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<BASE HREF=3D"http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html">; <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-= 1"> <TITLE>FreeBSD Handbook</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY text=3D"#000000" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <IMG SRC=3D"../gifs/bar.gif" ALT=3D"" WIDTH=3D"565" HEIGHT=3D"33" BORDER=3D= 0 usemap=3D"#bar"> <map name=3D"bar"> <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"1,1,111,31" href=3D"../index.html" ALT=3D"">= <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"112,11,196,31" href=3D"../ports/index.html" = ALT=3D""> <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"196,12,257,33" href=3D"../support.html" ALT=3D= ""> <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"256,12,365,33" href=3D"../docs.html" ALT=3D"= "> = <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"366,13,424,32" href=3D"../commercial.html" A= LT=3D""> <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"425,16,475,32" href=3D"../search.html" ALT=3D= ""> <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"477,16,516,33" href=3D"../index-site.html" A= LT=3D""> <area shape=3D"rect" coords=3D"516,15,562,33" href=3D"../index.html" ALT=3D= ""> <area shape=3D"rect" href=3D"../index.html" coords=3D"0,0,564,32" ALT=3D"">= </map> <br clear=3Dall> <H1>FreeBSD Handbook</H1> <h2>The FreeBSD Documentation Project</h2>October 1997 <p><hr><em>Welcome to FreeBSD! This handbook covers the installation and day to day use of <b>FreeBSD Release 2.2.5</b>. This manual is a <b>work in progress</b> and is the work of many individuals. Many sections do not yet exist and some of those that do exist need to be updated. If you are interested in helping with this project, send email to the FreeBSD documentation project mailing list <code><A href=3D"mailto:freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG"><freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.= ORG></A></code> The latest version of this document is always available from the <A href=3D"http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/">FreeBSD World Wide Web server</A>. = It may also be downloaded in plain text, postscript or HTML from the <A hr= ef=3D"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/docs">FreeBSD FTP server</A> or one= of the numerous <A HREF=3D"handbook297.html#mirrors-ftp">mirror sites</A>. You may also wa= nt to <A href=3D"/search.html">Search the Handbook</A>. </em><hr></p> <H1>Part 1:<BR>Getting Started</H1> <H3>1. <A HREF=3D"handbook1.html#1">Introduction</A></H3> <DL> <DD>1.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook2.html#2">FreeBSD in a Nutshell</A></DD> <DD>1.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook3.html#3">A Brief History of FreeBSD</A></DD> <DD>1.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook4.html#4">FreeBSD Project Goals</A></DD> <DD>1.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook5.html#5">The FreeBSD Development Model</A></DD= > <DD>1.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook6.html#6">About the Current Release</A></DD> </DL> <H3>2. <A HREF=3D"handbook7.html#7">Installing FreeBSD</A></H3> <DL> <DD>2.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook8.html#8">Supported Configurations</A></DD> <DD>2.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook12.html#12">Preparing for the Installation</A><= /DD> <DD>2.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook18.html#20">Installing FreeBSD</A></DD> <DD>2.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook19.html#21">MS-DOS User's Questions and Answers= </A></DD> </DL> <H3>3. <A HREF=3D"handbook20.html#22">Unix Basics</A></H3> <DL> <DD>3.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook21.html#23">The Online Manual</A></DD> <DD>3.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook22.html#24">GNU Info Files</A></DD> </DL> <H3>4. <A HREF=3D"handbook23.html#25">Installing Applications: The Ports co= llection</A></H3> <DL> <DD>4.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook24.html#26">Why Have a Ports Collection?</A></D= D> <DD>4.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook25.html#27">How Does the Ports Collection Work?= </A></DD> <DD>4.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook26.html#28">Getting a FreeBSD Port</A></DD> <DD>4.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook29.html#31">Skeletons</A></DD> <DD>4.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook34.html#36">It Does Not Work?!</A></DD> <DD>4.6. <A HREF=3D"handbook35.html#37">I Want to Make a Port!</A></DD> <DD>4.7. <A HREF=3D"handbook36.html#38">Some Questions and Answers</A></DD>= </DL> <H1>Part 2:<BR>System Administration</H1> <H3>5. <A HREF=3D"handbook37.html#39">Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel</A></H= 3> <DL> <DD>5.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook38.html#40">Why Build a Custom Kernel?</A></DD>= <DD>5.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook39.html#41">Building and Installing a Custom Ke= rnel</A></DD> <DD>5.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook40.html#42">The Configuration File</A></DD> <DD>5.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook52.html#54">Making Device Nodes</A></DD> <DD>5.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook53.html#55">If Something Goes Wrong</A></DD> </DL> <H3>6. <A HREF=3D"handbook54.html#56">Security</A></H3> <DL> <DD>6.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook55.html#57">DES, MD5, and Crypt</A></DD> <DD>6.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook57.html#59">S/Key</A></DD> <DD>6.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook64.html#66">Kerberos</A></DD> <DD>6.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook72.html#74">Firewalls</A></DD> </DL> <H3>7. <A HREF=3D"handbook79.html#87">Printing</A></H3> <DL> <DD>7.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook80.html#88">What the Spooler Does</A></DD> <DD>7.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook81.html#89">Why You Should Use the Spooler</A><= /DD> <DD>7.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook82.html#90">Setting Up the Spooling System</A><= /DD> <DD>7.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook83.html#91">Simple Printer Setup</A></DD> <DD>7.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook86.html#112">Using Printers</A></DD> <DD>7.6. <A HREF=3D"handbook92.html#121">Advanced Printer Setup</A></DD> <DD>7.7. <A HREF=3D"handbook98.html#150">Alternatives to the Standard Spool= er</A></DD> <DD>7.8. <A HREF=3D"handbook99.html#151">Acknowledgments</A></DD> </DL> <H3>8. <A HREF=3D"handbook100.html#152">Disk Quotas</A></H3> <DL> <DD>8.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook101.html#153">Configuring Your System to Enable= Disk Quotas</A></DD> <DD>8.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook102.html#154">Setting Quota Limits</A></DD> <DD>8.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook103.html#155">Checking Quota Limits and Disk Us= age</A></DD> <DD>8.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook104.html#156">* Quotas over NFS</A></DD> </DL> <H3>9. <A HREF=3D"handbook105.html#157">The X Window System</A></H3> <H3>10. <A HREF=3D"handbook106.html#158">PC Hardware compatibility</A></H3>= <DL> <DD>10.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook107.html#159">Resources on the Internet</A></D= D> <DD>10.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook108.html#160">Sample Configurations</A></DD> <DD>10.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook110.html#174">Core/Processing</A></DD> <DD>10.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook115.html#189">Input/Output Devices</A></DD> <DD>10.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook125.html#220">Storage Devices</A></DD> </DL> <H3>11. <A HREF=3D"handbook139.html#333">Localization</A></H3> <DL> <DD>11.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook140.html#334">Russian Language (KOI8-R encodin= g)</A></DD> </DL> <H1>Part 3:<BR>Network Communications</H1> <H3>12. <A HREF=3D"handbook144.html#343">Serial Communications</A></H3> <DL> <DD>12.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook145.html#344">Serial Basics</A></DD> <DD>12.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook146.html#345">Terminals</A></DD> <DD>12.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook151.html#365">Dialin Service</A></DD> <DD>12.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook160.html#392">Dialout Service</A></DD> </DL> <H3>13. <A HREF=3D"handbook173.html#405">PPP and SLIP</A></H3> <DL> <DD>13.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook174.html#406">Setting up User PPP</A></DD> <DD>13.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook183.html#432">Setting up Kernel PPP</A></DD> <DD>13.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook186.html#435">Setting up a SLIP Client</A></DD= > <DD>13.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook191.html#440">Setting up a SLIP Server</A></DD= > </DL> <H3>14. <A HREF=3D"handbook198.html#453">Advanced Networking</A></H3> <DL> <DD>14.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook199.html#454">Gateways and Routes</A></DD> <DD>14.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook205.html#460">NFS</A></DD> <DD>14.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook206.html#461">Diskless Operation</A></DD> <DD>14.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook210.html#465">ISDN</A></DD> </DL> <H3>15. <A HREF=3D"handbook214.html#469">Electronic Mail</A></H3> <DL> <DD>15.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook215.html#470">Basic Information</A></DD> <DD>15.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook220.html#475">Configuration</A></DD> <DD>15.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook224.html#479">FAQ</A></DD> </DL> <H1>Part 4:<BR>Advanced topics</H1> <H3>16. <A HREF=3D"handbook228.html#483">The Cutting Edge: FreeBSD-current = and FreeBSD-stable</A></H3> <DL> <DD>16.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook229.html#484">Staying Current with FreeBSD</A>= </DD> <DD>16.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook234.html#489">Staying Stable with FreeBSD</A><= /DD> <DD>16.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook238.html#493">Synchronizing Source Trees over = the Internet</A></DD> </DL> <H3>17. <A HREF=3D"handbook241.html#514">Contributing to FreeBSD</A></H3> <DL> <DD>17.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook242.html#515">What Is Needed</A></DD> <DD>17.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook246.html#519">How to Contribute</A></DD> <DD>17.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook253.html#587">Donors Gallery</A></DD> <DD>17.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook254.html#588">Derived Software Contributors</A= ></DD> <DD>17.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook255.html#589">Additional FreeBSD Contributors<= /A></DD> <DD>17.6. <A HREF=3D"handbook256.html#590">386BSD Patch Kit Patch Contribut= ors</A></DD> </DL> <H3>18. <A HREF=3D"handbook257.html#591">Source Tree Guidelines and Policie= s</A></H3> <DL> <DD>18.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook258.html#592">MAINTAINER on Makefiles</A></DD>= <DD>18.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook259.html#593">Contributed Software</A></DD> <DD>18.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook260.html#594">Shared Libraries</A></DD> </DL> <H3>19. <A HREF=3D"handbook261.html#595">Adding New Kernel Configuration Op= tions</A></H3> <DL> <DD>19.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook262.html#596">What's a <em>Kernel Option</em>,= Anyway?</A></DD> <DD>19.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook263.html#597">Now What Do I Have to Do for it?= </A></DD> </DL> <H3>20. <A HREF=3D"handbook264.html#598">Kernel Debugging</A></H3> <DL> <DD>20.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook265.html#599">Debugging a Kernel Crash Dump wi= th KGDB</A></DD> <DD>20.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook266.html#600">Post-mortem Analysis of a Dump</= A></DD> <DD>20.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook267.html#601">On-line Kernel Debugging Using D= DB</A></DD> <DD>20.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook268.html#602">On-line Kernel Debugging Using R= emote GDB</A></DD> <DD>20.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook269.html#603">Debugging a Console Driver</A></= DD> </DL> <H3>21. <A HREF=3D"handbook270.html#604">Linux Emulation</A></H3> <DL> <DD>21.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook271.html#605">How to Install the Linux Emulato= r</A></DD> <DD>21.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook277.html#615">How to Install Mathematica on Fr= eeBSD</A></DD> </DL> <H3>22. <A HREF=3D"handbook282.html#620">FreeBSD Internals</A></H3> <DL> <DD>22.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook283.html#621">The FreeBSD Booting Process</A><= /DD> <DD>22.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook288.html#626">PC Memory Utilization</A></DD> <DD>22.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook289.html#627">DMA: What it Is and How it Works= </A></DD> </DL> <H1>Part 5:<BR>Appendices</H1> <H3>23. <A HREF=3D"handbook295.html#637">Obtaining FreeBSD</A></H3> <DL> <DD>23.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook296.html#638">CD-ROM Publishers</A></DD> <DD>23.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook297.html#639">FTP Sites</A></DD> <DD>23.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook298.html#640">CTM Sites</A></DD> <DD>23.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook299.html#641">CVSup Sites</A></DD> </DL> <H3>24. <A HREF=3D"handbook300.html#642">Bibliography</A></H3> <DL> <DD>24.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook301.html#643">Books & Magazines Specific t= o FreeBSD</A></DD> <DD>24.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook302.html#644">Users' Guides</A></DD> <DD>24.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook303.html#645">Administrators' Guides</A></DD> <DD>24.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook304.html#646">Programmers' Guides</A></DD> <DD>24.5. <A HREF=3D"handbook305.html#647">Operating System Internals</A></= DD> <DD>24.6. <A HREF=3D"handbook306.html#648">Security Reference</A></DD> <DD>24.7. <A HREF=3D"handbook307.html#649">Hardware Reference</A></DD> <DD>24.8. <A HREF=3D"handbook308.html#650">UNIX History</A></DD> <DD>24.9. <A HREF=3D"handbook309.html#651">Magazines and Journals</A></DD> </DL> <H3>25. <A HREF=3D"handbook310.html#652">Resources on the Internet</A></H3>= <DL> <DD>25.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook311.html#653">Mailing lists</A></DD> <DD>25.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook315.html#657">Usenet newsgroups</A></DD> <DD>25.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook319.html#661">World Wide Web servers</A></DD> </DL> <H3>26. <A HREF=3D"handbook320.html#662">FreeBSD Project Staff</A></H3> <DL> <DD>26.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook321.html#663">The FreeBSD Core Team</A></DD> <DD>26.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook322.html#664">The FreeBSD Developers</A></DD> <DD>26.3. <A HREF=3D"handbook323.html#665">The FreeBSD Documentation Projec= t</A></DD> <DD>26.4. <A HREF=3D"handbook324.html#666">Who Is Responsible for What</A><= /DD> </DL> <H3>27. <A HREF=3D"handbook325.html#667">PGP keys</A></H3> <DL> <DD>27.1. <A HREF=3D"handbook326.html#668">Officers</A></DD> <DD>27.2. <A HREF=3D"handbook329.html#671">Core Team members</A></DD> </DL> = <hr> <address> <a href=3D"../mailto.html">www@freebsd.org</a><br> Updated November 1, 1997 </address> </BODY> </HTML>
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