From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 14 06:37:49 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id GAA16166 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 06:37:49 -0700 Received: from eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (eikon.regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de [129.187.42.3]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA16114 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 06:34:32 -0700 Received: from vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de [129.187.142.36]) by eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA21906 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 15:30:31 +0200 Received: (from jhs@localhost) by vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (8.6.11/8.6.9) id KAA02903 for doc@freebsd.org; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 10:54:00 +0200 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 1995 10:54:00 +0200 From: Julian Howard Stacey Message-Id: <199508140854.KAA02903@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: web mirroring Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I have only once browsed (cursorily) the Web tree on www.freebsd.org, because my latency & transfer rate from Munich are so awful, but I guess there's lots of info there now. I've read refrences to a (4am ?) copy to the (src ?) tree, is this for all data on the freebsd section of the web site ? & to which part of the src/ports tree ? (my src/ports tree is ctm maintained by sendmail so aything local is easy & quick to view :-) Thanks Julian S From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 14 10:06:56 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id KAA01511 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 10:06:56 -0700 Received: from alf05.umiacs.UMD.EDU (alf01.umiacs.umd.edu [128.8.119.11]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA01495 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 10:06:54 -0700 Received: from alf01.umiacs.umd.edu by alf05.umiacs.UMD.EDU (8.6.11/UMIACS-0.9/04-05-88) id NAA19594; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 13:06:51 -0400 Message-Id: <199508141706.NAA19594@alf05.umiacs.UMD.EDU> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 95 13:06:51 -0400 From: Ali Fouladi Semnani X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (X11; I; OSF1 V3.2 alpha) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Documantation for FreeBSD X-URL: http://freefall.freebsd.org/How/faq/freebsd-faq-7.html#7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: doc-owner@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk I am looking for BSD System Manager's Manual, the User's Reference manual as well as Programmer's Reference Manual. I have looked at the O'Reilly series and found two problems with them. First they are not being published anymore and second, even if I can find them they are very expensive. I am looking for alternatives. Do you have any suggesyions ? From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Aug 14 22:45:25 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id WAA24106 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 22:45:25 -0700 Received: from i-2000.com (i-2000.com [204.97.92.2]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id WAA24099 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 1995 22:45:13 -0700 Received: by i-2000.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA07656; Tue, 15 Aug 95 01:44:09 EDT Message-Id: <9508150544.AA07656@i-2000.com> X-Mailer: Post Road Mailer (Green Edition Ver 1.00) To: doc@freebsd.org From: Francisco Reyes Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 01:41:40 EST Reply-To: Francisco Reyes Subject: Installation documentation Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I recently installed FreeBsd and althoug it was much easier than Linux I found that there were several specific things missing that could be of great help for someone installing FreeBsd. Should I send suggestions to this ID? I am also interested in helping out with documenting FreeBsd. My main interest is helping with the installation files. From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Aug 15 10:10:45 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id KAA16302 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 10:10:45 -0700 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (mail.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.13]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA16280 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 10:10:33 -0700 Received: from localhost.cs.tu-berlin.de ([130.149.1.124]) by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id SAA07443 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 18:59:41 +0200 Received: (from wosch@localhost) by localhost (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA00843; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 13:33:01 +0200 Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 13:33:01 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider Message-Id: <199508151133.NAA00843@localhost> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: unix-faq/faq/part6 Reply-to: Wolfram Schneider MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk The unix FAQ should be updated: $ egrep -A 1 FreeBSD part6 BNR/2: stands for BSD Net/2 Release? Includes NetBSD/1, FreeBSD. -- FreeBSD: 386bsd 0.1 with the patchkit applied, and many updated utilities. From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Aug 15 11:00:07 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id LAA18501 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:00:07 -0700 Received: from bubba.tribe.com ([205.184.207.7]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA18495 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 11:00:06 -0700 Received: (from archie@localhost) by bubba.tribe.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id KAA18473 for doc@freebsd.org; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 10:59:32 -0700 From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <199508151759.KAA18473@bubba.tribe.com> Subject: open(2) man page To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 10:59:32 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 181 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi.. the open(2) man page doesn't state that EAGAIN will be returned in the case that O_EXLOCK and O_NONBLOCK are specified in the flags, and the file is already locked. -Archie From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Aug 15 15:40:14 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id PAA13845 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 15:40:14 -0700 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id PAA13835 for ; Tue, 15 Aug 1995 15:40:11 -0700 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA07800; Tue, 15 Aug 95 16:32:43 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9508152232.AA07800@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: Installation documentation To: freyes@i-2000.com Date: Tue, 15 Aug 95 16:32:43 MDT Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9508150544.AA07656@i-2000.com> from "Francisco Reyes" at Aug 15, 95 01:41:40 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I recently installed FreeBsd and althoug it was much easier > than Linux I found that there were several specific things > missing that could be of great help for someone installing > FreeBsd. > > Should I send suggestions to this ID? If they are documentation issues, yes; otherwise use bugs@freebsd.org. > I am also interested in helping out with documenting FreeBsd. This is the right list for that! > My main interest is helping with the installation files. The list depends on the files. Probably you want to contact Jordan Hubbard (jkh@time.cdrom.com) if you want to actively hack the install. Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Aug 16 23:39:11 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id XAA23311 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 16 Aug 1995 23:39:11 -0700 Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id XAA23301 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 1995 23:39:06 -0700 Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.9/8.6.9) id QAA01150 for doc@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:42:07 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199508170712.QAA01150@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: SLIP FAQ, a quick hint for whoever is updating... To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:42:07 +0930 (CST) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1524 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Just to pass along a useful result I've achieved maintaining a dialout SLIP link, for the use of whomever may be maintaining/updating the SLIP FAQ. So far, every solution I've seen for maintaining a SLIP link has involved kermit, which just doesn't get along at all well with SLIP lines. A much simpler, and easily as functional, approach is to make use of slattach's ability to detect carrier, and its redial-command feature. If we assume a 'standard' login process involving a "login:" and "password:" prompt, and a Hayes-compatible modem appropriately configured, we can use the chat program to automate dialling. We prepare a chat script to do the work : /root/chat.script : ABORT BUSY ABORT 'NO CARRIER' TIMEOUT 60 '' ATZ OK-ATZ-OK ATDTxxx-xxxx ogin:--ogin: ssword: And a shell script as a wrapper to avoid redialling endlessly due to a line or modem fault : /root/slipdial : #!/bin/sh until chat -f /root/chat.script; do sleep 300; done (remember to chmod +x /root/slipdial) Now invoke slattach as : slattach -ahs 38400 -r /root/slipdial /dev/cuaa0 (Replace cuaa0 with whatever your serial port is) -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" -Terry Lambert UNIX: live FreeBSD or die! [[ From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 17 06:41:03 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id GAA11655 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:41:03 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA11647 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:40:59 -0700 Received: (from jkh@localhost) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id GAA20309 for doc@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:40:57 -0700 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:40:57 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Message-Id: <199508171340.GAA20309@time.cdrom.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Egad! No "setting up a WEB server" document? For shame! :) Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I'm amazed that the networking section of the Handbook (see Part 3) has no tutorial on setting up a web server.. I'd have thought with all those Apache enthusiasts out there we'd have SOMETHING, no? One of the most popular applications for FreeBSD right now and we haven't even got a chapter on it.. Sigh.. :( Jordan From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 17 06:48:58 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id GAA12275 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:48:58 -0700 Received: from kryten.atinc.com (kryten.Atinc.COM [198.138.38.7]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA12267 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 06:48:54 -0700 Received: (jmb@localhost) by kryten.atinc.com (8.6.9/8.3) id JAA04927; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 09:34:26 -0400 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 09:34:23 -0400 (EDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Subject: Re: SLIP FAQ, a quick hint for whoever is updating... To: Michael Smith cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508170712.QAA01150@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 17 Aug 1995, Michael Smith wrote: > Just to pass along a useful result I've achieved maintaining a dialout > SLIP link, for the use of whomever may be maintaining/updating the SLIP > FAQ. > > So far, every solution I've seen for maintaining a SLIP link has involved > kermit, which just doesn't get along at all well with SLIP lines. > > A much simpler, and easily as functional, approach is to make use of > slattach's ability to detect carrier, and its redial-command feature. yet another method is to use startslip. as in (from my 2.0R system): startslip -I rimmer -F hw -s atdt703-418-8663 -b 57600 /dev/cua01 this gives me hardware flow control, auto redial on connection loss (up to 7 tries), 57600 bps serial to modem rate note the -I, i hacked into the startslip to talk to the chase/iolan terminal server. startslip handles annex terminal servers without modifications. (man startslip) Jonathan M. Bresler jmb@kryten.atinc.com | Analysis & Technology, Inc. FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.Org | 2341 Jeff Davis Hwy play go. | Arlington, VA 22202 ride bike. hack FreeBSD.--ah the good life | 703-418-2800 x346 From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 17 10:17:04 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id KAA25916 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:17:04 -0700 Received: from bubba.tribe.com ([205.184.207.7]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA25909 ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:17:02 -0700 Received: (from archie@localhost) by bubba.tribe.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id KAA26180; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:16:29 -0700 From: Archie Cobbs Message-Id: <199508171716.KAA26180@bubba.tribe.com> Subject: Usernames 8 chars max To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:16:28 -0700 (PDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 626 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello. I've noticed that when using the getpwent(3) routines, if you've added a user whose username is more than 8 characters long (for example, using chpass -a), it won't be found, though the user does otherwise exist. Is this documented anywhere? Seems like it ought to be listed in the BUGS section of the getpwent(3) man page. Or is there a more universal understanding that usernames can't be longer than 8 chars? If so, where is this documented? Related question: is "doc@freebsd.org" the correct address to send man page & other documentation corrections? I sent something before but go no reply. Thanks! -Archie From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 17 16:24:12 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id QAA17779 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:24:12 -0700 Received: from hoover.stanford.edu (hoover.Stanford.EDU [36.33.0.99]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA17773 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:24:06 -0700 Received: from HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU by HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU (PMDF V4.3-10 #8660) id <01HU6PMLAVJ400K8XS@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU>; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:28:04 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 16:28:04 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson Subject: Handbook To: doc@freebsd.org Message-id: <01HU6PMLBOGY00K8XS@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU> X-VMS-To: IN%"doc@freebsd.org" X-VMS-Cc: ANDRSN MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I've been trying to get the handbook from freefall.freebsd.org but I get a 404 message. I also get this message when I try the link to the tutorial. The message archive is working-- Thanks Annelise From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 17 18:53:21 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id SAA23000 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 18:53:21 -0700 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with SMTP id SAA22994 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 18:53:19 -0700 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA14136; Thu, 17 Aug 95 19:46:08 MDT From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9508180146.AA14136@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: FreeBSD and MacX (fwd) To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 17 Aug 95 19:46:07 MDT X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Forwarded message: >From allynh@avsi.com Thu Aug 17 19:38:47 1995 Message-Id: <199508180146.VAA17882@jupiter.avsi.com> From: Allyn Hardyck To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Subject: Re: FreeBSD and MacX In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 17 Aug 1995 18:24:27 -0600. Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 21:46:42 -0400 Sender: allynh@avsi.com >Potentially the mac is using the rexec service. Note that this is >disabled in /etc/inetd.conf by default. You could try enabling it >and kill -1'ing inetd again. Bingo. Thanks very much. Allyn Hardyck From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 17 19:02:39 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id TAA23393 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 19:02:39 -0700 Received: from jupiter.avsi.com (jupiter.avsi.com [199.100.190.6]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id TAA23383 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 19:02:36 -0700 Received: from avsi.com (jupiter.avsi.com [199.100.190.6]) by jupiter.avsi.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) with ESMTP id WAA18067 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:03:24 -0400 Message-Id: <199508180203.WAA18067@jupiter.avsi.com> From: Allyn Hardyck To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: FreeBSD and MacX Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:03:23 -0400 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk For a FreeBSD machine to process requests properly from a Mac running MacX, rexecd needs to be enabled in /etc/inetd.conf. From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Aug 17 22:19:15 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id WAA00618 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:19:15 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id WAA00612 for ; Thu, 17 Aug 1995 22:19:13 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id BAA26116; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 01:21:18 -0400 From: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199508180521.BAA26116@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: Documantation for FreeBSD To: semnani@umiacs.UMD.EDU (Ali Fouladi Semnani) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 01:21:18 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508141706.NAA19594@alf05.umiacs.UMD.EDU> from "Ali Fouladi Semnani" at Aug 14, 95 01:06:51 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 599 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Ali Fouladi Semnani writes: > I am looking for BSD System Manager's Manual, the User's Reference manual as > well as Programmer's Reference Manual. I have looked at the O'Reilly series > and found two problems with them. First they are not being published anymore ?? This is news to me. > and second, even if I can find them they are very expensive. I > am looking for alternatives. Do you have any suggesyions ? Consult your local library. If they do not have a copy, request one through interlibrary loan. -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 18 04:43:17 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id EAA18212 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:43:17 -0700 Received: from silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU [136.152.64.181]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA18201 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:43:14 -0700 Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9) id EAA04992; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:43:08 -0700 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 04:43:08 -0700 Message-Id: <199508181143.EAA04992@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> To: jkh@freefall.FreeBSD.org CC: CVS-commiters@freefall.FreeBSD.org, cvs-sys@freefall.FreeBSD.org, doc@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <199508181126.EAA17584@freefall.FreeBSD.org> (jkh@freefall.FreeBSD.org) Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa atapi.c atapi.h wcd.c wd.c From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk * Bring in Serge Vakulenko's IDE CDROM (ATAPI) driver. A number of * people have now indicated to me that it's working more than well * enough to bring into -current. Cool...can someone (John?) add this to the FAQ? Also, the "All non-SCSI cards are known to be extremely slow compared to SCSI drives" comment may need to go or at least re-worded, this smells a little elitist, IMO.... Satoshi From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 18 05:31:48 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id FAA20124 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 05:31:48 -0700 Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [192.216.222.226]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA20118 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 05:31:47 -0700 Received: (from jkh@localhost) by time.cdrom.com (8.6.11/8.6.9) id FAA25669 for doc@freebsd.org; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 05:31:45 -0700 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 05:31:45 -0700 From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Message-Id: <199508181231.FAA25669@time.cdrom.com> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: The X-Window System section of handbook. Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Maybe we can just use the XFree86 docs as a placeholder for now, as is done on the boot floppy? Just a suggestion. Jordan From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 18 07:20:57 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id HAA25543 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 07:20:57 -0700 Received: from ibp.ibp.fr (ibp.ibp.fr [132.227.60.30]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA25534 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 07:20:53 -0700 Received: from blaise.ibp.fr (blaise.ibp.fr [132.227.60.1]) by ibp.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) with ESMTP id QAA08073 ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:20:50 +0200 Received: from (roberto@localhost) by blaise.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) id QAA27675 ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:20:50 +0200 From: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert) Message-Id: <199508181420.QAA27675@blaise.ibp.fr> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/i386/isa atapi.c atapi.h wcd.c wd.c To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:20:49 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: jkh@freefall.FreeBSD.org, CVS-commiters@freefall.FreeBSD.org, cvs-sys@freefall.FreeBSD.org, doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508181143.EAA04992@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> from "Satoshi Asami" at Aug 18, 95 04:43:08 am X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT ctm#880 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 423 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > Cool...can someone (John?) add this to the FAQ? Also, the "All > non-SCSI cards are known to be extremely slow compared to SCSI drives" > comment may need to go or at least re-worded, this smells a little > elitist, IMO.... I'll do it. Can someone post an announce on Usenet ? -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD 2.2-CURRENT #5: Fri Jul 14 12:28:04 MET DST 1995 From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 18 08:21:06 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id IAA03285 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 08:21:06 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA03265 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 08:21:02 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id LAA28951; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 11:21:40 -0400 From: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199508181521.LAA28951@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: web mirroring To: jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (Julian Howard Stacey) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 11:21:40 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508140854.KAA02903@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> from "Julian Howard Stacey" at Aug 14, 95 10:54:00 am Content-Type: text Content-Length: 470 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Julian Howard Stacey writes: > I've read refrences to a (4am ?) copy to the (src ?) tree, > is this for all data on the freebsd section of the web site ? > & to which part of the src/ports tree ? The FAQ and the Handbook are in current under /usr/src/share/doc/FAQ and /usr/src/share/doc/handbook respectively. They are written in sgml and can be formatted with the sgmlfmt(1) command. -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 18 08:29:14 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id IAA04815 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 08:29:14 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA04798 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 08:29:11 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id LAA29095; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 11:31:07 -0400 From: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199508181531.LAA29095@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: Handbook To: ANDRSN@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU (Annelise Anderson) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 11:31:07 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <01HU6PMLBOGY00K8XS@HOOVER.STANFORD.EDU> from "Annelise Anderson" at Aug 17, 95 04:28:04 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 293 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Annelise Anderson writes: > I've been trying to get the handbook from freefall.freebsd.org but > I get a 404 message. I also get this message when I try the link to > the tutorial. What browser are you using? -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 18 09:09:43 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id JAA10470 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 09:09:43 -0700 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (mail.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.13]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id JAA10417 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 09:09:07 -0700 Received: from caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de (wosch@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.144.4]) by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id RAA10046; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 17:51:22 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider Received: (wosch@localhost) by caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.6.12/8.6.9) id RAA09605; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 17:51:15 +0200 Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 17:51:15 +0200 Message-Id: <199508181551.RAA09605@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> To: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu (John Fieber) CC: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: unix-faq/faq/part6 In-Reply-To: <199508181541.LAA29305@grendel.csc.smith.edu> References: <199508151133.NAA00843@localhost> <199508181541.LAA29305@grendel.csc.smith.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk John Fieber writes: >Wolfram Schneider writes: >> The unix FAQ should be updated: >> >> $ egrep -A 1 FreeBSD part6 >> BNR/2: stands for BSD Net/2 Release? Includes NetBSD/1, FreeBSD. >> >> -- >> FreeBSD: 386bsd 0.1 with the patchkit applied, and many updated >> utilities. > > >We are neither the authors or maintainers of this FAQ. The >maintainers address *should* be prominently listed somewhere in >that FAQ. But you know the correct answer (FreeBSD 1.1.5 Jul 94, FreeBSD 2.0 oct 94 (?)) Wolfram From: tmatimar@isgtec.com (Ted Timar) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.shell,comp.answers,news.answers Subject: Unix - Frequently Asked Questions (6/7) [Frequent posting] Supersedes: Followup-To: comp.unix.questions Date: 14 Aug 1995 10:07:58 GMT X-Last-Updated: 1995/03/28 From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Aug 18 14:37:14 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id OAA25313 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 14:37:14 -0700 Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA25304 for ; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 14:37:11 -0700 Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) id QAA01383; Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:36:33 -0500 From: John Fieber Message-Id: <199508182136.QAA01383@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> Subject: Re: unix-faq/faq/part6 To: wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfram Schneider) Date: Fri, 18 Aug 1995 16:36:32 -0500 (EST) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508181551.RAA09605@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> from "Wolfram Schneider" at Aug 18, 95 05:51:15 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 213 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > But you know the correct answer (FreeBSD 1.1.5 Jul 94, FreeBSD 2.0 oct > 94 (?)) FreeBSD 2.0 and later is based on the BSD4.4-lite release. Prior versions of FreeBSD are based on the BSD Net/2 release. -john From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 19 03:37:11 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id DAA27539 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 03:37:11 -0700 Received: from silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU [136.152.64.181]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id DAA27532 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 03:37:06 -0700 Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9) id DAA07527; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 03:37:03 -0700 Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 03:37:03 -0700 Message-Id: <199508191037.DAA07527@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: New porting.sgml From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I put a new version of porting.sgml in my home directory on freefall. This is an almost complete rewrite, as the diff file (not context or unified, just diff) is almost as long as both the old and new versions combined. Please take a look and commit it. I did run it through sgmlfmt a few times here, at least the html output looks ok. Satoshi From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 19 08:41:01 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id IAA10158 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 08:41:01 -0700 Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id IAA10134 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 08:40:57 -0700 Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) id KAA06475; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 10:40:49 -0500 From: John Fieber Message-Id: <199508191540.KAA06475@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> Subject: Re: New porting.sgml To: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 10:40:48 -0500 (EST) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508191037.DAA07527@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> from "Satoshi Asami" at Aug 19, 95 03:37:03 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 500 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > Please take a look and commit it. I did run it through sgmlfmt a few > times here, at least the html output looks ok. Looks great! I committed it. One question: does any of the documentation reflect freebsd-current as opposed to 2.0.5? If so, those sections need to be clearly as such with instructions on how to get the necessary parts of -current (I suspect that bsd.port.mk is the only thing in most cases). -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 19 12:57:47 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id MAA27488 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 12:57:47 -0700 Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA27481 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 12:57:45 -0700 Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) id OAA06961; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 14:57:33 -0500 From: John Fieber Message-Id: <199508191957.OAA06961@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> Subject: Re: Egad! No "setting up a WEB server" document? For shame! :) To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 14:57:32 -0500 (EST) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199508171340.GAA20309@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Aug 17, 95 06:40:57 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 499 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > I'm amazed that the networking section of the Handbook (see Part 3) > has no tutorial on setting up a web server.. I'd have thought with all > those Apache enthusiasts out there we'd have SOMETHING, no? And which of the bazillion servers should we document? If I can find the time, I just might make a package of Apache. Its pretty much a no-brainer for installation, but a package would make it even easier. -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 19 14:59:56 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id OAA12027 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 14:59:56 -0700 Received: from silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU [136.152.64.181]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id OAA12018 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 14:59:52 -0700 Received: (from asami@localhost) by silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA00678; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 14:59:45 -0700 Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 14:59:45 -0700 Message-Id: <199508192159.OAA00678@silvia.HIP.Berkeley.EDU> To: jfieber@grendel.csc.smith.edu CC: doc@freebsd.org In-reply-to: <199508191540.KAA06475@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> (message from John Fieber on Sat, 19 Aug 1995 10:40:48 -0500 (EST)) Subject: Re: New porting.sgml From: asami@cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami) Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk * Looks great! I committed it. Thanks! I guess I'll see it after the 4am update! * One question: does any of the documentation reflect * freebsd-current as opposed to 2.0.5? If so, those sections need * to be clearly as such with instructions on how to get the * necessary parts of -current (I suspect that bsd.port.mk is the * only thing in most cases). The only thing I can think of is the new argument (-m) to ldconfig, but I'm not sure if you can just grab ldconfig and rebuild it and be happy, as much of ld has changed. The section is clearly marked, and it won't really stop people from doing ports, it's just an extra line in the post-install target that can produce an error message in previous versions. Also, it is only relevant when the port installs a shared library, so most people aren't affected. Satoshi From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Aug 19 15:17:47 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) id PAA14351 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 15:17:47 -0700 Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.FreeBSD.org (8.6.11/8.6.6) with ESMTP id PAA14345 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 15:17:45 -0700 Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.11/8.6.9) id RAA00291; Sat, 19 Aug 1995 17:17:27 -0500 From: John Fieber Message-Id: <199508192217.RAA00291@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu> Subject: Re: Nik Clayton: Draft iijppp FAQ To: rwatson@sidwell.edu (Robert Watson) Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 17:17:26 -0500 (EST) Cc: jkh@time.cdrom.com, doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Robert Watson" at Jul 31, 95 08:47:00 am X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 430 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Watson writes > Under DynamicPPP,thereis an "I reallydon'thave anyexperience > here"message. Maybe we shouldinsert a line that essentially says "use > the set iffaddr command to specify the ip addresses used. Specifying an > IP address as 0 will cause it to be resolved by iijppp using ipcp. See I just added something to that effect. -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush ===