Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 21:54:43 +0100 From: "Gary Palmer" <gpalmer@FreeBSD.ORG> To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: FAQ Message-ID: <727.828564883@palmer.demon.co.uk>
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Hi
I've made some quick changes to the FAQ (relative to RELENG_2_1_0)
which are enclosed. (Someone should update the ``current snapshot is''
bit before commiting - I'm working offline at the minute and can't
remember)
Gary
Index: freebsd-faq.sgml
===================================================================
RCS file: /mnt/usr/home/ncvs/src/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.4.4.4
diff -u -r1.4.4.4 freebsd-faq.sgml
--- freebsd-faq.sgml 1996/01/31 14:32:03 1.4.4.4
+++ freebsd-faq.sgml 1996/04/03 20:53:33
@@ -26,19 +26,18 @@
Mailing list"> or to <url url="mailto:faq@FreeBSD.ORG"
name="FreeBSD FAQ mailing list">
- The latest released version is FreeBSD 2.0.5R. FreeBSD-current
- refers to the future FreeBSD 2.2. The 2.1 release will be issued
- from a special branch of the -current sources and is intended as an
- even more stable version of 2.0.5.
+ The latest released version is FreeBSD 2.1.0R. FreeBSD-current
+ refers to the future FreeBSD 2.2. 2.1 was developed on a
+ separate branch to 2.2-current, and only stability fixes were
+ brought across, making 2.1.0 a much more stable release than
+ 2.0.5R. It is expected that there will be one more release
+ from the 2.1 branch with more bug fixes.
There are regular snapshots extracted from 2.2-CURRENT. Check on
<tt>ftp.FreeBSD.ORG</tt> in <tt>/pub/FreeBSD/*-SNAP*</tt>.
The current snapshot is 2.1.0-951104-SNAP.
- Latest notes: expect 2.1-RELEASE to hit the streets in a few days
- for FTP. It will be burned on CD-ROM soon !
-
This version of the FAQ uses the <tt>linuxdoc-sgml</tt> utility
written for Linux by Matt Welsh. The initial SGML translation was
made by Ollivier Robert <url url="mailto:roberto@FreeBSD.ORG"
@@ -94,9 +93,12 @@
<sect1>
<heading>What do I need to run FreeBSD?</heading>
<p>
- You'll need a 386 or better PC, with 4 Mo or more of RAM and at
- least 60 MB of hard disk space. It can run with a low end MDA
- card but to run X11R6, a VGA or better video card is needed.
+ You'll need a 386 or better PC, with 4 Megabytes or more of
+ RAM and at least 60 MB of hard disk space. It can run with a
+ low end MDA card but to run X11R6, a VGA or better video
+ card is needed. You will need a minimum of 5 Megabytes to
+ install though, as the installation kernel is slightly bigger
+ than the normal kernel.
See the section on <ref id="hardware" name="Hardware compatibility">
@@ -106,8 +108,8 @@
The distribution is available via anonymous ftp from:
<url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/" name="FreeBSD home directory">
- For the current release, 2.0.5R, look in:
- <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE/" name="FreeBSD 2.0.5-RELEASE">
+ For the current release, 2.1.0R, look in:
+ <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE/" name="FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE">
FreeBSD is also available via CDROM, from the following place(s):
@@ -150,6 +152,10 @@
from the Core Team. This mail list should be limited to
meeting synopsis and coordination of projects that span User
Groups
+ <tag/mobile/ Discussion of the use of FreeBSD or portables
+ <tag/atm/ Discussions relating to the implimentation of
+ ATM device drivers and networking code for
+ FreebSD
</descrip>
<p>
The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing
@@ -311,19 +317,19 @@
<heading>How do I install FreeBSD?</heading>
<p>
- <bf/IMPORTANT NOTE/ if you are installing 2.0.5R from tape, see
- the question titled,
+ <bf/IMPORTANT NOTE/ if you are installing from tape, see
+ the question titled,
<ref id="install-tape" name="Help! I can't install from tape!">
Installation instructions can be found as:
- <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE/INSTALL"
- name="INSTALL from 2.0.5R">
+ <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE/INSTALL"
+ name="INSTALL from 2.1.0R">
Release notes are also available as:
- <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE/RELNOTES"
- name="RELNOTES from 2.0.5R">
+ <url url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.ORG/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE/RELNOTES"
+ name="RELNOTES from 2.1.0R">
On the CDROM, the following files are in the top-most directory:
@@ -394,14 +400,37 @@
System (provided as XFree86 3.1.2).
<sect1>
+ <heading>I used rawrite to write out the boot.flp image, but it won't boot. HELP!?</heading>
+ <p>
+ There are several possible causes for this:
+
+ <itemize>
+ <item> The floppy was not formatted properly before you
+ ran the rawrite program. Use the DOS `format'
+ program, or a suitable formatter from whichever OS
+ you are running. Then re-try the rawrite step.
+
+ <item> The floppy disk has a bad sector (or sectors) on
+ it. Rawrite and FreeBSD boot loader can't cope with
+ bad floppies. Try another floppy.
+
+ <item> You performed the rawrite operation under Windows
+ 95 or Windows NT. Both of these operating systems
+ perform some sort of device protection, and rawrite
+ doesn't know how to deal with it, often failing
+ silently. If you can, boot into normal DOS and try
+ again.
+ </itemize>
+
+ <sect1>
<heading>Help! I can't install from tape! The install fails with a ``record too big'' error!<label id="install-tape"></heading>
<p>
- If you are installing 2.0.5R from tape, you must create the tape
- using a tar blocksize of 10 (5120 bytes). The default tar
- blocksize is 20 (10240 bytes), and tapes created using this
- default size cannot be used to install 2.0.5R; with these tapes,
- you will get an error that complains about the record size being
- too big.
+ If you are installing from tape, you must create the tape
+ using a tar blocksize of 10 (5120 bytes). The default tar
+ blocksize is 20 (10240 bytes), and tapes created using this
+ default size cannot be used to install; with these tapes,
+ you will get an error that complains about the record size
+ being too big.
<sect1>
<heading>I want to install FreeBSD onto a SCSI disk that has more than 1024 cylinders. How do I do it?</heading>
@@ -1527,7 +1556,7 @@
<heading>Hmm, where are my familiar BSD system files ? What's this <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> thing?</heading>
<p>
- As for 2.0.5R, the primary configuration file is
+ As of 2.0.5R, the primary configuration file is
<tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>. All the options are to be specified in
this one and the other one (<tt>/etc/rc</tt> and
<tt>/etc/netstart</tt>) just include it.
@@ -1618,7 +1647,10 @@
kernel configuration file and recompiling.
This kernel option will put the <tt/sysctl/ variable
- <tt/net.inet.ip.forwarding/ to <tt/1/.
+ <tt/net.inet.ip.forwarding/ to <tt/1/. <bf> As of 2.1.0, the
+ preferred method of enabling packet forwarding is by setting
+ the variable ``<tt/gateway/'' in <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt> to
+ be ``<tt/YES/''. </bf>
In most cases, you will also need to run a routing process to
tell other systems on your network about your router; FreeBSD
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