Date: Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:09:12 +0200 From: Thomas Uhrfelt <thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se> To: "'junkmale@xtra.co.nz'" <junkmale@xtra.co.nz> Cc: "freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: SV: SV: I need documentations Message-ID: <01BE8680.69F62EF0.thomas.uhrfelt@plymovent.se>
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Yes, sort of a recepiebook, that would be a great addition to the FreeBSD documentation. I posted a message on what exactly I am trying to accomplish in the net-mailing list, so if you need information, please take a look on that posting. Regards, Thomas Uhrfelt > On 14 Apr 99, at 13:02, Thomas Uhrfelt wrote: > > > Do you think its possible for you to merge some of your documents together > > and updating them a bit, what I am looking for is sort of a documnent that > > starts when FreeBSD is installed and one is about to.. > > Sure it's possible. But I'm not sure it's feasible. See below. Which > documents did you feel needed updating? > > > a) get the network/routing to work ( not the actual kernelfiddling ) > > What part of network routing? What do you want the box to do? I assume > this will be a gateway. > > > b) get a computer to route between networks ( using IPNAT ). > > I take it this is the gateway you mentioned above? > > > What I really would like is an updated handbook, but since that might be > > quite far away, I am putting my gold in your basket. > > Well, all the information is at the website. As you mention, it's in more > that one article. Each article deals with a specific task. I'm not sure > that combining them into one article makes sense. > > However, what I think you are looking for is what someone else [sorry, > can't remember the name] called a recipe book. That's a set of > instructions to create a specific type of machine (gateway, workstation, > etc). I figure you want a document which shows you which documents you > need to achieve a particular objective. > > By itself, I think this is a good idea. Quite useful And not very difficult to put together given that the > main articles already exist. > > What do you think? What do others think? > > -- > Dan Langille > The FreeBSD Diary > http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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