From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 23 12:22:16 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA00622 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:22:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailhost1.cac.washington.edu (mailhost1.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA00617 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:22:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from s5-25-199.student.washington.edu (S5-25-199.student.washington.edu [128.95.25.199]) by mailhost1.cac.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW96.12/8.8.4+UW96.12) with SMTP id MAA22795 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 12:22:12 -0800 Message-ID: <33103647.41C67EA6@u.washington.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Feb 1997 04:21:27 -0800 From: Jason Wells Organization: highperformance.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-970215-GAMMA0 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Bootable floppy script Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I liked your bootable floppy script, but I had trouble with running out of space on the floppy even though my kernel was teh bare minumum. I have supplied an edited script. Some changes in order were made. The MAKEDEV section was put in front of other sections so that when rm MAKEDEV is done there is more space left on the disk for other things. I also stripped my kernel to get uneeded compile junk out of there. <--- highly technical jargon :) Though I changed the script to suit my own purpose, I feel the modifications will be benificial to all users and can be applied universally. Look for these command lines. If you decide to use this I highly recommend double checking it as I am a novice UNIX user. Oh yeah, this boot floppy tested satisfactory for me. Your mileage may vary. <--- I'm really starting to get into this :) Search for #CHANGE to find these changes to the code. There are three occurences of #CHANGE in the script I provided. ** strip /sys/compile/MINI/kernel ** rm /mnt/dev/MAKEDEV Thank you, Jason Wells #!/bin/sh # # create a restore floppy # # format the floppy # PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin fdformat -q fd0 if [ $? -ne 0 ] then echo "Bad floppy, please use a new one" exit 1 fi # place boot blocks on the floppy # disklabel -w -B -b /usr/mdec/fdboot -s /usr/mdec/bootfd /dev/rfd0c fd1440 # # newfs the one and only partition # newfs -t 2 -u 18 -l 1 -c 40 -i 5120 -m 5 -o space /dev/rfd0a # # mount the new floppy # mount /dev/fd0a /mnt # # create required directories # mkdir /mnt/dev mkdir /mnt/bin mkdir /mnt/sbin mkdir /mnt/etc mkdir /mnt/root mkdir /mnt/mnt # for the root partition mkdir /mnt/tmp mkdir /mnt/var # # populate the directories # if [ ! -x /sys/compile/MINI/kernel ] then cat << EOM The MINI kernel does not exist, please create one. Here is an example config file: # # MINI -- A kernel to get FreeBSD on onto a disk. # machine "i386" cpu "I486_CPU" ident MINI maxusers 5 options INET # needed for _tcp _icmpstat _ipstat # _udpstat _tcpstat _udb options FFS #Berkeley Fast File System options FAT_CURSOR #block cursor in syscons or pccons options SCSI_DELAY=15 #Be pessimistic about Joe SCSI device options NCONS=2 #1 virtual consoles options USERCONFIG #Allow user configuration with -c XXX config kernel root on sd0 swap on sd0 and sd1 dumps on sd0 controller isa0 controller pci0 controller fdc0 at isa? port "IO_FD1" bio irq 6 drq 2 vector fdintr disk fd0 at fdc0 drive 0 controller ncr0 controller scbus0 device sc0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" tty irq 1 vector scintr device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" irq 13 vector npxintr device sd0 device sd1 device sd2 device st0 pseudo-device loop # required by INET pseudo-device gzip # Exec gzipped a.out's EOM exit 1 fi strip /sys/compile/MINI/kernel #CHANGE save space cp -f /sys/compile/MINI/kernel /mnt # # create the devices nodes # # #CHANGE this was moved up so that it executes prior to other #cp's to the floppies... # cp -f /dev/MAKEDEV /mnt/dev chmod 755 /mnt/dev/MAKEDEV cd /mnt/dev ./MAKEDEV std ./MAKEDEV sd0 ./MAKEDEV sd1 ./MAKEDEV sd2 ./MAKEDEV st0 ./MAKEDEV pty0 cd / #CHANGE ... that way MAKEDEV can be removed to save space. rm /mnt/dev/MAKEDEV gzip -c -best /sbin/init > /mnt/sbin/init gzip -c -best /sbin/fsck > /mnt/sbin/fsck gzip -c -best /sbin/mount > /mnt/sbin/mount gzip -c -best /sbin/halt > /mnt/sbin/halt gzip -c -best /sbin/restore > /mnt/sbin/restore gzip -c -best /bin/sh > /mnt/bin/sh gzip -c -best /bin/sync > /mnt/bin/sync cp /root/.profile /mnt/root chmod 500 /mnt/sbin/init chmod 555 /mnt/sbin/fsck /mnt/sbin/mount /mnt/sbin/halt chmod 555 /mnt/bin/sh /mnt/bin/sync chmod 6555 /mnt/sbin/restore # # create minimum filesystem table # cat > /mnt/etc/fstab < /mnt/etc/passwd < /mnt/etc/master.passwd < Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA14148 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 16:53:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.tm.net.my (janeway.tm.net.my [202.188.0.155]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA14139 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 16:53:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from othmana (kkb-14-131.tm.net.my [202.188.14.131]) by mail.tm.net.my (8.8.5/8.8.4) with ESMTP id IAA02818 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 08:52:43 +0800 (SGT) Message-Id: <199702240052.IAA02818@mail.tm.net.my> From: "Othman bin Hj. Ahmad" To: Subject: volunteer Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 08:53:15 -0800 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Yes. You may include me but please give me guidance, such as the topics that I may contribute. I've just installed 3.0 SNAP 9702, but not yet fully. Just some essential components from the ftp servers. I used to be more active during the 386bsd times specialising in compilers, porting packages and doing benchmarkings. From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 23 17:41:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA16449 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:41:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from ace.elektra.ru (ace.Elektra.RU [193.125.98.119]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA16425 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:41:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from yakute.UUCP by ace.elektra.ru with UUCP id EAA12651 (8.6.12 for elektra.ru); Mon, 24 Feb 1997 04:38:23 +0300 Received: from comm.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru (uumirny@localhost) by yakute.elektra.ru with UUCP id KAA15368 (8.6.9/8.6.12 for FreeBSD.ORG!doc); Mon, 24 Feb 1997 10:04:08 +0900 Received: from fly.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru (fly.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru [192.168.155.32]) by comm.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA04975 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 1997 16:30:56 +0900 Message-Id: <199702220730.QAA04975@comm.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru> From: "Valeriy I. Fomin" To: Subject: Help Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 16:30:41 +0900 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk HELP From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Feb 23 17:41:58 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id RAA16472 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:41:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from ace.elektra.ru (ace.Elektra.RU [193.125.98.119]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA16448 for ; Sun, 23 Feb 1997 17:41:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from yakute.UUCP by ace.elektra.ru with UUCP id EAA27279 (8.6.12 for elektra.ru); Mon, 24 Feb 1997 04:38:24 +0300 Received: from comm.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru (uumirny@localhost) by yakute.elektra.ru with UUCP id KAA15366 (8.6.9/8.6.12 for freebsd.org!doc); Mon, 24 Feb 1997 10:04:05 +0900 Received: from fly.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru (fly.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru [192.168.155.32]) by comm.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id QAA04917 for ; Sat, 22 Feb 1997 16:08:01 +0900 Message-Id: <199702220708.QAA04917@comm.mirny.yakute.elektra.ru> From: "Valeriy I. Fomin" To: Subject: help Date: Sat, 22 Feb 1997 16:07:45 +0900 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet Mail 4.70.1155 Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk HELP From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Feb 24 04:28:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id EAA16779 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 04:28:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from hal-pc.org (hal-pc.org [204.52.135.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id EAA16774 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 04:28:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from max0-78.hal-pc.org (max0-78.hal-pc.org [209.16.24.78]) by hal-pc.org (8.7.5/8.6.9) with SMTP id GAA25985 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 06:28:15 -0559 (CST) Message-ID: <33117ABD.6DF@hal-pc.org> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 06:25:49 -0500 From: Wayde Shipman Reply-To: waydes@hal-pc.org X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FAQ and Handbook files via FTP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I have downloaded the faq.latin1 and handbook.latin1, but when I open them in wordperfect, the files have extraneous underscores. How can I format and print these files? Also, what is iso885-1 text format? Thanks, Wayde Shipman From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Feb 24 12:09:36 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA13308 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 12:09:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from coconut.blueberry.co.uk ([194.70.52.66]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA13292 for ; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 12:09:30 -0800 (PST) Received: (from nik@localhost) by coconut.blueberry.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA21689; Mon, 24 Feb 1997 20:08:54 GMT Message-ID: <19970224200853.53839@coconut.blueberry.co.uk> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 1997 20:08:54 +0000 From: Nik Clayton To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: FBSD_UPGRADE in /pub/FreeBSD/incoming Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.61.1e Organization: Blueberry New Media Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, As a penance for wasting a few folk's time with some of my recent SNAFU's when upgrading 2.1.5 to 2.1.7 (Hi Jordan), I've written up a document describing (hopefully accurately) the steps that need to be gone through when re-making the world, and the precise meaning of the phrase "You must merge in /etc by hand" that gets bandied about every now and then. I've placed this in and would welcome feedback from anyone who knows more about this subject than I do. At the moment, the document is plain text (I don't know LinuxDoc, would prefer not to (I'd rather spend the time learning DocBook, but don't know of a handy tutorial -- references appreciated)). I'm kind of hoping that with a bit of peer review it can become a candidate for the tutorials page, and ultimately spawn a new section of the handbook. As I say, feedback welcomed. Hope it's useful. N -- --+=[ Blueberry Hill Blueberry New Media ]=+-- --+=[ http://www.blueberry.co.uk/ 1/9 Chelsea Harbour Design Centre, ]=+-- --+=[ WebMaster@blueberry.co.uk London, England, SW10 0XE ]=+-- --+=[ It's good to talk. But it's better to do. ]ENTP From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Feb 25 20:33:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id UAA13807 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 20:33:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from mailgate.execpc.com (root@mailgate.execpc.com [169.207.16.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA13802 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 20:33:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.execpc.com (mail [169.207.16.2]) by mailgate.execpc.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with ESMTP id WAA26297 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:33:31 -0600 Received: from csi-mike-home (chevelle.execpc.com [169.207.18.16]) by mail.execpc.com (8.8.5/8.8.3) with SMTP id WAA02320 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:33:29 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <3313BBFA.901@execpc.com> Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997 22:28:42 -0600 From: Mike Larsen Reply-To: criticar@execpc.com Organization: Criticare Systems Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Installation Ease - FTP Downloading Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I haven't spent this much time messing with a modem in decades! The network fill-in page is pretty confusing if all you need to do is dial an ISP through a modem port. Next, the turnkey modem set up approach didn't allow COM3 or COM4 selections. That didn't take too long to correct but it might for others. However, even with COM3 selected, I received "modem failed to open" errors every time I tried to enter term. Any ideas? Mike Larsen From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Feb 26 23:56:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA11438 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 23:56:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from parliament.ge (server.parliament.ge [205.197.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id XAA11419 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 23:56:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from wks13.parliament.ge (wks13.parliament.ge [205.197.191.13]) by parliament.ge (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id MAA00326; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:52:53 GMT Message-ID: <33154C00.167EB0E7@parliament.ge> Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 12:55:29 +0400 From: David Adamia X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; BSD/386 uname failed) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: about java Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Please, can you tell me, does FreeBSD 2.0.5 support JDK 1.0.2 thank you David Adamia From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Feb 27 05:29:39 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id FAA25982 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 05:29:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from aviion.ts.kiev.ua (aviion.ts.kiev.ua [193.124.229.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id FAA25970 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 05:29:31 -0800 (PST) From: irina@cki.ipri.kiev.ua Received: from nbki.ipri.kiev.ua by aviion.ts.kiev.ua with ESMTP id NAA15540; (8.6.11/zah/2.1) Thu, 27 Feb 1997 13:24:57 GMT Received: from cki.ipri.kiev.ua by nbki.ipri.kiev.ua with ESMTP id OAA04935; (8.6.9/zah/1.1) Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:59:18 GMT Received: (from root@localhost) by cki.ipri.kiev.ua (8.7.6/8.7.3) id OAA02104; Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:59:09 +0200 (EET) Date: Thu, 27 Feb 1997 14:59:09 +0200 (EET) Message-Id: <199702271259.OAA02104@cki.ipri.kiev.ua> To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/ja_JP.EUC/handbook/ X-Mailer: Lynx, Version 2.6 X-Personal_name: Irina Mashtaler Subject: http://www.freebsd.org/ja_JP.EUC/handbook/ Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Feb 28 01:05:40 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA02539 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 01:05:40 -0800 (PST) Received: from netcom1.kaynet.com.tr (root@netcom1.kaynet.com.tr [195.174.2.100]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA02404 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 01:05:19 -0800 (PST) Received: from netcom1.kaynet.com.tr ([195.174.2.1]) by netcom1.kaynet.com.tr (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA00450 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:05:38 +0200 Message-ID: <33169F63.208D@kaynet.com.tr> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 11:03:31 +0200 From: Bilal Karakose Organization: Netcom Bilgisayar A.S. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: freebsd handbook Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk i want to know what freebsd is get more knowledge by internet From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Feb 28 22:06:29 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA13020 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 22:06:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from thorn.arces.net (thorn.arces.net [208.206.182.225]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA13007 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 22:06:22 -0800 (PST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by thorn.arces.net (8.7.5/8.6.12) id XAA18717 for ; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:06:50 -0700 (MST) X-Authentication-Warning: thorn.arces.net: mail set sender to using -f Received: from localhost(127.0.0.1) by thorn.arces.net via smap (V1.3) id sma018715; Fri Feb 28 23:06:49 1997 Message-ID: <3317C778.41C67EA6@arces.net> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 23:06:48 -0700 From: Monachus Silentium X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Potentially Confusing Doc Discrepancy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In the FAQ, under "How do i set up ethernet aliases?" it says to use a specific netmask. It has been my experience that you cannot alias unless you kill named first. If you don't, you get various ioctl errors about "file exists" and "cannot assign specified address".... Perhaps this is just my machine, since i have my whole subnet declared with hostnames, but it may be work mention... -- Monachus Silentium The catalyst loves the paradox.... The only reason I don't believe that I'm successful is that I'm not yet finished. From owner-freebsd-doc Sat Mar 1 09:05:47 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA18386 for doc-outgoing; Sat, 1 Mar 1997 09:05:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from relay.itcnet.ru ([194.220.136.132]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA18326 for ; Sat, 1 Mar 1997 09:04:56 -0800 (PST) Received: from host1_8 by relay.itcnet.ru with SMTP id PAA16434; (8.6.12/vak/1.8r) Sat, 1 Mar 1997 15:58:11 +0300 Message-ID: <3318C248.AB4@itcnet.ru> Date: Sat, 01 Mar 1997 15:56:57 -0800 From: "Anton Y. Ampilov" Reply-To: Anton.Ampilov@itcnet.ru Organization: Information Technologies Center X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win16; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: hello Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk