From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jun 18 10:59:42 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA23530 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 10:59:42 -0700 Received: from gvr.win.tue.nl (root@gvr.win.tue.nl [131.155.210.19]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id KAA23522 ; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 10:59:38 -0700 Received: by gvr.win.tue.nl (8.6.10/1.53) id TAA03588; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 19:59:26 +0200 From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij) Message-Id: <199506181759.TAA03588@gvr.win.tue.nl> Subject: Re: disk handling program To: phk@ref.tfs.com (Poul-Henning Kamp) Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 19:59:26 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, faq@freebsd.org, doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506160246.TAA03119@ref.tfs.com> from "Poul-Henning Kamp" at Jun 15, 95 07:46:28 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 368 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > There are two ways to get it right: > > A: Create a msdos partition, and delete it from FreeBSD. > > B: Boot freebsd with -v and look at the "bios-geometry" table > it prints at the end, find the right one for this particular > drive and use that. > I tried this on a 2Gig Quantum.The funny thing is taht both ways yield different geometries :-( -Guido From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Jun 18 18:04:03 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id SAA13040 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 18:04:03 -0700 Received: from ki1.chemie.fu-berlin.de (ki1.Chemie.FU-Berlin.DE [160.45.24.21]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id SAA13028 for ; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 18:04:01 -0700 Received: by ki1.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.1.28.1) from mail.hanse.de (134.100.239.2) with smtp id ; Mon, 19 Jun 95 03:03 MEST Received: from freefall.cdrom.com [192.216.222.4] by mail.hanse.de with smtp for doc@freebsd.org id ; Mon, 19 Jun 95 03:03 MET DST Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id SAA12835 for hanse-ml-freebsd-doc@news.Hanse.DE; Sun, 18 Jun 1995 18:03:15 -0700 Date: Sun, 18 Jun 1995 18:03:15 -0700 Message-Id: <199506190103.SAA12835@freefall.cdrom.com> To: hanse-ml-freebsd-doc@news.Hanse.DE From: Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Welcome to freebsd-doc Reply-To: Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: doc-owner@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk -- Welcome to the freebsd-doc mailing list! If you ever want to remove yourself from this mailing list, send the following command in email to "Majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG": unsubscribe freebsd-doc hanse-ml-freebsd-doc@news.Hanse.DE Here's the general information for the list you've subscribed to, in case you don't already have it: This mailing list belongs to the FreeBSD Doc Project From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Jun 19 01:14:41 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id BAA02743 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 01:14:41 -0700 Received: from ki1.chemie.fu-berlin.de (ki1.Chemie.FU-Berlin.DE [160.45.24.21]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id BAA02443 ; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 01:08:41 -0700 Received: by ki1.chemie.fu-berlin.de (Smail3.1.28.1) from mail.hanse.de (134.100.239.2) with smtp id ; Mon, 19 Jun 95 10:08 MEST Received: from abqhh.Hanse.DE [193.174.9.42] by mail.hanse.de with smtp for id ; Mon, 19 Jun 95 10:08 MET DST Received: by abqhh.Hanse.DE (8.6.9/8.6.9) id KAA04810; Mon, 19 Jun 1995 10:08:09 +0200 From: Michael Havemester Message-Id: <199506190808.KAA04810@abqhh.Hanse.DE> Subject: j To: archbsd-announce@freebsd.org, archbsd-hackers@freebsd.org, archbsd-core@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, freebsd-doc@freebsd.org, freebsd-install@freebsd.org, freebsd-platforms@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 19 Jun 1995 10:08:08 +0200 (MET DST) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 428 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi, Christoph P. Kukulies pointed me to a serious problem with my/our local mailinglist exploder (local configuration error). I've fixed it now. Sorry for the inconvenience, Michael -- Michael Havemester VOICE: +49 40/29 33 56 Weidestrasse 41 Fax : +49 40/29 45 17 D-22083 Hamburg, Germany EMail: mh@abqhh.Hanse.DE From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 20 09:58:40 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id JAA28879 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 09:58:40 -0700 Received: from terpsichore.sse.ie (terpsichore.sse.ie [193.120.33.14]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id JAA28837 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 09:58:19 -0700 Received: from ogopogo.sse.ie by terpsichore.sse.ie (AIX 3.2/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA21530; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 17:57:11 +0100 Message-Id: <9506201657.AA21530@terpsichore.sse.ie> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Need a hand? Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 17:57:09 +0100 From: Robert Walsh Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I might be able to help out with the documentation process - drop me an email with what needs to be done and I'll see if I can help. Regards, Robert. -- Robert Walsh, Telephone: +353 1 676 9089 Software and Systems Engineering Limited (SSE) Telfax: +353 1 676 7984 Fitzwilliam Court, Leeson Close, Email: Robert.Walsh@sse.ie Dublin 2, Ireland. X.400: /G=Robert/S=Walsh/O=SSE/P=SSE/A=EIRMAIL400/C=IE/ From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 20 11:34:41 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA03015 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:34:41 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA03009 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:34:40 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id OAA03168; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 14:35:24 -0400 From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199506201835.OAA03168@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: Need a hand? To: rjwalsh@ogopogo.sse.ie (Robert Walsh) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 14:35:24 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <9506201657.AA21530@terpsichore.sse.ie> from "Robert Walsh" at Jun 20, 95 05:57:09 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 770 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Walsh writes: > I might be able to help out with the documentation process - drop me an > email with what needs to be done and I'll see if I can help. Great! Do you have any self-proclaimed areas of expertise? Particular areas of the handbook that need work are basic networking topics, PPP, NIS/yellow pages. I would also like to see some new sections on setting up various internet services such as anonymous FTP, WWW, gopher, news, mailing lists and the like. Then there are the somewhat less glamorous tasks of compiling information to fill out the hardware compatibility catalog (just recently moved into the Appendices section) and glossary. Thanks for your interest! -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 20 12:19:26 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA04650 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 12:19:26 -0700 Received: from tequesta.gate.net (root@tequesta.gate.net [199.227.0.12]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA04644 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 12:19:25 -0700 Received: from hopi.gate.net (klo@hopi.gate.net [199.227.0.13]) by tequesta.gate.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA62943 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:18:03 -0400 Received: (from klo@localhost) by hopi.gate.net (8.6.9/8.6.9) id PAA70912; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:15:01 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:15:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Kevin Lo To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Helping Out Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello! I'm interested in helping out with the documentation project. I just finished installing FreeBSD 2.0.5R, too. Is there anything I can contribute to? Thanks, Kevin ^ _' `_ * Kevin Lo, Student * ftp://ftp.gate.net/pub/users/klo/ .-~' `~-. - AKA Radnor * FDC Merlin ( ' __. ` ) * FreeBSD 2.0.5R/DOS * Windows 95 (Chicago) Beta Tester `-'' ``-' GCS/MU/Od+H-s!gp?!aua--w++v++C++++HU+P+L3N+++E----KW+M--V---po+ Y+t+++5--jRG+@tv++b++D++B---e(+)u++h!f+!rn---x? From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 20 12:38:24 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA05386 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 12:38:24 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id MAA05378 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 12:38:21 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id PAA03731; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:39:53 -0400 From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199506201939.PAA03731@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: Helping Out To: klo@gate.net (Kevin Lo) Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 15:39:52 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Kevin Lo" at Jun 20, 95 03:15:00 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 894 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Kevin Lo writes: > I'm interested in helping out with the documentation project. I just > finished installing FreeBSD 2.0.5R, too. Is there anything I can > contribute to? [note, this is a verbatim copy of another message I just sent to someone else asking the same question] Great! Do you have any self-proclaimed areas of expertise? Particular areas of the handbook that need work are basic networking topics, PPP, NIS/yellow pages. I would also like to see some new sections on setting up various internet services such as anonymous FTP, WWW, gopher, news, mailing lists and the like. Then there are the somewhat less glamorous tasks of compiling information to fill out the hardware compatibility catalog (just recently moved into the Appendices section) and glossary. Thanks for your interest! -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Tue Jun 20 16:03:53 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id QAA21560 for doc-outgoing; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:03:53 -0700 Received: from clark.net (rwatson@clark.net [168.143.0.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id QAA21554 for ; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:03:51 -0700 Received: (rwatson@localhost) by clark.net (8.6.12/8.6.5) id TAA12202 for doc@freebsd.org; Tue, 20 Jun 1995 19:03:45 -0400 Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 19:03:45 -0400 From: Robert Watson Message-Id: <199506202303.TAA12202@clark.net> To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD really free? Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Organization: The Star-Lit BBS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1619 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I'd be interested in putting time/resources into the documentation project -- what is there that needs doing ;). Keep in mind I'm running FreeBSD currently off of a really minimal platform (386sx20, 4 megs of ram, but with X ;). You can contact me at rwatson@sidwell.edu, or rwatson@clark.net. Thanks for a great product.. In article you wrote: : It is ture that the binary and source code of FreeBSD is free from the : Internet, but what about documentation? There is no complete manual, : tutorial, etc. that can be found in the Net, and the developer of FreeBSD : recommends a book that is sold commercially. : We're working on such documentation, believe me. It's just not easy : to make progress in this area quite so fast as Linux has, given that : we've haven't got a user base anywhere near as large. : Anyone interested in _helping_ this happen should send mail to : doc@freebsd.org and see how they can assist the FreeBSD Doc Project; : there are all kinds of things that need doing! For a glimpse of our : current progress, see also http://www.freebsd.org. : We're a volunteer organization, remember, and it's far more : constructive to pitch in and help than to comment on the lack of some : feature and expect someone else to volunteer in your place. John : Fieber, the head of the doc project, is doing a great job but he can't : do it all alone! : Jordan -- Robert Watson rwatson@sidwell.edu http://www.sidwell.edu/~rwatson/ The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice. From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 06:36:51 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id GAA21239 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 06:36:51 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id GAA21233 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 06:36:50 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id JAA07697; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 09:38:21 -0400 From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199506211338.JAA07697@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD really free? To: rwatson@clark.net (Robert Watson) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 09:38:21 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506202303.TAA12202@clark.net> from "Robert Watson" at Jun 20, 95 07:03:45 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1043 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Watson writes: > I'd be interested in putting time/resources into the documentation > project -- what is there that needs doing ;). Keep in mind I'm running > FreeBSD currently off of a really minimal platform (386sx20, 4 megs of > ram, but with X ;). You can contact me at rwatson@sidwell.edu, or > rwatson@clark.net. [I'm working on a Documentation Project home page, in the meantime, here is a canned response...] Great! Do you have any self-proclaimed areas of expertise? Particular areas of the handbook that need work are basic networking topics, PPP, NIS/yellow pages. I would also like to see some new sections on setting up various internet services such as anonymous FTP, WWW, gopher, news, mailing lists and the like. Then there are the somewhat less glamorous tasks of compiling information to fill out the hardware compatibility catalog (just recently moved into the Appendices section) and glossary. Thanks for your interest! -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 07:19:19 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id HAA24497 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 07:19:19 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA24489 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 07:19:16 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id KAA08003 for doc@freebsd.org; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:20:51 -0400 From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199506211420.KAA08003@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: FreeBSD Handbook (fwd) To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:20:51 -0400 (EDT) Content-Type: text Content-Length: 772 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Joe Nieten writes: >From jnieten@gandalf.otdc.com Wed Jun 21 10:06:57 1995 Message-Id: <199506211406.JAA23617@gandalf.otdc.com> X-Authentication-Warning: gandalf.otdc.com: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol Reply-to: jnieten@otdc.com X-Mailer: MH 6.8 To: jfieber@FreeBSD.org Subject: FreeBSD Handbook Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 09:06:10 -0500 From: Joe Nieten John, I just wanted to let you know how pleased I was to find the FreeBSD Handbook. You and your crew have done an excellent job! Please convey my appreciation to them, and, if there is a way that I can help - please let me know. Joe ---------- Joe Nieten Object Technology Developer's Consortium, Inc. === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 10:17:00 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA06870 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:17:00 -0700 Received: from prades.cesca.es (prades.cesca.es [192.94.163.152]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA06862 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:16:57 -0700 From: amengual@cesca.es Message-Id: <199506211716.KAA06862@freefall.cdrom.com> Received: by prades.cesca.es (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA05143; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:14:14 +0200 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:14:14 +0200 To: doc@freebsd.org X-Mailer: Lynx, Version 2.3 BETA X-Personal_Name: Carlos Amengual Subject: typo error Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I found what I understand is a typo error in the file: //freefall.cdrom.com/How/faq/freebsd-faq-76.html#76 It refers to a device named "cuaa0", and I suppose that it means "cua00". The Handbook is an excellent idea, I will probably like to contribute something as soon as I get more used with freeBSD (just a week installed). Cheers. From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 10:40:01 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id KAA08553 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:40:01 -0700 Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id KAA08534 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:39:55 -0700 Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA24745; Wed, 21 Jun 95 11:34:18 -0600 Received: from junco.fsl.noaa.gov by yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov (1.38.193.4/SMI-4.1 (1.38.193.4)) id AA19842; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 17:35:50 GMT Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 17:35:50 GMT From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly) Message-Id: <9506211735.AA19842@yarmouth.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by junco.fsl.noaa.gov (1.37.109.16/SMI-4.1 (1.37.109.16)) id AA299966143; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:35:43 -0600 To: amengual@cesca.es Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506211716.KAA06862@freefall.cdrom.com> (amengual@cesca.es) Subject: Re: typo error Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "amengual" == amengual writes: amengual> I found what I understand is a typo error in the file: amengual> //freefall.cdrom.com/How/faq/freebsd-faq-76.html#76 amengual> It refers to a device named "cuaa0", and I suppose that it amengual> means "cua00". cua00 is for FreeBSD 2.0. cuaa0 is for versions greater than 2.0. -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA If I had a nickname, I think I would want it to be "Prince of Weasels", because then I could go up and bite people and they would turn around and go, "What the-?" And then they would recognize me, and go, "Oh, it's you, the Prince of Weasels." -- Jack Handey From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 11:22:38 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA10077 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:22:38 -0700 Received: from clark.net (rwatson@clark.net [168.143.0.7]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA10071 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:22:37 -0700 Received: (rwatson@localhost) by clark.net (8.6.12/8.6.5) id OAA19152; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:22:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:22:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Watson To: John Fieber cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD really free? In-Reply-To: <199506211338.JAA07697@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk I'd gladly work on a WWW site config page, and a non-ipfw networking config page. I run a mixed TCP/IP -- IPX network on a combination of 10baseT and coax, with a FreeBSD system routing TCP/IP for several segments. Writing up a brief document on routing would be fine by me -- I'd like to include ipfw, unfortunately due to a lack of documentation, I don't understand how to use it yet ;). I'll be playing with it next week sometime and onceI have a grip on it would gladly work on it. In the mean time I could work on WWW server config stuff -- I have experience with CERN and NCSA httpd under FreeBSD and BSDI; I haven't used Netscape's netsite. For that matter, I don't even know if netsite will run under FreeBSD ;). Robert Watson rwatson@sidwell.edu http://www.sidwell.edu/~rwatson/ The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice. On Wed, 21 Jun 1995, John Fieber wrote: > Robert Watson writes: > > I'd be interested in putting time/resources into the documentation > > project -- what is there that needs doing ;). Keep in mind I'm running > > FreeBSD currently off of a really minimal platform (386sx20, 4 megs of > > ram, but with X ;). You can contact me at rwatson@sidwell.edu, or > > rwatson@clark.net. > > [I'm working on a Documentation Project home page, in the > meantime, here is a canned response...] > > Great! Do you have any self-proclaimed areas of expertise? > > Particular areas of the handbook that need work are basic > networking topics, PPP, NIS/yellow pages. I would also like to > see some new sections on setting up various internet services > such as anonymous FTP, WWW, gopher, news, mailing lists and the > like. > > Then there are the somewhat less glamorous tasks of compiling > information to fill out the hardware compatibility catalog (just > recently moved into the Appendices section) and glossary. > > Thanks for your interest! > > -john > > === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === > From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 11:41:49 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA10729 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:41:49 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA10723 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:41:47 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id OAA09941; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:43:11 -0400 From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199506211843.OAA09941@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: typo error To: amengual@cesca.es Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:43:11 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506211716.KAA06862@freefall.cdrom.com> from "amengual@cesca.es" at Jun 21, 95 07:14:14 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 419 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk amengual@cesca.es writes: > I found what I understand is a typo error in the file: > //freefall.cdrom.com/How/faq/freebsd-faq-76.html#76 > > It refers to a device named "cuaa0", and I suppose that it means "cua00". Actually, with respect to release 2.0.5, "cuaa0" is correct. I don't recall exactly when the change took place though. -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 11:47:21 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA10993 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:47:21 -0700 Received: from whisker.internet-eireann.ie (whisker.internet-eireann.ie [194.9.34.204]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA10986 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:47:14 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whisker.internet-eireann.ie (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id TAA20326; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:47:12 +0100 X-Authentication-Warning: whisker.internet-eireann.ie: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: amengual@cesca.es cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: typo error In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:14:14 +0200." <199506211716.KAA06862@freefall.cdrom.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 19:47:11 +0100 Message-ID: <20323.803760431@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk No, actually it means /dev/cuaa0! :-) Jordan > I found what I understand is a typo error in the file: > //freefall.cdrom.com/How/faq/freebsd-faq-76.html#76 > > It refers to a device named "cuaa0", and I suppose that it means "cua00". > > The Handbook is an excellent idea, I will probably like to contribute > something as soon as I get more used with freeBSD (just a week installed). > > Cheers. > > From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Jun 21 11:51:41 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA11243 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:51:41 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA11237 for ; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 11:51:40 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id OAA10023; Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:53:14 -0400 From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199506211853.OAA10023@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: Is FreeBSD really free? To: rwatson@clark.net (Robert Watson) Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 14:53:13 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Robert Watson" at Jun 21, 95 02:22:12 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 1169 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Robert Watson writes: > config page. I run a mixed TCP/IP -- IPX network on a combination of > 10baseT and coax, with a FreeBSD system routing TCP/IP for several > segments. Writing up a brief document on routing would be fine by me -- > I'd like to include ipfw, unfortunately due to a lack of documentation, I > don't understand how to use it yet ;). That would be section 12.1 in the handbook: Gateways and routing. I would be very please to actually have some content in that section. :) I'll be putting up a Documentation Project home page in the next day or to that will have some author/style guidelines. I'll post to doc@freebsd.org when its up. (note, the one on my home page at www.freebsd.org is very out of date so don't believe anything it says) > In the mean time I could work on WWW server config stuff -- I have > experience with CERN and NCSA httpd under FreeBSD and BSDI; I haven't > used Netscape's netsite. For that matter, I don't even know if netsite > will run under FreeBSD ;). I'd personally rather see the gateway and routing stuff done first. -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush === From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 22 02:32:52 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id CAA20056 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 02:32:52 -0700 Received: from ibp.ibp.fr (ibp.ibp.fr [132.227.60.30]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id CAA20048 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 02:32:30 -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 LAA15013 ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:32:09 +0200 Received: from (roberto@localhost) by blaise.ibp.fr (8.6.12/jtpda-5.0) id LAA02290 ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:32:08 +0200 From: roberto@blaise.ibp.fr (Ollivier Robert) Message-Id: <199506220932.LAA02290@blaise.ibp.fr> Subject: Re: typo error To: amengual@cesca.es Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 11:32:08 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506211716.KAA06862@freefall.cdrom.com> from "amengual@cesca.es" at Jun 21, 95 07:14:14 pm X-Operating-System: FreeBSD BUILT-19950501 ctm#617 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Content-Length: 572 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > > I found what I understand is a typo error in the file: > //freefall.cdrom.com/How/faq/freebsd-faq-76.html#76 > > It refers to a device named "cuaa0", and I suppose that it means "cua00". No. The correct name is now cuaaN for dialout devices. > The Handbook is an excellent idea, I will probably like to contribute > something as soon as I get more used with freeBSD (just a week installed). Thanks John for that :-) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD keltia 2.0-BUILT-19950503 #3: Wed May 3 19:53:04 MET DST 1995 From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 22 12:08:59 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id MAA20870 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 12:08:59 -0700 Received: from emory.mathcs.emory.edu (emory.mathcs.emory.edu [128.140.2.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id MAA20864 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 12:08:57 -0700 Received: from bagend.UUCP by emory.mathcs.emory.edu (5.65/Emory_mathcs.4.0.14) via UUCP id AA20364 ; Thu, 22 Jun 95 15:08:45 -0400 Received: by bagend.atl.ga.us (Smail3.1.29.1 #1) id m0sOqrJ-0006QUC; Thu, 22 Jun 95 14:20 EDT Message-Id: From: jan@bagend.atl.ga.us (Jan Isley) Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook (fwd) To: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 14:20:08 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199506211420.KAA08003@grendel.csc.smith.edu> from "John Fieber" at Jun 21, 95 10:20:51 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: 530 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk John Fieber wrote: > Subject: FreeBSD Handbook (fwd) > To: doc@freebsd.org > Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 10:20:51 -0400 (EDT) > > I just wanted to let you know how pleased I was to find the FreeBSD > Handbook. You and your crew have done an excellent job! Please > convey my appreciation to them, and, if there is a way that I can > help - please let me know. Handbook? There is a handbook? Where? -- Jan Isley | If you couldn't find any weirdness, jan@bagend.atl.ga.us | maybe we'll just have to make some! - Hobbes From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Jun 22 13:40:39 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id NAA24644 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 13:40:39 -0700 Received: from mailhub.iastate.edu (mailhub.iastate.edu [129.186.166.169]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id NAA24638 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 13:40:36 -0700 Received: from CCELAB.IASTATE.EDU (ccelab.cce.iastate.edu [129.186.7.50]) by mailhub.iastate.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with ESMTP id PAA13224 for ; Thu, 22 Jun 1995 15:40:29 -0500 Received: from CCELAB/SpoolDir by CCELAB.IASTATE.EDU (Mercury 1.21); 22 Jun 95 15:40:33 -0500 Received: from SpoolDir by CCELAB (Mercury 1.21); 22 Jun 95 15:40:25 -0500 Received: from dial48.ppp.iastate.edu by CCELAB.IASTATE.EDU (Mercury 1.21); 22 Jun 95 15:40:19 -0500 From: "Marcus I. Ryan" To: doc@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 22 Jun 1995 15:39:58 +0000 Subject: Volunteering - editing maybe? Reply-to: shad@iastate.edu Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail/Windows (v1.22) Message-ID: Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk As I mentioned in the newsgroup, I'd be willing to do some editing work on the documentation project. I'm afraid I'm not enough of a guru to actually help much with the writing (though I suppose I might be - what kind of basic stuff do you have left available?) Let me know if you could use some editing services, or have some basic things yet to document. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Marcus I. Ryan |*Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice Asst. SysAdmin, CCE Labs | doggie!' until you can find a rock. Iowa State University |-------------------------------------- shad@iastate.edu |*Diplomacy - Letting someone else have (515) 294-0715 | things your way. ---------------------------------------------------------------- From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Jun 23 05:19:11 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id FAA04427 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 05:19:11 -0700 Received: from whisker.internet-eireann.ie (whisker.internet-eireann.ie [194.9.34.204]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA04402 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 05:19:02 -0700 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whisker.internet-eireann.ie (8.6.11/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA01273 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:19:42 +0100 Prev-Resent: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:19:41 +0100 Prev-Resent: "doc@freebsd.org " Received: from mailgate.ericsson.se (mailgate.ericsson.se [130.100.2.2]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id EAA04089 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 04:59:51 -0700 Received: from sa.erisoft.se (epls01.sa.erisoft.se [150.132.128.1]) by mailgate.ericsson.se (8.6.11/1.0) with SMTP id NAA27199 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:59:42 +0200 Received: from sws021.sa.erisoft.se by sa.erisoft.se (4.1/SMI-4.1-ERIS0.99) id AA16789; Fri, 23 Jun 95 13:59:41 +0200 From: Mattias.Gronlund@sa.erisoft.se (Mattias Gronlund) Received: by sws021.sa.erisoft.se (5.x/client-1.3) id AA11394; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:59:26 +0200 Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:59:26 +0200 Message-Id: <9506231159.AA11394@sws021.sa.erisoft.se> To: jkh@freebsd.org Subject: Error in manual? Cc: Mattias.Gronlund@sa.erisoft.se X-Sun-Charset: US-ASCII Resent-To: doc@freebsd.org Resent-Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 13:19:42 +0100 Resent-Message-ID: <1271.803909982@whisker.internet-eireann.ie> Resent-From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hello, and thanks for a wonderfull job whith FreeBSD! I read some pages in the FreeBSD Handbook and saw something that i guess is wrong. In 4.2.7 it says: There is a way around this. Before starting the compilation, type: setenv BATCH yes # (if you use csh/tcsh) or BATCH=yes # (for sh/bash) But I don't think it will work for sh/bash if you don't do an export to. ex. BATCH=yes; export BATCH # (for sh/bash) /Mattias a fan of FreeBSD From owner-freebsd-doc Fri Jun 23 07:55:01 1995 Return-Path: doc-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id HAA09026 for doc-outgoing; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 07:55:01 -0700 Received: from grendel.csc.smith.edu (grendel.csc.smith.edu [131.229.222.23]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with ESMTP id HAA09018 for ; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 07:54:58 -0700 Received: from localhost (jfieber@localhost) by grendel.csc.smith.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) id KAA13322; Fri, 23 Jun 1995 10:56:27 -0400 From: jfieber@cs.smith.edu (John Fieber) Message-Id: <199506231456.KAA13322@grendel.csc.smith.edu> Subject: Re: Volunteering - editing maybe? To: shad@iastate.edu Date: Fri, 23 Jun 1995 10:56:26 -0400 (EDT) Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Marcus I. Ryan" at Jun 22, 95 03:39:58 pm Content-Type: text Content-Length: 751 Sender: doc-owner@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Marcus I. Ryan writes: > Let me know if you could use some editing services, or have some > basic things yet to document. Always! There is an astonishing amount of proofreading to be done; zillions of typos, spellos, brainos and the like need to be fixed. Contractions and other informalities need to be formalized and general readability needs a lot of work. Many sections were pulled from "stand alone" documents and it shows. They need to be woven together. You can ftp a copy of the SGML source handbook from ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/share/doc/handbook, familiarize yourself with the diff(1) command and go to work on a section! -john === jfieber@cs.smith.edu ========== Come up and be a kite! --K. Bush ===