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| author | abial <abial@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-15 21:40:07 +0000 |
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| committer | abial <abial@FreeBSD.org> | 1998-10-15 21:40:07 +0000 |
| commit | e8799dedf6b7473d0987a29b908ba35cf6fedf0f (patch) | |
| tree | b239a2d5cf92ce8a1a2c6eb340e61e116d25ac9c /release/picobsd/doc | |
| parent | a7c40510bca20b5fbd712824708ba2eadcfc4bc0 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-e8799dedf6b7473d0987a29b908ba35cf6fedf0f.zip FreeBSD-src-e8799dedf6b7473d0987a29b908ba35cf6fedf0f.tar.gz | |
Various fixups and corrections to match the 3.0-RELEASE tree.
The PicoBSD version is now 0.42.
Diffstat (limited to 'release/picobsd/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | release/picobsd/doc/src/bugs.html | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | release/picobsd/doc/src/faq.html | 29 |
2 files changed, 31 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/release/picobsd/doc/src/bugs.html b/release/picobsd/doc/src/bugs.html index d35d787..c878d00 100644 --- a/release/picobsd/doc/src/bugs.html +++ b/release/picobsd/doc/src/bugs.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <HTML> -<! $Id: bugs.html,v 1.2 1998/09/26 17:39:21 abial Exp $ > +<! $Id: bugs.html,v 1.3 1998/10/12 07:52:34 abial Exp $ > <HEAD> <TITLE>History and Bug fixes</TITLE> </HEAD> @@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ the list before reporting a new one.</p> <p>We tried to make this software bug-free, but life is life... Sorry for the inconvenience.</p> +<h3>PicoBSD 0.42</h3> +<ul> +<li> + 1998.10.15: Small fixes and updates to match the 3.0-RELEASE + source tree. The binary snapshot built from 3.0-R sources will + soon follow... +</li> +</ul> + <h3>PicoBSD 0.41</h3> <ul> <li> diff --git a/release/picobsd/doc/src/faq.html b/release/picobsd/doc/src/faq.html index 8c8681f..c45b56e 100644 --- a/release/picobsd/doc/src/faq.html +++ b/release/picobsd/doc/src/faq.html @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <HTML> -<! $Id: faq.html,v 1.3 1998/08/31 13:08:16 abial Exp $ > +<! $Id: faq.html,v 1.1 1998/09/26 17:23:01 abial Exp $ > <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META NAME="Author" CONTENT="Dinesh Nair"> @@ -26,12 +26,23 @@ isp. For a description of how each of the flavours differ, take a look at the <B><A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html">PicoBSD home page</A></B>. +<p><B>What is this "pico" in the name?</B></p> + +<p>It's an SI measure unit, which is equivalent of 10e<sup>-12</sup>. +This is a good approximation of more colloquial "extremely small".</p> + +<p>You can also think of normal FreeBSD as a system infested with +fully grown daemons, and PicoBSD as a system infested with +"the little people" :-). </p> + <P><B>What version of FreeBSD is PicoBSD based on ?</B></p> -<P>PicoBSD has versions based on both FreeBSD 3.0-current and FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE. +<P>PicoBSD has versions based on FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE, 3.0-current and +FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE. <A HREF="mailto:abial@nask.pl">Andrzej Bialecki</A> maintains the <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html">FreeBSD -3.0-current version</A> and <A HREF="mailto:dinesh@alphaque.com">Dinesh -Nair</A> maintains the <A HREF="http://info.net-gw.com/picoBSD/">FreeBSD +3.0-RELEASE and -current versions</A> and +<A HREF="mailto:dinesh@alphaque.com">Dinesh Nair</A> +maintains the <A HREF="http://info.net-gw.com/picoBSD/">FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE</A> version. Both the versions don't differ by much except for the following: <UL TYPE=CIRCLE> @@ -81,7 +92,7 @@ locations: <UL TYPE=CIRCLE> <LI> <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/~picobsd/picobsd.html">PicoBSD based on -FreeBSD 3.0-current</A> maintained by Andrzej Bialecki</LI> +FreeBSD 3.0-RELEASE and -current</A> maintained by Andrzej Bialecki</LI> <LI> <A HREF="http://info.net-gw.com/picoBSD/">PicoBSD based on FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE</A> @@ -178,7 +189,8 @@ FreeBSD distribution.</p> <p><b>Using version 0.4 I get many strange messages on my console...</b></p> <p>This is related in large part to DEVFS subsystem - it is still somewhat experimental, and its author left some diagnostics turned on.. They are -harmless.</p> +harmless. Versions 0.4x, x>0 don't use DEVFS at all, as it was too +experimental to work reliably...</p> <P><B>How do I connect using PPP ?</B></p> @@ -206,7 +218,8 @@ and disappears. and moving the mouse has no effect.</b></p> <p>You have the mouse driver configured to use the modem's serial port. Issue a 'ps -ax', remember the pid (process ID) of 'moused', then issue a 'kill -9 <pid>'. Edit /etc/rc.conf to specify the correct mouse port. Issue -an 'update' commmand to save new configuration to the floppy, and reboot. +an 'update' commmand to save new configuration to the floppy, and reboot.</p> + <P><B>I saved my lynx configuration but it was not there when I rebooted. Why ?</B> @@ -228,7 +241,7 @@ Handbook</A> or the <A HREF="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD Home</A>. PicoBSD user community comes in. And big thanks to all of you who already sent us some suggestions!</FONT></CENTER> <P><B><FONT SIZE=-1>Last Modified: -Sun Aug 9 13:40:15 CEST 1998 +Thu Oct 15 23:31:28 CEST 1998 </FONT></B></P> </BODY> </HTML> |
