Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 05:41:59 +0000 (UTC) From: Mark Linimon <linimon@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r53609 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201911200541.xAK5fxpV095531@repo.freebsd.org>
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Author: linimon Date: Wed Nov 20 05:41:59 2019 New Revision: 53609 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53609 Log: Start rototilling out answers that have been stale for the better part of this century. At this point they are just embarrasing. Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Nov 20 05:30:16 2019 (r53608) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Nov 20 05:41:59 2019 (r53609) @@ -1202,18 +1202,6 @@ </qandaentry> <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="need-to-run"> - <para>What are the minimum requirements to run &os;?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>&os; requires a 486 or better PC, - 64 MB or more of RAM, and at least 1.1 GB of hard - disk space.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> <question xml:id="custom-boot-floppy"> <para>How can I make my own custom release or install disk?</para> @@ -1421,10 +1409,7 @@ <qandaentry> <question xml:id="memory-upper-limitation"> - <para>What are the limits for memory? Does &os; support - more than 4 GB of memory - (RAM)? More than 16 GB? More than - 48 GB?</para> + <para>What are the limits for memory?</para> </question> <answer> @@ -1570,89 +1555,21 @@ </qandaset> </sect1> - <sect1 xml:id="compatibility-drives"> - <title>Hard Drives, Tape Drives, and CD and DVD Drives</title> + <sect1 xml:id="compatibility-peripherals"> + <title>Peripherals</title> <qandaset> <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="supported-hard-drives"> - <para>What kind of hard drives does &os; support?</para> + <question xml:id="supported-peripherals"> + <para>What kind of peripherals does &os; support?</para> </question> <answer> - <para>&os; supports EIDE, SATA, SCSI, and SAS drives (with - a compatible controller; see the next section), and all - drives using the original <quote>Western Digital</quote> - interface (MFM, RLL, ESDI, and of course IDE). A few - ESDI controllers that use proprietary interfaces may not - work: stick to WD1002/3/6/7 interfaces and - clones.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="supported-scsi-controllers"> - <para>Which SCSI or SAS controllers are supported?</para> - </question> - - <answer> <para>See the complete list in the Hardware Notes for &os; <link xlink:href="&rel.current.hardware;">&rel.current;</link> or <link xlink:href="&rel2.current.hardware;">&rel2.current;</link>.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="tape-support"> - <para>What types of tape drives are supported?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>&os; supports all standard SCSI tape - interfaces.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="tape-changer-support"> - <para>Does &os; support tape changers?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>&os; supports SCSI changers using the &man.ch.4; - device and the &man.chio.1; command. The details of how - to control the changer can be found in - &man.chio.1;.</para> - - <para>While - <application>AMANDA</application> and some other - products already understands changers, other - applications only know how to move a tape from one point - to another. In this case, keep track of which slot a - tape is in and which slot the tape currently in the - drive needs to go back to.</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="supported-cdrom-drives"> - <para>Which CD-ROM and CD-RW drives are supported by - &os;?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>Any SCSI drive connected to a supported controller - is supported. Most ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs are - supported.</para> - - <para>&os; supports any ATAPI-compatible IDE CD-R or CD-RW - drive.</para> - - <para>&os; also supports any SCSI CD-R or CD-RW drives. - Install the <package>sysutils/cdrtools</package> port or - package, then use <command>cdrecord</command>.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset>
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