Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 22:58:42 -0700 From: "JannaDanRich" <house@lvcm.com> To: "dotslash" <dotslash@linif.org>, <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org>, "Greg Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: "The Complete FreeBSD", third edition: errata and addenda Message-ID: <063401c0ca28$1efacf30$1616160a@neoone> References: <20010421000204.7BB2E37B43E@hub.freebsd.org> <010601c0ca25$879c44e0$2903010a@atg.altayer.com>
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This is THE book .. it covers everything in general, really lets you get your hands dirty from the start .. from gen config of X to detailed, gen config of Apache, your shell, Samba, IPFIREWALL, natd, ppp .. if you are porting over so to speak from another flavor, maybe not, but it has a lot of good info ----- Original Message ----- From: "dotslash" <dotslash@linif.org> To: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org>; "Greg Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2001 10:08 PM Subject: Re: "The Complete FreeBSD", third edition: errata and addenda > i keep seeing this book as one of the recommended books aside from the > handbook but there are no sample chapters nor table of contents from which > one can have an idea what is covered. > > is this book only basic fbsd or will it be usable for intermediate fbsd > users? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Greg Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> > To: <FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.org> > Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2001 4:02 AM > Subject: "The Complete FreeBSD", third edition: errata and addenda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Errata and addenda for the Complete FreeBSD, third edition > > > > > > > > > > Last revision: 2 August 1999 > > > > The trouble with books is that you can't update them the way you can a web > page > > or any other online documentation. The result is that most leading > edge > > computer books are out of date almost before they are printed. > Unfortunately, > > ``The Complete FreeBSD'', published by Walnut Creek, is no exception. > In- > > evitably, a number of bugs and changes have surfaced. > > > > The following is a list of modifications which go beyond simple typos. > They > > relate to the third edition, formatted on 17 May 1999. You'll find > this > > information on page iv (the page before the beginning of the > Table of > > Contents). See the end of this document for instructions on how to find > the > > errata for an older version. > > > > You can get the current document in four forms: > > > > o A PostScript version, suitable for printing out, > at > > ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-3.ps. See page 302 of the third > edition > > to find out how to print out PostScript. If at all possible, please > take > > this document: it's closest to the original text. > > > > Be careful selecting this file with a web browser: it is often > impossible to > > reload the document, and you may see a previously cached version. > > > > o An enhanced ASCII version at ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-3.txt. > When > > viewed with more or less, this version will show some highlighting > and > > underlining. It's not suitable for direct viewing. > > > > o An ASCII-only version at ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-3.ascii. > This > > version is posted every week to the FreeBSD-questions mailing list. > Only > > take this version if you have real problems with PostScript: I can't be > sure > > that the lack of different fonts won't confuse the meaning. > > > > o A web version at http://www.lemis.com/errata-3.html. > > > > All these modifications have been applied to the ongoing source text of > the > > book, so if you buy a later edition, they will be in it as well. If you > find a > > > > > Page 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Complete FreeBSD > > > > > > bug or a suspected bug in the book, please contact me at > <grog@FreeBSD.org.> > > > > Page ii > > _______ > > > > The instructions on page ii (opposite the title page) tell you to > look at > > ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-2 for the errata list. That's > wrong. > > Look at this list. > > > > Pages 190 and 191 > > _________________ > > > > The description is not very clear about which text appears when booting > from > > floppy for initial install, and which appears when booting normally. > The > > procedure is very similar, but there are some differences. Add the > following > > text after the heading Boot messages: > > > > You'll boot your system in at least two different ways: initially you'll > boot > > from floppy or CD-ROM in order to install the system. Later, after the > system > > is installed, you'll boot from hard disk. The procedure is almost > identical, > > so we'll look at both versions in the following examples. > > > > Replace the text from the middle of page 191 with: > > > > If you're booting from 1.44 MB floppies, you will then see: > > > > Please insert MFS root floppy and press enter: > > > > When you insert the MFS root floppy and press Enter, you see more > twirling > > batons, then the UserConfig screen appears. > > > > UserConfig: Modifying the boot configuration > > ____________________________________________ > > > > After the kernel has been loaded, the following screen will appear if > you are > > installing the system, or if you have requested it with the -c option to > the > > boot loader: > > > > Page 206 > > ________ > > > > The bottom two lines on this page should be in bold constant font, > indicating > > that this is input for your /etc/rc.config file > > > > > > Page 2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Errata and addenda for the Complete FreeBSD, third > edition > > > > > > nfs_client_enable="YES" # This host is an NFS client (or NO). > > nfs_server_enable="YES" # This host is an NFS server (or NO). > > > > > > Page 265 > > ________ > > > > The example on the second half of the page refers to the old SCSI driver. > The > > scsi program is no longer available in FreeBSD 3.x. Instead, > use the > > camcontrol program. Replace the text with:. > > > > Modern disks make provisions for recovering from such errors by > allocating an > > alternate sector for the data. IDE drives do this automatically, but with > SCSI > > drives you have the option of enabling or disabling reallocation. > Usually it > > is turned on when you buy them, but occasionally it is not. When > installing a > > new disk, you should check that the parameters ARRE (Auto Read > Reallocation > > Enable) and AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enable) are turned on. For > example, > > to check and set the values for disk da1, you would enter: > > > > # camcontrol modepage da1 -m 1 -e -P 3 > > # scsi -f /dev/rda1c -m 1 -e -P 3 > > > > This command will start up your favourite editor (either the one > specified in > > the EDITOR environment variable, or vi by default) with the following > data: > > > > AWRE (Auto Write Reallocation Enbld): 0 > > ARRE (Auto Read Reallocation Enbld): 1 > > TB (Transfer Block): 0 > > RC (Read Continuous): 0 > > EER (Enable Early Recovery): 0 > > PER (Post Error): 0 > > DTE (Disable Transfer on Error): 0 > > DCR (Disable Correction): 0 > > Read Retry Count: 16 > > Correction Span: 41 > > Head Offset Count: 0 > > Data Strobe Offset Count: 0 > > Write Retry Count: 16 > > Recovery Time Limit: 0 > > > > The values for AWRE and ARRE should both be 1. If they aren't, as in > this > > case, where AWRE is 0, change the data with the editor, save it, and exit. > The > > camcontrol program will write the data back to the disk and enable the > option. > > > > > > > Page 3 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The Complete FreeBSD > > > > > > Page 331 > > ________ > > > > The description of the config refers to the SCSI drive sd0. This is the > old > > name; in FreeBSD version 3, SCSI drives are called da, so this reference > should > > be da0. > > > > Thanks to Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> for pointing out > this > > problem. > > > > Page 362 > > ________ > > > > Replace the text at the top of the page with: > > > > Next, change to the build directory and build the kernel: > > > > # cd ../../compile/FREEBIE > > # make depend > > # make > > > > The make depend is needed even if the directory has just been > created: > > apart from creating dependency information, it also creates some > files > > needed for the build. > > Thanks to Mark Ovens <marcov@globalnet.co.uk> for drawing this to my > attention, > > and to Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com> and Bill > Fumerola > > <billf@jade.chc-chimes.com> for pointing out that it still wasn't fixed > in the > > third edition. > > > > Page 409 > > ________ > > > > The information on setting the default routers specified the wrong end of > the > > PPP links in some places. It should always be the ``far'' end of the > link. > > Replace the second example on page 409, and the text following it, with > this > > text: > > > > defaultrouter="139.130.136.129" # Set to default gateway (or NO). > > static_routes="" # Set to static route list (or leave empty). > > gateway_enable="YES" # Set to YES if this host will be a > gateway. > > > > This is the normal way to set the default route on a point-to-point > interface. > > In fact, for PPP you don't need to specify the default address: the > PPP > > packages will set it for you when the link comes up. This makes it > possible to > > > > Page 4 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Errata and addenda for the Complete FreeBSD, third > edition > > > > > > set default routes when you're forced to use dynamic IP addresses, where > you > > don't know the address at this point. We'll see how PPP does this on page > 446. > > > > In the first example on page 410, the sixth example on page 412 and the > second > > example on page 413, replace the defaultrouter definition with: > > > > > > defaultrouter="139.130.237.65" # Set to default gateway (or NO). > > > > > > Thanks to Andreas Longwitz <longwitz@Incore.de> for pointing out this > error. > > > > Getting errata for older editions of the book > > _____________________________________________ > > > > There have been a total of five different versions of ``The Complete > FreeBSD''. > > The most accurate way to distinguish them is by the format date, which > you'll > > find at the bottom of page iv (the page before the beginning of the > Table of > > Contents) in all versions of the book. > > > > 1. The first was titled ``Installing and running FreeBSD'', and was > formatted > > on 24 February 1996. No errata list exists for this book. > > > > 2. For the first edition (19 July 1996), get > ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/er- > > rata-1. This same file is also available via the web > link > > http://www.lemis.com/errata-1. I am no longer updating this errata list. > > > > 3. The list for the second edition (16 December 1997) is available in > four > > forms: > > > > o A PostScript version, suitable for printing out, > at > > ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-2.ps. See page 222 of the > second > > edition to find out how to print out PostScript. If at all > possible, > > please take this document: it's closest to the original text. > > > > Be careful selecting this file with a web browser: it is often > impossible > > to reload the document, and you may see a previously cached version. > > > > o An enhanced ASCII version at > ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-2.txt. > > When viewed with more or less, this version will show some > highlighting and > > underlining. It's not suitable for direct viewing. > > > > o An ASCII-only version at ftp://ftp.lemis.com/pub/cfbsd/errata-2.ascii. > This > > version is posted every week to the FreeBSD-questions mailing list. > Only > > > > > Page 5 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Getting errata for older editions of the book > > > > > > take this version if you have real problems with PostScript: I > can't be > > sure that the lack of different fonts won't confuse the meaning. > > > > o A web version at http://www.lemis.com/errata-2.html. > > > > 4. The revised second edition was formatted on 11 February 1999. As the > name > > suggests, it's not a complete new edition: in fact, only three chapters > are > > different: > > > > o The chapter ``Setting up X11'' has been brought up to date. > > > > o Appendix D (``Contents of the Ports Collection'') has been replaced > by two > > appendixes, ``Errata and Addenda'' (the errata list up to date at the > time) > > and ``FreeBSD 3.0'', which describes the differences between > FreeBSD 2.x > > and FreeBSD 3.x. > > > > There is no separate errata list for this book. Refer to the second > edition > > errata list. > > > > 5. The current, third edition, formatted on 17 May 1999. This is the > correct > > list for this edition. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Page 6 > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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