From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Mar 10 09:16:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA08811 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 09:16:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from piva.ucs.mun.ca (piva.ucs.mun.ca [134.153.2.63]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA08794 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 09:16:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from calvin.stemnet.nf.ca (root@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca [134.153.2.96]) by piva.ucs.mun.ca (8.6.12/8.6.9) with ESMTP id NAA16093 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 13:46:46 -0330 Received: from (pliu@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca [134.153.2.96]) by calvin.stemnet.nf.ca (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id NAA26375 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 13:46:40 -0330 Message-ID: <31429BED.643C@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca> Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 01:07:57 -0800 From: Pengfei Liu X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: How to obtain a whole FAQ ? X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I would be interested in obtaining a whole article of the FAQ and the Installing the Freebsd, without doing a save or grab section by section. How can I do that? Do you have some files in HP or PS format that can be printed from a printer? Please give me a reply! Pengfei From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Mar 10 17:05:09 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA05716 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 17:05:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu [149.159.1.34]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA05705 for ; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 17:05:05 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jfieber@localhost) by fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id UAA21415; Sun, 10 Mar 1996 20:05:02 -0500 Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 20:05:02 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber X-Sender: jfieber@fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu To: Pengfei Liu cc: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to obtain a whole FAQ ? In-Reply-To: <31429BED.643C@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, Pengfei Liu wrote: > I would be interested in obtaining a whole article of the FAQ and the > Installing the Freebsd, without doing a save or grab section by section. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/docs -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fieber-john.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ============ From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 11 10:50:14 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id KAA03127 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:50:14 -0800 (PST) Received: from chava.netmedia.co.il (chava.netmedia.co.il [192.115.153.20]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id KAA03120 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 10:50:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from LOCALNAME (cs21a15.netmedia.net.il [192.115.153.79]) by chava.netmedia.co.il (8.7.2/8.7.2) with SMTP id UAA22005 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 20:49:37 +0200 (IST) Message-ID: <2F496F62.5CA6@netmedia.net.il> Date: Mon, 20 Feb 1995 20:43:14 -0800 From: Chaim Keren Tzion X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Handbook X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/docs.html Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is there any way to download the handbook as a file. I use a modem connection and reading it online is expensive and downloading the handbook page by page is an arduous task. Thanks, Chaim chaim@netmedia.net.il From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 11 15:11:26 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA27888 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:11:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id PAA27882 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:11:24 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA10701; Mon, 11 Mar 96 23:11:22 GMT Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA04942; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:11:21 -0700 Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 16:11:21 -0700 Message-Id: <9603112311.AA04942@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> From: Sean Kelly To: jeremyc@ssimicro.com Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199602192201.WAA00352@roc.fmbs2.gov.nt.ca> (message from Jeremy Childs on Mon, 19 Feb 1996 22:01:52 GMT) Subject: Re: Handbook: PPP Server 1st draft Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Jeremy" == Jeremy Childs writes: Jeremy> http://www.ssimicro.com/~jeremyc/ppp.html Jeremy> Comments welcome. If you would like a copy mailed to you, Jeremy> please let me know. Thanks for the opportunity for review. The section looks really good! There's a good style throughout and the instructions are easy to follow. Here're my inadequate comments for your truly informational document: * 11.5 Configuring FreeBSD as a PPP Dialup Router 11.5.1 Introduction There should always be nontrivial but perhaps introductory text between headings. If you can't think of something, then just remove the ``Introduction'' subhead and have 11.5.1 be the ``Prerequisites'' section. * ... the author's personal experience ... While there's no FreeBSD style sheet yet, I think it's perfectly acceptable to refer to yourself in the first person. Say ``my experience'' instead. Technical material especially should be this way: don't think of it as being less formal but are less stilted. It'll be easier to read and understand. Likewise, instead of ``assumes the reader's familiarity'' just say ``assumes you're familiar with ...'' * 11.5.4 Manually Started ppp You might want to consider putting this section (and the two that follow) into their own section that describes the differences between each. Online readers can see all three in perspective then, make comparisons, and choose one by just clicking and jumping to the appropriate heading. Also, the HTML doesn't look like it's from the sgmlfmt program, which means it can't be easily integrated into the FreeBSD handbook. Would you consider making an SGML version of the document using the linuxdoc DTD in /usr/share/sgml/FreeBSD/dtd/linuxdoc? -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/ From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 11 15:56:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA01472 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:56:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA01466 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 15:56:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id KAA24315 for doc@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:35:00 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603120005.KAA24315@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: No 'MAXMEM' documentation in LINT To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 10:34:59 +1030 (CST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk ... says it all really. There should be a comment for MAXMEM in the LINT config. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 11 17:56:16 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id RAA13255 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:56:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id RAA13113 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 17:55:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id MAA24697 for doc@freebsd.org; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:35:04 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603120205.MAA24697@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: PCI ethernet boards (fwd) To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 12:35:03 +1030 (CST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Ok doc-people, we have a bogon. The handbook list should say DEC DC21040/DC21041/DC21140 based NICs: Doug White stands accused of saying: > > > Well, that's their problem :-) Besides, I have the dec chip wrong; it > > > should be DC21140 and DC21141. (According to the Handbook at least) > > > > Just go read it again 8) There are three DEC parts : the 2104x are 10Mbps > > parts, the 21140 is a 100Mbps part. (If you're sure the handbook sez what > > you thought, then it needs to be fixed 8) > > The handbook says this: > > DEC DC21140/DC21141 based NICs: ... > Compex CPXPCI/32C And it should be noted that newer models of this board (rev D and above) use the DC21041 in an incompatible fashion, and do not work. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[ From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Mar 13 01:27:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id BAA17243 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 01:27:22 -0800 (PST) Received: from bronze.interlog.com (root@bronze.interlog.com [198.53.145.11]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA17238 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 01:27:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from speedy (spencer.interlog.com [205.206.66.229]) by bronze.interlog.com (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id EAA23471 for ; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 04:27:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 04:27:21 -0500 Message-Id: <199603120927.EAA23471@bronze.interlog.com> X-Sender: spencer@mail.interlog.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: doc@freebsd.org From: "David L. Spencer" Subject: The FreeBSD Handbook Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Is it possible to download a complete ASCII version of the online handbook? Thanks, David. From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Mar 13 08:57:56 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA09738 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:57:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from freenet.hamilton.on.ca (main.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.65]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA09733 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:57:53 -0800 (PST) From: hoek@freenet.hamilton.on.ca Received: from james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca [199.212.94.66]) by freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id LAA14654; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:57:21 -0500 Received: (ac199@localhost) by james.freenet.hamilton.on.ca (8.6.12/8.6.12) id LAA11840; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:58:41 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 11:58:40 -0500 (EST) To: Robin Lunn cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kernel only sees 64Mb of RAM In-Reply-To: <199603131458.QAA22752@admin.is.co.za> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 13 Mar 1996, Robin Lunn wrote: > We've just installed FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE onto a P-100 with 128Mb of ram. > The kernel (as yet only the GENERIC kernel) only sees 64Mb of memory. I see > no special definitions in the GENERIC kernel config file on my development > system that would cause it to be limited as such. >From question 8.6 of the FreeBSD-faq, :-) _________________________________________________________________ 8.6. I have 128 MB of RAM but it seems that the system use only the first 64 MB. What's going on ? Due to the manner in which FreeBSD gets the memory size from the BIOS, it can only detect 16 bits worth of Kbytes in size (65535 Kbytes = 64MB). If you have more than 64MB, FreeBSD will only see the first 64MB. To work around this problem, you need to use the kernel option specified below. There is a way to get complete memory information from the BIOS, but we don't have room in the bootblocks to do it. Someday when lack of room in the bootblocks is fixed, we'll use the extended BIOS functions to get the full memory information...but for now we're stuck with the kernel option. _________________________________________________________________ options "MAXMEM=" _________________________________________________________________ Where n is your memory in Kilobytes. For a 128 MB machine, you'd want to use 131072 _________________________________________________________________ -- tIM...HOEk.....Outnumbered, maybe, but outspoken?! NEVER! From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Mar 13 14:01:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id OAA29059 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 14:01:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from platinum.trimark.com (platinum.trimark.com [199.212.228.200]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id OAA29052 for ; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 14:01:26 -0800 (PST) Received: by platinum.trimark.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) id MAA17880; Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:52:31 -0500 Received: from mailhost(142.148.1.100) by platinum.trimark.com via smap (V1.3) id sma017876; Wed Mar 13 12:51:12 1996 Received: from wk6_104 by Trimark.com (NX5.67d/NeXT-2.0-SAH) id AA18524; Wed, 13 Mar 96 16:53:05 -0500 Message-Id: <314744F8.194@trimark.com> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 16:58:16 -0500 From: Lui Bove Organization: Trimark Investment Mgmt. Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (WinNT; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Freebsd Manual X-Url: http://www.freebsd.org/docproj.html Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Where can I get a printed manual for Freebsd 2.1 From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Mar 14 02:24:58 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA13996 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 02:24:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from time.cdrom.com (time.cdrom.com [204.216.27.226]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id CAA13985 for ; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 02:24:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by time.cdrom.com (8.7.4/8.6.9) with SMTP id CAA00765; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 02:22:15 -0800 (PST) To: Lui Bove cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Freebsd Manual In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Mar 1996 16:58:16 EST." <314744F8.194@trimark.com> Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 02:22:14 -0800 Message-ID: <763.826798934@time.cdrom.com> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Walnut Creek CDROM now offers a printed manual. Call 510-674-0783 or visit http://www.cdrom.com for more information. Regards, Jordan > Where can I get a printed manual for Freebsd 2.1 From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Mar 14 07:42:31 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA12930 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 14 Mar 1996 07:42:31 -0800 (PST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA12901 Thu, 14 Mar 1996 07:42:25 -0800 (PST) From: Greg Lehey Message-Id: <199603141542.HAA12901@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Freebsd Manual To: jkh (Jordan K. Hubbard) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 07:42:25 -0800 (PST) Cc: questions, doc X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Jordan Hubbard writes: > Walnut Creek CDROM now offers a printed manual. Call 510-674-0783 > or visit http://www.cdrom.com for more information. > > Regards, > > Jordan > >> Where can I get a printed manual for Freebsd 2.1 In fact, the "manual" to which Jordan is referring is my book, "Running FreeBSD". It is not the same thing as the online handbook, although I have stolen shamelessly from the latter. It is less broad in coverage than the handbook, though more books will follow to cover the other aspects. In particular, we decided to leave networking out of the book. Still, take it from me, it's a great book :-) It should be available in a week or two. Contact info@cdrom.com for further details. BTW, I didn't find any reference to it in Walnut Creek's www pages. Greg From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Mar 15 16:58:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA15864 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:58:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from guardian.fortress.org (fortress.org [199.84.158.128]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA15858 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 16:58:00 -0800 (PST) Received: (from andrew@localhost) by guardian.fortress.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id TAA06208; Fri, 15 Mar 1996 19:58:02 -0500 Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 19:58:00 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Webster Reply-To: andrew@pubnix.net To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Handbook update Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following section has been causing me a few headache: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook118.html#183 1. My email address has changed to 2. People seem to be unaware of the difference between the Digiboard PC/8 and PC/8e and PC/8em I'd like to add the following paragraph (lines beginning with +) 10.3.3.2. Configuring the sio driver The sio driver provides support for NS8250-, NS16450-, NS16550 and NS16550A-based EIA RS-232C (CCITT V.24) communications interfaces. Several multiport cards are supported as well. See the sio(4) manual page for detailed technical documentation. Digiboard PC/8 Contributed by Andrew Webster . 26 August 1995. Here is a config snippet from a machine with digiboard PC/8 with 16550. + This configuration will only work for dumb digiboard cards, (PC/4 and PC/8) + it will not work for intelligent digiboard cards (PC/8e and PC/8em) - see + dgb(4) for details. It has 8 modems connected to these 8 lines, and they work just great. Do not forget to add options "COM_MULTIPORT" or it will not work very well! device sio4 at isa? port 0x100 tty flags 0xb05 device sio5 at isa? port 0x108 tty flags 0xb05 device sio6 at isa? port 0x110 tty flags 0xb05 device sio7 at isa? port 0x118 tty flags 0xb05 device sio8 at isa? port 0x120 tty flags 0xb05 device sio9 at isa? port 0x128 tty flags 0xb05 device sio10 at isa? port 0x130 tty flags 0xb05 device sio11 at isa? port 0x138 tty flags 0xb05 irq 9 vector siointr The trick in setting this up is that the MSB of the flags represent the last SIO port, in this case 11 so flags are 0xb05. Thanks! Andrew Webster - andrew@pubnix.net - http://www.pubnix.net PubNIX Montreal - Connected to the world - Branche au monde 514-990-5911 - P.O. Box 147, Cote St-Luc, Quebec, H4V 2Y3