Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 05:40:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Eitan Adler <eadler@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r46403 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq Message-ID: <201504010540.t315ePtO060917@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: eadler Date: Wed Apr 1 05:40:24 2015 New Revision: 46403 URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/46403 Log: FAQ: multiple changes - don't point out bad IRC channels, just point to good ones - simplify password hashing question by presuming a modern version (and briefly mentioning 8) - combine memory limits questions into single question 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 Apr 1 05:20:05 2015 (r46402) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml Wed Apr 1 05:40:24 2015 (r46403) @@ -971,9 +971,7 @@ <listitem> <para>Channel <literal>#FreeBSDhelp</literal> on <link xlink:href="http://www.efnet.org/index.php">EFNet</link>; - is a channel dedicated to helping &os; users. They - are much more sympathetic to questions than - <literal>#FreeBSD</literal> is.</para> + is a channel dedicated to helping &os; users.</para> </listitem> <listitem> @@ -1345,11 +1343,9 @@ </question> <answer> - <para>&os; 7 and 8 use MD5 password hashing by default. - Recent versions of &os; use <emphasis>SHA512</emphasis> by - default. These are believed to be more secure than the - traditional &unix; password format, which used a scheme - based on the <emphasis>DES</emphasis> algorithm. DES + <para>versions of &os; (past &os; 8) use + <emphasis>SHA512</emphasis> by + default. DES passwords are still available for backwards compatibility with legacy operating systems which still use the less secure password format. &os; also supports @@ -1365,25 +1361,6 @@ </qandaentry> <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="memory-limits"> - <para>What are the limits for memory?</para> - </question> - - <answer> - <para>Memory limits depend on the platform used. On a - standard &i386; install, the limit is 4 GB but more - memory can be supported through &man.pae.4;. See <link - linkend="memory-i386-over-4gb">instructions for using - 4 GB or more memory on &i386;</link>.</para> - - <para>&os;/pc98 has a limit of 4 GB memory, and PAE can - not be used with it. Other architectures supported by - &os; have much higher theoretical limits on maximum memory - (many terabytes).</para> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - - <qandaentry> <question xml:id="ffs-limits"> <para>What are the limits for FFS file systems?</para> </question> @@ -1440,11 +1417,8 @@ </question> <answer> - <para>Yes, &rel.head.releng; users can set - <varname>WITH_BSDCONFIG</varname> in - <filename>/etc/src.conf</filename>. Users of &rel.relx; - and higher may also install - <package>sysutils/bsdconfig</package>.</para> + <para>Yes. <application>bsdconfig</application> provides a + nice interface to configure &os; post-installation.</para> </answer> </qandaentry> </qandaset> @@ -1485,13 +1459,14 @@ <qandaentry> <question xml:id="memory-upper-limitation"> - <para>Does &os; support more than 4 GB of memory + <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> </question> <answer> - <para>Yes. &os; as an operating system generally supports + <para>&os; as an operating system generally supports as much physical memory (RAM) as the platform it is running on does. Keep in mind that different platforms have different limits for memory; for example &i386; @@ -1699,22 +1674,15 @@ <qandaentry> <question xml:id="supported-cdrom-drives"> - <para>Which CD-ROM drives are supported by &os;?</para> + <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> - </answer> - </qandaentry> - <qandaentry> - <question xml:id="supported-cdrw-drives"> - <para>Which CD-RW drives are supported by &os;?</para> - </question> - - <answer> <para>&os; supports any ATAPI-compatible IDE CD-R or CD-RW drive. See &man.burncd.8; for details.</para> @@ -1915,12 +1883,8 @@ bindkey ^[[3~ delete-char # for xterm</p <para>On a 32-bit version of &os;, the memory appears lost, since it will be remapped above 4 GB, which a 32-bit kernel is unable to access. In this case, the solution is - to build a PAE enabled kernel. See <link - linkend="memory-limits">the entry on memory - limits</link> and <link - linkend="memory-upper-limitation">about different memory - limits on different platforms</link> for more - information.</para> + to build a PAE enabled kernel. See + the entry on memory limits for more information.</para> <para>On a 64-bit version of &os;, or when running a PAE-enabled kernel, &os; will correctly detect and remap
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