilla@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-10 05:38:05 +0000
committerVanilla I. Shu <vanilla@FreeBSD.org>2006-07-10 05:38:05 +0000
commit780fb79509da795c901bc2dfe65ffc4e606c559c (patch)
treeaada567465eb1947a13bdf6d457a4b4d3c60faeb /zh_TW.Big5
parentb7a0dc1f12c9efd2f5cb401625e9ff940c94481b (diff)
Notes
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-rw-r--r--zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml111
-rw-r--r--zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml491
2 files changed, 215 insertions, 387 deletions
diff --git a/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml b/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
index 7d934c07fb..1a4597903c 100644
--- a/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
+++ b/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/config/chapter.sgml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
$FreeBSD$
Original revision: 1.213
+ Chased revision: 1.217
-->
<chapter id="config-tuning">
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@
<sect3>
<title>Base Partitions</title>
- <para>用 &man.disklabel.8; 或 &man.sysinstall.8; 來規劃檔案系統時,請記住:
+ <para>用 &man.bsdlabel.8; 或 &man.sysinstall.8; 來規劃檔案系統時,請記住:
硬碟在傳輸資料方面,(由於結構為碟片因素)外圈會比內圈來得快些。
因此,建議把較小、常會存取的分割區儘量放外圈,而較大的分割區像是
<filename>/usr</filename> 則應放在較內圈。
@@ -370,7 +371,7 @@ stop)
kill -9 `cat /var/run/utility.pid`
;;
*)
- echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" >&2
+ echo "Usage: `basename $0` {start|stop}" &gt;&2
exit 64
;;
esac
@@ -830,15 +831,6 @@ sshd is running as pid 433.</screen>
the supported hardware and even the possible problems that
could occur.</para>
- <note>
- <para><filename>NOTES</filename> does not exist on
- &os;&nbsp;4.X. Instead, check the <filename>LINT</filename>
- file for information about various network interfaces. See
- <xref linkend="kernelconfig-config"> for a more detailed
- summary of <filename>NOTES</filename> versus
- <filename>LINT</filename>.</para>
- </note>
-
<para>If you own a common card, most of the time you will not
have to look very hard for a driver. Drivers for common
network cards are present in the <filename>GENERIC</filename>
@@ -1578,7 +1570,7 @@ kern.maxproc: 1044</screen>
syntax:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>sysctl kern.maxfiles=5000</userinput>
-kern.maxfiles: 2088 -> 5000</screen>
+kern.maxfiles: 2088 -&gt; 5000</screen>
<para>Settings of sysctl variables are usually either strings,
numbers, or booleans (a boolean being <literal>1</literal> for yes
@@ -1698,8 +1690,8 @@ device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12</screen>
</para>
<para>There are various other buffer-cache and VM page cache
- related sysctls. We do not recommend modifying these values. As
- of &os;&nbsp;4.3, the VM system does an extremely good job of
+ related sysctls. We do not recommend modifying these values,
+ the VM system does an extremely good job of
automatically tuning itself.</para>
</sect3>
@@ -1801,10 +1793,6 @@ device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12</screen>
it is mounted. A good time to enable Soft Updates is before any
partitions have been mounted, in single-user mode.</para>
- <note><para>As of &os;&nbsp;4.5, it is possible to enable Soft Updates
- at filesystem creation time, through use of the <literal>-U</literal>
- option to &man.newfs.8;.</para></note>
-
<para>Soft Updates drastically improves meta-data performance, mainly
file creation and deletion, through the use of a memory cache. We
recommend to use Soft Updates on all of your file systems. There
@@ -2011,16 +1999,13 @@ device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12</screen>
connected at once, the resources needed may be similar to a
high-scale web server.</para>
- <para>Starting with &os;&nbsp;4.5, the system will auto-tune
+ <para>The system will auto-tune
<literal>maxusers</literal> for you if you explicitly set it to
<literal>0</literal><footnote>
<para>The auto-tuning algorithm sets
<literal>maxusers</literal> equal to the amount of memory in the
system, with a minimum of 32, and a maximum of 384.</para>
- </footnote>. In &os;&nbsp;5.X and above, <literal>maxusers</literal>
- will default to <literal>0</literal> if not specified. If you
- are using an version of &os; earlier than 4.5, or you want to
- manage it yourself you will want to set
+ </footnote>. When setting this option, you will want to set
<literal>maxusers</literal> to at least 4, especially if you are
using the X Window System or compiling software. The reason is that
the most important table set by <literal>maxusers</literal> is the
@@ -2207,17 +2192,6 @@ device_probe_and_attach: cbb0 attach returned 12</screen>
3500) to get the desired effect. Reducing these parameters
should be done as a last resort only.</para>
- <note>
- <para>In 4.X and earlier releases of &os; the
- <literal>inflight</literal> sysctl variables are directly under
- <varname>net.inet.tcp</varname>. Their names were
- (in alphabetic order):
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_debug</varname>,
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_enable</varname>,
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_max</varname>,
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_min</varname>,
- <varname>net.inet.tcp.inflight_stab</varname>.</para>
- </note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
@@ -2267,6 +2241,10 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</programlisting>
space: adding a new hard drive, enabling swap over NFS, and
creating a swap file on an existing partition.</para>
+ <para>For information on how to encrypt swap space, what options
+ for this task exist and why it should be done, please refer to
+ <xref linkend="swap-encrypting"> of the Handbook.</para>
+
<sect2 id="new-drive-swap">
<title>Swap on a New Hard Drive</title>
@@ -2283,10 +2261,7 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</programlisting>
<title>Swapping over NFS</title>
<para>Swapping over NFS is only recommended if you do not have a
- local hard disk to swap to. Swapping over NFS is slow and
- inefficient in versions of &os; prior to 4.X. It is
- reasonably fast and efficient in 4.0-RELEASE and newer. Even
- with newer versions of &os;, NFS swapping will be limited
+ local hard disk to swap to; NFS swapping will be limited
by the available network bandwidth and puts an additional
burden on the NFS server.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -2300,53 +2275,7 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</programlisting>
want, of course.</para>
<example>
- <title>Creating a Swapfile on &os; 4.X</title>
-
- <orderedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>Be certain that your kernel configuration includes
- the vnode driver. It is <emphasis>not</emphasis> in recent versions of
- <filename>GENERIC</filename>.</para>
-
- <programlisting>pseudo-device vn 1 #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)</programlisting>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Create a vn-device:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV vn0</userinput></screen>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Create a swapfile (<filename>/usr/swap0</filename>):</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap0 bs=1024k count=64</userinput></screen>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Set proper permissions on (<filename>/usr/swap0</filename>):</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 0600 /usr/swap0</userinput></screen>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>Enable the swap file in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
-
- <programlisting>swapfile="/usr/swap0" # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired.</programlisting>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
-
- <para>Reboot the machine or to enable the swap file immediately,
- type:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vnconfig -e /dev/vn0b /usr/swap0 swap</userinput></screen>
- </listitem>
- </orderedlist>
-
- </example>
- <example>
- <title>Creating a Swapfile on &os; 5.X</title>
+ <title>Creating a Swapfile on &os;</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
@@ -2380,7 +2309,7 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</programlisting>
<para>Reboot the machine or to enable the swap file immediately,
type:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/swap0 -u 0 && swapon /dev/md0</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/swap0 -u 0 &amp;&amp; swapon /dev/md0</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
@@ -2419,12 +2348,7 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</programlisting>
<para>In this section of the &os; Handbook, we will provide
comprehensive information about <acronym>ACPI</acronym>. References
- will be provided for further reading at the end. Please be aware
- that <acronym>ACPI</acronym> is available on &os;&nbsp;5.X and
- above systems as a default kernel module. For &os;&nbsp;4.9,
- <acronym>ACPI</acronym> can be enabled by adding the line
- <literal>device acpica</literal> to a kernel configuration and
- rebuilding.</para>
+ will be provided for further reading at the end.</para>
<sect2 id="acpi-intro">
<title>What Is ACPI?</title>
@@ -2446,8 +2370,7 @@ kern.maxvnodes: 100000</programlisting>
more control and flexibility to the operating system
(<acronym>OS</acronym>).
Modern systems <quote>stretched</quote> the limits of the
- current Plug and Play interfaces (such as APM, which is used in
- &os;&nbsp;4.X), prior to the introduction of
+ current Plug and Play interfaces prior to the introduction of
<acronym>ACPI</acronym>. <acronym>ACPI</acronym> is the direct
successor to <acronym>APM</acronym>
(Advanced Power Management).</para>
diff --git a/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml b/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
index c6ec473169..0fff7c1603 100644
--- a/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
+++ b/zh_TW.Big5/books/handbook/disks/chapter.sgml
@@ -100,12 +100,7 @@
<row>
<entry>非標準規格光碟機</entry>
<entry>Mitsumi 光碟機用 <literal>mcd</literal>,
- Sony 光碟機用 <literal>scd</literal>,
- Matsushita/Pansonic 光碟機用 <literal>matcd</literal>
- <footnote>
- <para>2002 年 10 月 5 日 FreeBSD 4.X 移除了 &man.matcd.4; 驅動程式,
- 因此 FreeBSD 5.0 及以後的版本不再支援。</para>
- </footnote>
+ Sony 光碟機用 <literal>scd</literal>。
</entry>
</row>
<row>
@@ -164,8 +159,7 @@
看一下 <filename>/var/run/dmesg.boot</filename> 以確認系統是否抓到新硬碟。
繼續剛才的範例,新增的硬碟會是 <devicename>da1</devicename>,
假設我們想將它掛載到 <filename>/1</filename> 這個位置
- (如果您新增的是 IDE 硬碟的話,4.0 之前的系統是
- <devicename>wd1</devicename>,4.X 及之後的系統則是
+ (如果您新增的是 IDE 硬碟的話,請用
<devicename>ad1</devicename>)。</para>
<indexterm><primary>partitions</primary></indexterm>
@@ -194,7 +188,7 @@
及 <filename>e</filename> BSD partition。在 dedicated 模式的話,
新硬碟則是 <filename>/dev/da1e</filename>。</para>
- <para>因為 &man.bsdlabel.8;(在 &os;&nbsp;4.X 稱為 &man.disklabel.8;)
+ <para>因為 &man.bsdlabel.8;
用 32-bit 整數來儲存 sector(磁區) 數,
因此限制一個硬碟最大只能有 2^32-1 個 sector,亦即 2TB 的空間。
而 &man.fdisk.8; 的格式容許起始 sector 編號不超過 2^32-1,
@@ -216,8 +210,7 @@
<title>操作 <application>Sysinstall</application></title>
<para>透過 <command>sysinstall</command>
- (<command>/stand/sysinstall</command> in &os; versions older
- than 5.2) 的選單介面,您可以輕易為硬碟分割 BIOS partition(slice)
+ 的選單介面,您可以輕易為硬碟分割 BIOS partition(slice)
和 BSD patition。您必須以 root 身份使用 <command>sysinstall</command>,
要嘛用 root 登入,要嘛用 <command>su</command> 切換到 root。
執行 <command>sysinstall</command> 後,選 <Literal>Configure</literal>
@@ -300,8 +293,8 @@
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1k count=1</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>fdisk -BI da1</userinput> # 初始您的硬碟。
-&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -B -w -r da1s1 auto</userinput> # 建立 disklabel。
-&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -e da1s1</userinput> # 編輯 disklabel 以新增 label。
+&prompt.root; <userinput>bsdlabel -B -w -r da1s1 auto</userinput> # 建立 bsdlabel。
+&prompt.root; <userinput>bsdlabel -e da1s1</userinput> # 編輯 bsdlabel 以新增 label。
&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /1</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs /dev/da1s1e</userinput> # 如果您新增了多個 label,對每個 label 重覆這個步驟。
&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/da1s1e /1</userinput> # 掛載這些新 label。
@@ -309,8 +302,7 @@
<para>如果您新增的是 IDE 硬碟,將 <filename>da</filename>
改成 <filename>da</filename> 即可
- <footnote><para>譯註:da 是 direct access,ad 則是 ata disk。</para></footnote>。
- 而如果是 4.X 之前的系統,用 <filename>wd</filename>。</para>
+ <footnote><para>譯註:da 是 direct access。</para></footnote>。</para>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -326,8 +318,8 @@
not understand.</para></footnote>。</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 bs=1k count=1</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -Brw da1 auto</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -e da1</userinput> # 建立 `e' partition。
+&prompt.root; <userinput>bsdlabel -Brw da1 auto</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>bsdlabel -e da1</userinput> # 建立 `e' partition。
&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs -d0 /dev/da1e</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /1</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>vi /etc/fstab</userinput> # 新增一筆 /dev/da1e 的資訊。
@@ -336,17 +328,12 @@
<para>另一種方法:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/da1 count=2</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel /dev/da1 | disklabel -BrR da1 /dev/stdin</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>bsdlabel /dev/da1 | bsdlabel -BrR da1 /dev/stdin</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs /dev/da1e</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>mkdir -p /1</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>vi /etc/fstab</userinput> # 新增一筆 /dev/da1e 的資訊。
&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /1</userinput></screen>
- <note><para>從 &os;&nbsp;5.1-RELEASE 開始,&man.bsdlabel.8; 取代原本的
- &man.disklabel.8; 程式,某些指令參數已經廢棄不用。
- 上面範例裡,如果用的是 &man.bsdlabel.8;,<option>-r</option>
- 參數應該拿掉。更多的資訊請參考 &man.bsdlabel.8; manual page。
- </para></note>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -430,47 +417,28 @@ ad3: 29333MB &lt;WDC WD307AA&gt; [59598/16/63] at ata1-slave UDMA33</programlist
Add this line to your kernel configuration file, rebuild, and
reinstall the kernel:</para>
- <programlisting>pseudo-device ccd 4</programlisting>
-
- <para>On 5.X systems, you have to use instead the following
- line:</para>
-
<programlisting>device ccd</programlisting>
- <note><para>In FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X, it is not necessary to specify
- a number of &man.ccd.4; devices, as the &man.ccd.4; device driver is now
- self-cloning &mdash; new device instances will automatically be
- created on demand.</para></note>
-
<para>The &man.ccd.4; support can also be
- loaded as a kernel loadable module in FreeBSD 3.0 or
- later.</para>
+ loaded as a kernel loadable module.</para>
<para>To set up &man.ccd.4;, you must first use
- &man.disklabel.8; to label the disks:</para>
+ &man.bsdlabel.8; to label the disks:</para>
- <programlisting>disklabel -r -w ad1 auto
-disklabel -r -w ad2 auto
-disklabel -r -w ad3 auto</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>bsdlabel -r -w ad1 auto
+bsdlabel -r -w ad2 auto
+bsdlabel -r -w ad3 auto</programlisting>
- <para>This creates a disklabel for <devicename>ad1c</devicename>, <devicename>ad2c</devicename> and <devicename>ad3c</devicename> that
+ <para>This creates a bsdlabel for <devicename>ad1c</devicename>, <devicename>ad2c</devicename> and <devicename>ad3c</devicename> that
spans the entire disk.</para>
- <note><para>Since &os;&nbsp;5.1-RELEASE, the &man.bsdlabel.8;
- utility replaces the old &man.disklabel.8; program. With
- &man.bsdlabel.8; a number of obsolete options and parameters
- have been retired; in the examples above the option
- <option>-r</option> should be removed. For more
- information, please refer to the &man.bsdlabel.8;
- manual page.</para></note>
-
<para>The next step is to change the disk label type. You
- can use &man.disklabel.8; to edit the
+ can use &man.bsdlabel.8; to edit the
disks:</para>
- <programlisting>disklabel -e ad1
-disklabel -e ad2
-disklabel -e ad3</programlisting>
+ <programlisting>bsdlabel -e ad1
+bsdlabel -e ad2
+bsdlabel -e ad3</programlisting>
<para>This opens up the current disk label on each disk with
the editor specified by the <envar>EDITOR</envar>
@@ -499,17 +467,6 @@ disklabel -e ad3</programlisting>
<sect4 id="ccd-buildingfs">
<title>Building the File System</title>
- <para>The device node for
- <devicename>ccd0c</devicename> may not exist yet, so to
- create it, perform the following commands:</para>
-
- <programlisting>cd /dev
-sh MAKEDEV ccd0</programlisting>
-
- <note><para>In FreeBSD 5.0, &man.devfs.5; will automatically
- manage device nodes in <filename>/dev</filename>, so use of
- <command>MAKEDEV</command> is not necessary.</para></note>
-
<para>Now that you have all the disks labeled, you must
build the &man.ccd.4;. To do that,
use &man.ccdconfig.8;, with options similar to the following:</para>
@@ -788,22 +745,13 @@ device umass</programlisting>
</note>
<para>Support for USB 2.0 controllers is provided on
- &os;&nbsp;5.X, and on the 4.X branch since &os;&nbsp;4.10-RELEASE.
- You have to add:</para>
+ &os;; however, you must add:</para>
<programlisting>device ehci</programlisting>
<para>to your configuration file for USB 2.0 support. Note
&man.uhci.4; and &man.ohci.4; drivers are still needed if you
want USB 1.X support.</para>
-
- <note>
- <para>On &os;&nbsp;4.X, the USB daemon (&man.usbd.8;) must be
- running to be able to see some USB devices. To enable it,
- add <literal>usbd_enable="YES"</literal> to your
- <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> file and reboot the
- machine.</para>
- </note>
</sect2>
<sect2>
@@ -1020,16 +968,9 @@ umass0: detached</screen>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mkisofs -R -no-emul-boot -b boot/cdboot -o /tmp/bootable.iso /tmp/myboot</userinput></screen>
- <para>Having done that, if you have <devicename>vn</devicename>
- (FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X), or <devicename>md</devicename>
- (FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X)
+ <para>Having done that, if you have <devicename>md</devicename>
configured in your kernel, you can mount the file system with:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vnconfig -e vn0c /tmp/bootable.iso</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t cd9660 /dev/vn0c /mnt</userinput></screen>
-
- <para>for FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X, and for FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X:</para>
-
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /tmp/bootable.iso -u 0</userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>mount -t cd9660 /dev/md0 /mnt</userinput></screen>
@@ -1058,7 +999,7 @@ umass0: detached</screen>
<para>Will burn a copy of <replaceable>imagefile.iso</replaceable> on
<replaceable>cddevice</replaceable>. The default device is
- <filename>/dev/acd0</filename> (or <filename>/dev/acd0c</filename> under &os;&nbsp;4.X). See &man.burncd.8; for options to
+ <filename>/dev/acd0</filename>. See &man.burncd.8; for options to
set the write speed, eject the CD after burning, and write audio
data.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -1093,7 +1034,7 @@ umass0: detached</screen>
<secondary>burning</secondary>
</indexterm>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cdrecord -scanbus</userinput>
-Cdrecord 1.9 (i386-unknown-freebsd4.2) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 J&ouml;rg Schilling
+Cdrecord-Clone 2.01 (i386-unknown-freebsd7.0) Copyright (C) 1995-2004 J&ouml;rg Schilling
Using libscg version 'schily-0.1'
scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) 'SEAGATE ' 'ST39236LW ' '0004' Disk
@@ -1173,15 +1114,6 @@ scsibus1:
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/acd0 of=/dev/null count=1</userinput></screen>
- <note><para>In &os; 4.X, the entries are not prefixed with
- zero. If the necessary entries in <filename>/dev</filename>
- are missing, use <command>MAKEDEV</command> to create
- them:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>sh MAKEDEV acd0t99</userinput></screen>
- </note>
-
</step>
<step>
@@ -1213,9 +1145,7 @@ scsibus1:
&man.mkisofs.8;, and you can use it to duplicate
any data CD. The example given here assumes that your CDROM
device is <devicename>acd0</devicename>. Substitute your
- correct CDROM device. Under &os;&nbsp;4.X, a <literal>c</literal> must be appended
- to the end of the device name to indicate the entire partition
- or, in the case of CDROMs, the entire disc.</para>
+ correct CDROM device.</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/acd0 of=file.iso bs=2048</userinput></screen>
@@ -1260,7 +1190,7 @@ scsibus1:
oddly, however. For example, Joliet disks store all filenames
in two-byte Unicode characters. The FreeBSD kernel does not
speak Unicode (yet!), so non-English characters show up as
- question marks. (If you are running FreeBSD 4.3 or later, the
+ question marks. (The FreeBSD
CD9660 driver includes hooks to load an appropriate Unicode
conversion table on the fly. Modules for some of the common
encodings are available via the
@@ -1797,44 +1727,9 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
<para>Floppy disks are accessed through entries in
<filename>/dev</filename>, just like other devices. To
- access the raw floppy disk in 4.X and earlier releases, one
- uses
- <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>,
- where <replaceable>N</replaceable> stands for the drive
- number, usually 0, or
- <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>NX</replaceable></filename>,
- where <replaceable>X</replaceable> stands for a
- letter.</para>
-
- <para>In 5.0 or newer releases, simply use
+ access the raw floppy disk, simply use
<filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>.</para>
- <sect4>
- <title>The Disk Size in 4.X and Earlier Releases</title>
-
- <para>There are also <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>N</replaceable>.<replaceable>size</replaceable></filename>
- devices, where <replaceable>size</replaceable> is a floppy disk
- size in kilobytes. These entries are used at low-level format
- time to determine the disk size. 1440kB is the size that will be
- used in the following examples.</para>
-
- <para>Sometimes the entries under <filename>/dev</filename> will
- have to be (re)created. To do that, issue:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>cd /dev &amp;&amp; ./MAKEDEV "fd*"</userinput></screen>
- </sect4>
-
- <sect4>
- <title>The Disk Size in 5.0 and Newer Releases</title>
-
- <para>In 5.0, &man.devfs.5; will automatically
- manage device nodes in <filename>/dev</filename>, so use of
- <command>MAKEDEV</command> is not necessary.</para>
-
- <para>The desired disk size is passed to &man.fdformat.1; through
- the <option>-f</option> flag. Supported sizes are listed in
- &man.fdcontrol.8;, but be advised that 1440kB is what works best.</para>
- </sect4>
</sect3>
<sect3>
@@ -1854,19 +1749,7 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
determine if the disk is good or bad.</para>
<sect4>
- <title>Formatting in 4.X and Earlier Releases</title>
-
- <para>Use the
- <filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>N</replaceable>.<replaceable>size</replaceable></filename>
- devices to format the floppy. Insert a new 3.5inch floppy
- disk in your drive and issue:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/usr/sbin/fdformat /dev/fd0.1440</userinput></screen>
-
- </sect4>
-
- <sect4>
- <title>Formatting in 5.0 and Newer Releases</title>
+ <title>Formatting Floppy Disks</title>
<para>Use the
<filename>/dev/fd<replaceable>N</replaceable></filename>
@@ -1879,8 +1762,6 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
</sect3>
</sect2>
-
-
<sect2>
<title>The Disk Label</title>
@@ -1894,12 +1775,12 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
floppy. The geometry values for the disk label are listed in
<filename>/etc/disktab</filename>.</para>
- <para>You can run now &man.disklabel.8; like so:</para>
+ <para>You can run now &man.bsdlabel.8; like so:</para>
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/disklabel -B -r -w /dev/fd0 fd1440</userinput></screen>
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>/sbin/bsdlabel -B -r -w /dev/fd0 fd1440</userinput></screen>
<note><para>Since &os;&nbsp;5.1-RELEASE, the &man.bsdlabel.8;
- utility replaces the old &man.disklabel.8; program. With
+ utility replaces the old &man.bsdlabel.8; program. With
&man.bsdlabel.8; a number of obsolete options and parameters
have been retired; in the example above the option
<option>-r</option> should be removed. For more
@@ -1931,9 +1812,7 @@ cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present - tray c
<sect2>
<title>Using the Floppy</title>
- <para>To use the floppy, mount it with &man.mount.msdos.8; (in
- 4.X and earlier releases) or &man.mount.msdosfs.8; (in 5.0 or
- newer releases). One can also use
+ <para>To use the floppy, mount it with &man.mount.msdos.8;. One can also use
<filename role="package">emulators/mtools</filename> from the ports
collection.</para>
</sect2>
@@ -2607,11 +2486,11 @@ sa0(ncr1:4:0): Logical unit is in process of becoming ready</screen>
<para>There are only four steps that you need to perform in
preparation for any disaster that may occur.</para>
<indexterm>
- <primary><command>disklabel</command></primary>
+ <primary><command>bsdlabel</command></primary>
</indexterm>
- <para>First, print the disklabel from each of your disks
- (e.g. <command>disklabel da0 | lpr</command>), your file system table
+ <para>First, print the bsdlabel from each of your disks
+ (e.g. <command>bsdlabel da0 | lpr</command>), your file system table
(<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>) and all boot messages,
two copies of
each.</para>
@@ -2627,7 +2506,7 @@ sa0(ncr1:4:0): Logical unit is in process of becoming ready</screen>
<para>Otherwise, you have to create two custom bootable
floppies which have a kernel that can mount all of your disks
and access your tape drive. These floppies must contain:
- <command>fdisk</command>, <command>disklabel</command>,
+ <command>fdisk</command>, <command>bsdlabel</command>,
<command>newfs</command>, <command>mount</command>, and
whichever backup program you use. These programs must be
statically linked. If you use <command>dump</command>, the
@@ -2674,7 +2553,7 @@ fi
# place boot blocks on the floppy
#
-disklabel -w -B /dev/fd0c fd1440
+bsdlabel -w -B /dev/fd0c fd1440
#
# newfs the one and only partition
@@ -2848,14 +2727,14 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
</indexterm>
<indexterm><primary>root partition</primary></indexterm>
<indexterm>
- <primary><command>disklabel</command></primary>
+ <primary><command>bsdlabel</command></primary>
</indexterm>
<indexterm>
<primary><command>newfs</command></primary>
</indexterm>
<para>Try to <command>mount</command> (e.g. <command>mount /dev/da0a
/mnt</command>) the root partition of your first disk. If the
- disklabel was damaged, use <command>disklabel</command> to re-partition and
+ bsdlabel was damaged, use <command>bsdlabel</command> to re-partition and
label the disk to match the label that you printed and saved. Use
<command>newfs</command> to re-create the file systems. Re-mount the root
partition of the floppy read-write (<command>mount -u -o rw
@@ -2920,73 +2799,19 @@ echo "The floppy has been unmounted and is now ready."]]></programlisting>
memory-based file systems.</para>
<note>
- <para>The FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X users will have to use &man.MAKEDEV.8;
- to create the required devices. FreeBSD&nbsp;5.0 and later use
- &man.devfs.5; to allocate device nodes transparently for the
+ <para>Use &man.devfs.5; to allocate device nodes transparently for the
user.</para>
</note>
- <sect2 id="disks-vnconfig">
- <title>File-Backed File System under FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>disks</primary>
- <secondary>file-backed (4.X)</secondary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <para>The utility &man.vnconfig.8; configures and enables vnode pseudo-disk
- devices. A <firstterm>vnode</firstterm> is a representation
- of a file, and is the focus of file activity. This means that
- &man.vnconfig.8; uses files to create and operate a
- file system. One possible use is the mounting of floppy or CD
- images kept in files.</para>
-
- <para>To use &man.vnconfig.8;, you need &man.vn.4; support in your
- kernel configuration file:</para>
-
- <programlisting>pseudo-device vn</programlisting>
-
- <para>To mount an existing file system image:</para>
-
- <example>
- <title>Using vnconfig to Mount an Existing File System
- Image under FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X</title>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vnconfig vn<replaceable>0</replaceable> <replaceable>diskimage</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/vn<replaceable>0</replaceable>c <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput></screen>
- </example>
-
- <para>To create a new file system image with &man.vnconfig.8;:</para>
-
- <example>
- <title>Creating a New File-Backed Disk with <command>vnconfig</command></title>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=<replaceable>newimage</replaceable> bs=1k count=<replaceable>5</replaceable>k</userinput>
-5120+0 records in
-5120+0 records out
-&prompt.root; <userinput>vnconfig -s labels -c vn<replaceable>0</replaceable> <replaceable>newimage</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -r -w vn<replaceable>0</replaceable> auto</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs vn<replaceable>0</replaceable>c</userinput>
-Warning: 2048 sector(s) in last cylinder unallocated
-/dev/vn0c: 10240 sectors in 3 cylinders of 1 tracks, 4096 sectors
- 5.0MB in 1 cyl groups (16 c/g, 32.00MB/g, 1280 i/g)
-super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
- 32
-&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/vn<replaceable>0</replaceable>c <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>df <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
-Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
-/dev/vn0c 4927 1 4532 0% /mnt</screen>
- </example>
- </sect2>
-
<sect2 id="disks-mdconfig">
- <title>File-Backed File System under FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X</title>
+ <title>File-Backed File System</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>disks</primary>
- <secondary>file-backed (5.X)</secondary>
+ <secondary>file-backed</secondary>
</indexterm>
<para>The utility &man.mdconfig.8; is used to configure and enable
- memory disks, &man.md.4;, under FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X. To use
+ memory disks, &man.md.4;, under FreeBSD. To use
&man.mdconfig.8;, you have to load &man.md.4; module or to add
the support in your kernel configuration file:</para>
@@ -3002,7 +2827,7 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
<example>
<title>Using <command>mdconfig</command> to Mount an Existing File System
- Image under FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X</title>
+ Image</title>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mdconfig -a -t vnode -f <replaceable>diskimage</replaceable> -u <replaceable>0</replaceable></userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/md<replaceable>0</replaceable> <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput></screen>
@@ -3017,16 +2842,16 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
5120+0 records in
5120+0 records out
&prompt.root; <userinput>mdconfig -a -t vnode -f <replaceable>newimage</replaceable> -u <replaceable>0</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>disklabel -r -w md<replaceable>0</replaceable> auto</userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs md<replaceable>0</replaceable>c</userinput>
-/dev/md0c: 5.0MB (10240 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048
- using 4 cylinder groups of 1.27MB, 81 blks, 256 inodes.
+&prompt.root; <userinput>bsdlabel -w md<replaceable>0</replaceable> auto</userinput>
+&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs md<replaceable>0</replaceable>a</userinput>
+/dev/md0a: 5.0MB (10224 sectors) block size 16384, fragment size 2048
+ using 4 cylinder groups of 1.25MB, 80 blks, 192 inodes.
super-block backups (for fsck -b #) at:
- 32, 2624, 5216, 7808
-&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/md<replaceable>0</replaceable>c <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
+ 160, 2720, 5280, 7840
+&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/md<replaceable>0</replaceable>a <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>df <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
-Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
-/dev/md0c 4846 2 4458 0% /mnt</screen>
+Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
+/dev/md0a 4710 4 4330 0% /mnt</screen>
</example>
<para>If you do not specify the unit number with the
@@ -3036,17 +2861,9 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
<devicename>md4</devicename>. For more details about
&man.mdconfig.8;, please refer to the manual page.</para>
- <note><para>Since &os;&nbsp;5.1-RELEASE, the &man.bsdlabel.8;
- utility replaces the old &man.disklabel.8; program. With
- &man.bsdlabel.8; a number of obsolete options and parameters
- have been retired; in the example above the option
- <option>-r</option> should be removed. For more
- information, please refer to the &man.bsdlabel.8;
- manual page.</para></note>
-
<para>The utility &man.mdconfig.8; is very useful, however it
asks many command lines to create a file-backed file system.
- FreeBSD&nbsp;5.0 also comes with a tool called &man.mdmfs.8;,
+ FreeBSD also comes with a tool called &man.mdmfs.8;,
this program configures a &man.md.4; disk using
&man.mdconfig.8;, puts a UFS file system on it using
&man.newfs.8;, and mounts it using &man.mount.8;. For example,
@@ -3061,7 +2878,7 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
&prompt.root; <userinput>mdmfs -F <replaceable>newimage</replaceable> -s <replaceable>5</replaceable>m md<replaceable>0</replaceable> <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
&prompt.root; <userinput>df <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
-/dev/md0 4846 2 4458 0% /mnt</screen>
+/dev/md0 4718 4 4338 0% /mnt</screen>
</example>
<para>If you use the option <option>md</option> without unit
@@ -3071,47 +2888,23 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
</sect2>
- <sect2 id="disks-md-freebsd4">
- <title>Memory-Based File System under FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X</title>
- <indexterm>
- <primary>disks</primary>
- <secondary>memory file system (4.X)</secondary>
- </indexterm>
-
- <para>The &man.md.4; driver is a simple, efficient means to create memory
- file systems under FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X. &man.malloc.9; is used
- to allocate the memory.</para>
-
- <para>Simply take a file system you have prepared with, for
- example, &man.vnconfig.8;, and:</para>
-
- <example>
- <title>md Memory Disk under FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X</title>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=<replaceable>newimage</replaceable> of=/dev/md<replaceable>0</replaceable></userinput>
-5120+0 records in
-5120+0 records out
-&prompt.root; <userinput>mount /dev/md<replaceable>0c</replaceable> <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
-&prompt.root; <userinput>df <replaceable>/mnt</replaceable></userinput>
-Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
-/dev/md0c 4927 1 4532 0% /mnt</screen>
- </example>
-
- <para>For more details, please refer to &man.md.4; manual
- page.</para>
- </sect2>
-
<sect2 id="disks-md-freebsd5">
- <title>Memory-Based File System under FreeBSD&nbsp;5.X</title>
+ <title>Memory-Based File System</title>
<indexterm>
<primary>disks</primary>
- <secondary>memory file system (5.X)</secondary>
+ <secondary>memory file system</secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para>The same tools are used for memory-based and file-backed
- file systems: &man.mdconfig.8; or &man.mdmfs.8;. The storage
- for memory-based file system is allocated with
- &man.malloc.9;.</para>
+ <para>For a
+ memory-based file system the <quote>swap backing</quote>
+ should normally be used. Using swap backing does not mean
+ that the memory disk will be swapped out to disk by default,
+ but merely that the memory disk will be allocated from a
+ memory pool which can be swapped out to disk if needed. It is
+ also possible to create memory-based disk which are
+ &man.malloc.9; backed, but using malloc backed memory disks,
+ especially large ones, can result in a system panic if the
+ kernel runs out of memory.</para>
<example>
<title>Creating a New Memory-Based Disk with
@@ -3170,13 +2963,6 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
&man.md.4; devices in using the command <command>mdconfig
-l</command>.</para>
- <para>For FreeBSD&nbsp;4.X, &man.vnconfig.8; is used to detach
- the device. For example to detach and free all resources
- used by <filename>/dev/vn4</filename>:</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>vnconfig -u vn<replaceable>4</replaceable></userinput></screen>
-
-
</sect2>
</sect1>
@@ -3199,7 +2985,7 @@ Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on
<secondary>snapshots</secondary>
</indexterm>
- <para>FreeBSD&nbsp;5.0 offers a new feature in conjunction with
+ <para>FreeBSD offers a feature in conjunction with
<link linkend="soft-updates">Soft Updates</link>: File system snapshots.</para>
<para>Snapshots allow a user to create images of specified file
@@ -3594,15 +3380,6 @@ Password:</screen>
</step>
<step>
- <title>Verify the Operating System Version</title>
-
- <para>&man.gbde.4; requires FreeBSD 5.0 or higher.</para>
-
- <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>uname -r</userinput>
-5.0-RELEASE</screen>
- </step>
-
- <step>
<title>Add &man.gbde.4; Support to the Kernel Configuration File</title>
<para>Add the following line to the kernel configuration
@@ -3742,9 +3519,6 @@ sector_size = 2048
initialize the old UFS1 file system, using &man.newfs.8; with
the <option>-O2</option> option is recommended.</para>
- <note><para>The <option>-O2</option> option is the default
- with &os;&nbsp;5.1-RELEASE and later.</para></note>
-
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>newfs -U -O2 /dev/ad4s1c.bde</userinput></screen>
<note>
@@ -4100,6 +3874,137 @@ geli_da2_flags="-p -k /root/da2.key"</screen>
</sect3>
</sect2>
</sect1>
+
+
+ <sect1 id="swap-encrypting">
+ <sect1info>
+ <authorgroup>
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Christian</firstname>
+ <surname>Br&uuml;ffer</surname>
+ <contrib>Written by </contrib>
+ </author>
+ </authorgroup>
+ </sect1info>
+
+ <title>Encrypting Swap Space</title>
+ <indexterm>
+ <primary>swap</primary>
+ <secondary>encrypting</secondary>
+ </indexterm>
+
+ <para>Swap encryption in &os; is easy to configure and has been
+ available since &os; 5.3-RELEASE. Depending on which version
+ of &os; is being used, different options are available
+ and configuration can vary slightly. From &os; 6.0-RELEASE onwards,
+ the &man.gbde.8; or &man.geli.8; encryption systems can be used
+ for swap encryption. With earlier versions, only &man.gbde.8; is
+ available. Both systems use the <filename>encswap</filename>
+ <link linkend="configtuning-rcd">rc.d</link> script.</para>
+
+ <para>The previous section, <link linkend="disks-encrypting">Encrypting
+ Disk Partitions</link>, includes a short discussion on the different
+ encryption systems.</para>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Why should Swap be Encrypted?</title>
+
+ <para>Like the encryption of disk partitions, encryption of swap space
+ is done to protect sensitive information. Imagine an application
+ that e.g. deals with passwords. As long as these passwords stay in
+ physical memory, all is well. However, if the operating system starts
+ swapping out memory pages to free space for other applications, the
+ passwords may be written to the disk platters unencrypted and easy to
+ retrieve for an adversary. Encrypting swap space can be a solution for
+ this scenario.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Preparation</title>
+
+ <note>
+ <para>For the remainder of this section, <devicename>ad0s1b</devicename>
+ will be the swap partition.</para>
+ </note>
+
+ <para>Up to this point the swap has been unencrypted. It is possible that
+ there are already passwords or other sensitive data on the disk platters
+ in cleartext. To rectify this, the data on the swap partition should be
+ overwritten with random garbage:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/random of=/dev/ad0s1b bs=1m</userinput></screen>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Swap Encryption with &man.gbde.8;</title>
+
+ <para>If &os; 6.0-RELEASE or newer is being used, the
+ <literal>.bde</literal> suffix should be added to the device in the
+ respective <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> swap line:</para>
+
+ <screen>
+# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
+/dev/ad0s1b.bde none swap sw 0 0
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>For systems prior to &os; 6.0-RELEASE, the following line
+ in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename> is also needed:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>gbde_swap_enable="YES"</programlisting>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Swap Encryption with &man.geli.8;</title>
+
+ <para>Alternatively, the procedure for using &man.geli.8; for swap
+ encryption is similar to that of using &man.gbde.8;. The
+ <literal>.eli</literal> suffix should be added to the device in the
+ respective <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> swap line:</para>
+
+ <screen>
+# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass#
+/dev/ad0s1b.eli none swap sw 0 0
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>&man.geli.8; uses the <acronym>AES</acronym> algorithm with
+ a key length of 256 bit by default.</para>
+
+ <para>Optionally, these defaults can be altered using the
+ <literal>geli_swap_flags</literal> option in
+ <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>. The following line tells the
+ <filename>encswap</filename> rc.d script to create &man.geli.8; swap
+ partitions using the Blowfish algorithm with a key length of 128 bit,
+ a sectorsize of 4 kilobytes and the <quote>detach on last close</quote>
+ option set:</para>
+
+ <programlisting>geli_swap_flags="-a blowfish -l 128 -s 4096 -d"</programlisting>
+
+ <para>Please refer to the description of the <command>onetime</command> command
+ in the &man.geli.8; manual page for a list of possible options.</para>
+ </sect2>
+
+ <sect2>
+ <title>Verifying that it Works</title>
+
+ <para>Once the system has been rebooted, proper operation of the
+ encrypted swap can be verified using the
+ <command>swapinfo</command> command.</para>
+
+ <para>If &man.gbde.8; is being used:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>swapinfo</userinput>
+Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
+/dev/ad0s1b.bde 542720 0 542720 0%
+ </screen>
+
+ <para>If &man.geli.8; is being used:</para>
+
+ <screen>&prompt.user; <userinput>swapinfo</userinput>
+Device 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity
+/dev/ad0s1b.eli 542720 0 542720 0%
+ </screen>
+ </sect2>
+ </sect1>
</chapter>
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