From owner-freebsd-doc Sun Mar 31 07:41:20 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id HAA29099 for doc-outgoing; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 07:41:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov [137.75.131.171]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA29088 for ; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 07:41:16 -0800 (PST) Received: by fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov (5.57/Ultrix3.0-C) id AA05808; Sun, 31 Mar 96 15:41:15 GMT Message-Id: <9603311541.AA05808@fslg8.fsl.noaa.gov> Received: by emu.fsl.noaa.gov (1.40.112.3/16.2) id AA024366915; Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:41:55 -0700 Date: Sun, 31 Mar 1996 08:41:55 -0700 From: Sean Kelly To: harton@valleynet.com Cc: doc@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <315E024A.4EA4@valleynet.com> (message from Daniel Harton on Sat, 30 Mar 1996 19:55:54 -0800) Subject: Re: How can I help? Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Harton writes: Daniel> hello, what do I need to do to help with the handbook Daniel> project? Find the sections marked with a `*' in the handbook and write them! Be sure to post a message here (doc@freebsd.org) to ``claim'' the section---someone else might be working on it already. If none of the to-be-written sections appeal to you, suggest a topic! Then, write it. We're using SGML to do this, using a document type definition (DTD) based on linuxdoc. Don't worry if that doesn't mean anything to you. Basically, look at the source to one of the sections. See the effect of each SGML tag. Use the `sgmlfmt' command to format your document for HTML, LaTeX, plain ASCII text, or nroff to see how it looks. Then, make it available for review. You can do that by making the SGML source available for anonymous FTP or put the HTML version up on a web site. Then, revise it. Then, submit it. Then, bask in the glory of having contributed something to our mighty and growing handbook! -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/ From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Apr 1 00:46:29 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA09438 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 00:46:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (mail.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.13]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA09433 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 00:46:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de (wosch@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de [130.149.17.12]) by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.6.12/8.6.12) with ESMTP id KAA06538; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:40:45 +0200 From: Wolfram Schneider Received: (from wosch@localhost) by caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de (8.7.2/8.7.2) id KAA27784; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:40:40 +0200 (MET DST) Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 10:40:40 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199604010840.KAA27784@caramba.cs.tu-berlin.de> To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch) Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HP printers In-Reply-To: <199603302158.WAA04564@uriah.heep.sax.de> References: <199603291843.NAA02951@sefl.satelnet.org> <199603302158.WAA04564@uriah.heep.sax.de> Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk This should be in the FAQ. J. Wunsch writes: >If it's parallel, and all your problem is that it's terribly slow, try >setting your printer port into ``polled'' mode: > > lptcontrol -p > >Some newer HP printers are told to not work correctly in interrupt >mode, apparently due to some (not yet exactly understood) timing >problem. Slowaris is also affected by this (and that's probably the >reason why the HP support does rather act like an ``unsupport'' here). From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Apr 1 04:48:38 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA23660 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:48:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from gw.sequestr.ru (sequestr.rinet.ru [194.87.171.160]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA23654 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:48:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from bear.sequestr.ru by gw.sequestr.ru with SMTP id QAA00585; (8.6.11/vak/1.9) Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:52:21 +0400 Message-ID: <315FDE93.265C@sequestr.ru> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 16:48:03 +0300 From: Alex Treschenkov X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: (no subject) X-URL: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook.html Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Apr 1 04:53:37 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id EAA23823 for doc-outgoing; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:53:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from scylla.sovam.com (scylla.sovam.com [194.67.2.97]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA23810 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 1996 04:53:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from ts3-a13.dial.sovam.com (ts4-a6.dial.sovam.com) by scylla.sovam.com with SMTP id AA20607 (5.67b8s3p1/IDA-1.5 for ); Mon, 1 Apr 1996 16:51:25 +0400 Message-Id: <31605EE8.7103@sovam.com> Date: Mon, 01 Apr 1996 14:55:36 -0800 From: Igor Nezhurbeda Organization: JSB INKO Kiev, Ukraine X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (Win16; I) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: doc@freebsd.org Subject: (no subject) X-Url: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk help From owner-freebsd-doc Wed Apr 3 13:40:00 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA24508 for doc-outgoing; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:40:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from palmer.demon.co.uk (palmer.demon.co.uk [158.152.50.150]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id NAA24499 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 13:39:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by palmer.demon.co.uk (sendmail/PALMER-1) with SMTP id VAA00729 for ; Wed, 3 Apr 1996 21:54:44 +0100 (BST) To: doc@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: FAQ Date: Wed, 03 Apr 1996 21:54:43 +0100 Message-ID: <727.828564883@palmer.demon.co.uk> Sender: owner-doc@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 - 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 ftp.FreeBSD.ORG in /pub/FreeBSD/*-SNAP*. 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 linuxdoc-sgml utility written for Linux by Matt Welsh. The initial SGML translation was made by Ollivier Robert What do I need to run FreeBSD?

- 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 @@ -106,8 +108,8 @@ The distribution is available via anonymous ftp from: - For the current release, 2.0.5R, look in: - + For the current release, 2.1.0R, look in: + 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 +

The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing @@ -311,19 +317,19 @@ How do I install FreeBSD?

- Installation instructions can be found as: - + Release notes are also available as: - + On the CDROM, the following files are in the top-most directory: @@ -394,14 +400,37 @@ System (provided as XFree86 3.1.2). + I used rawrite to write out the boot.flp image, but it won't boot. HELP!? +

+ There are several possible causes for this: + + + 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. + + 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. + + 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. + + + Help! I can't install from tape! The install fails with a ``record too big'' error!

- 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. I want to install FreeBSD onto a SCSI disk that has more than 1024 cylinders. How do I do it? @@ -1527,7 +1556,7 @@ Hmm, where are my familiar BSD system files ? What's this /etc/sysconfig thing?

- As for 2.0.5R, the primary configuration file is + As of 2.0.5R, the primary configuration file is /etc/sysconfig. All the options are to be specified in this one and the other one (/etc/rc and /etc/netstart) just include it. @@ -1618,7 +1647,10 @@ kernel configuration file and recompiling. This kernel option will put the As of 2.1.0, the + preferred method of enabling packet forwarding is by setting + the variable ``/etc/sysconfig to + be `` In most cases, you will also need to run a routing process to tell other systems on your network about your router; FreeBSD From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Apr 4 00:38:10 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA08628 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:38:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from burka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@burka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA08619 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 00:37:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (root@sivka.carrier.kiev.ua [193.125.68.130]) by burka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with ESMTP id LAA24571 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 11:38:52 +0300 Received: from elvisti.kiev.ua (uucp@localhost) by sivka.carrier.kiev.ua (Sendmail 8.who.cares/5) with UUCP id LAA13886 for doc@freebsd.org; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 11:20:22 +0300 Received: from office.elvisti.kiev.ua (office.elvisti.kiev.ua [193.125.28.33]) by spider2.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) with ESMTP id JAA26664 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:51:53 +0300 Received: (from stesin@localhost) by office.elvisti.kiev.ua (8.6.12/8.ElVisti) id JAA29758; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:51:53 +0300 From: "Andrew V. Stesin" Message-Id: <199604040651.JAA29758@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> Subject: Wouldn't you mind including this to the FAQ, please? To: gpalmer@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 4 Apr 1996 09:51:52 +0300 (EET DST) Cc: doc@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24alpha5] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Dear Gary, I've seen this question several times: "Installed FreeBSD on my XYZ-brand PC, and my keyboard (and probably bus mouse, too) is locking up after switching between vtys (or even spontaneous). What's wrong?" Last time Dave Walton asked this, I gave him a kludgy workaround I knew, and now he himself found something that's supposed to be a real solution. A compile-time option ASYNCH for syscons.c isn't documented in LINT (at least in -stable as of Mar 20) and I don't recall it to be mentioned in any documentation. Forwarded message: Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1996 10:03:45 -0800 (PST) From: Dave Walton To: "Andrew V. Stesin" cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Strange lockup problem Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII On Thu, 21 Mar 1996, Andrew V. Stesin wrote: > # Switching from one vty to another frequently causes a lockup. It can > > If you still can do telnet to your box (or come into it > via modem port), that's a situation I've seen several > times before -- lockup (or better to say synchronization > problem) of onboard kbd controller, or keyboard itself. > Sometimes re-plugging of kbd jack cures it (dangerous!) > or a command kbdcontrol -r fast < /dev/ttyv0 (issued > after coming into the box via telnet). In case you come across this problem again, I solved it by adding options ASYNCH to my kernel. Dave ========================================================================== David Walton Unix Programmer PSI INTERNATIONAL, Inc. email: dwalton@psiint.com 190 South Orchard #C200 Fax :(707)451-6484 Vacaville, CA 95688 Phone:(707)451-3503 ========================================================================== -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 "You may delegate authority, but not responsibility." Frank's Management Rule #1. From owner-freebsd-doc Thu Apr 4 18:27:53 1996 Return-Path: owner-doc Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id SAA02453 for doc-outgoing; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:27:53 -0800 (PST) Received: from www.datastream.net (eugene.datastream.net [206.66.158.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id SAA02428 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 1996 18:27:43 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199604050227.SAA02428@freefall.freebsd.org> Received: from node9.datastream.net by www.datastream.net (NTMail 3.00.06) id aa003874 Tue, 4 Apr 95 21:29:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Sender: rhammond@www.datastream.net X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Light Version 1.5.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: doc@freebsd.org From: Robert Hammond Subject: PPP Help Date: Tue, 4 Apr 95 21:29:25 -0400 (EDT) X-Info: Evaluation version at www.datastream.net Sender: owner-doc@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I was needing some help with using PPP to get FreeBSD installed. I can get everything setup and when I get to the part where I actually call my service provider I can't get it to log on. I use the 'term' command like it says to, it connects, then it sits there. I know my provider uses the PPP authentication protocol, but I can't figure out how to get the interface to use that. Any help as soon as possible would be appreciated. Robert Hammond