Date: Sun, 01 Jan 2006 20:48:01 +0100 From: Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org> To: pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-docs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Some documentation issues on FreeBSD-6.0R Message-ID: <43B831F1.5070006@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20051231012535.25010.qmail@web32913.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20051231012535.25010.qmail@web32913.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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pfgshield-freebsd@yahoo.com schreef: > Hi; > > I recently installed FreeBSD/AMD64 6.0R on my box and I thought i should share > some issues on FreeBSD's documentation. > > - The installation documentation mentions the use of floppy drives (Q1.5.2) but > there are no floppies for AMD64. > > - it also mentions wine: > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/6.0R/installation-amd64.html#Q1.6.5. > Unfortunately the wine port doesn't build on amd64 > > - The moused documentation is unclear.. I found it difficult to find out that I > had to add "-z 4" to moused to get the wheel recognized. USB is not an option > when configuring moused with sysinstall. > > - When installing a "client" firewall, it ended up being key to open DHCP > access to the net. Perhaps it should be added to the default "client" config in > rc.firewall. > > - We should probably have a section on resizing ntfs filesystems. I had to > download a linux "live CD" for this :(. > > I hope mentioning this details helps improve (even more) the current > documentation but, in any case, thanks for the great job you've done. > > > cheers, > > Pedro. > Pedro, Thanks for the feedback, i will keep track of the things you denoted and hope to be able to work them out at some point with the rest of the doc@ team. As i see it now you seem to have some valid point that we need to take into account. Again thanks for taking the time to deliver this feedback! Cheers, Remko -- Kind regards, Remko Lodder ** remko@elvandar.org FreeBSD ** remko@FreeBSD.org
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