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author | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-29 15:02:05 +0000 |
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committer | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-29 15:02:05 +0000 |
commit | 0b1072afc897dc6d26f0ca8ff58a0e989a760229 (patch) | |
tree | 9d52afe8b620b8b96ed437363e6fb06f4aecec18 /share | |
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More fixes and an update to the ZIP section.
Submitted-By: pds
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
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1 files changed, 46 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index bec32e6..3ec12d6 100644 --- a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml +++ b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG' name='<pds@FreeBSD.ORG>'></tt> -<date>$Date: 1997/01/29 04:39:53 $ +<date>$Date: 1997/01/29 14:45:57 $ <abstract> This is the FAQ for FreeBSD systems version 2.X All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.5+, unless otherwise noted. @@ -411,6 +411,11 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction. The FreeBSD handbook has a pretty complete <url url="../handbook/bibliography.html" name="Bibliography"> + <label id="pao">There's also a wealth of information about using + FreeBSD on laptops at + <url url="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/" + name="Tatsumi Hosokawa's Mobile Computing page"> in Japan. + <sect> <heading>Installation</heading> <p> @@ -604,6 +609,8 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction. +----------------------------------------+ </verb> + See also <ref id="pao" name="this note"> on the Mobile Computing page. + <sect1> <heading>Which geometry should I use for a disk drive?<label id="geometry"></heading> <p> @@ -727,7 +734,9 @@ Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction. <p> Divide up your FreeBSD slice according to taste and press `w' when you are happy with the way it looks. Again, say ``Yes'' when asked - for confirmation, and press `q' to quit. + for confirmation, and press `q' to quit. If you're adding swap + space on the second drive, look at <ref id="swap" name="this note"> + for a nasty little gotcha that can cause no end of trouble. <p> <label id="2_1-disklabel-fix"> <bf>Using disklabel(8) manually with 2.1.6-RELEASE</bf> @@ -870,6 +879,12 @@ drivedata: 0 magic in 386BSD 0.1 through FreeBSD 2.0, thus partition 'e' is often used for the first non-bootable partition containing a filesystem.) + <tag><label id="swap"> + <bf>Warning about swap space</bf></tag> + The space required by the BSD partition table is allowed + for in the file system. It's not allowed for by the swap + partition. So don't start swap at cylinder 0, either offset + it or put a file system in partition 'a'. </descrip> <sect1> @@ -1019,6 +1034,7 @@ drivedata: 0 <descrip> <tag/Adaptec/ + AH-1505 <ISA> <newline> AH-152x Series <ISA> <newline> AH-154x Series <ISA> <newline> AH-174x Series <EISA> <newline> @@ -1079,21 +1095,37 @@ drivedata: 0 <p> FreeBSD supports the SCSI ZIP drive out of the box, of course. The - ZIP drive can only be set to run at SCSI target IDs 5 or 6, but if - your SCSI host adapter's BIOS supports it you can even boot from + ZIP drive can only be set to run at SCSI target IDs 5 or 6, but if + your SCSI host adapter's BIOS supports it you can even boot from it. I don't know which host adapters let you boot from targets other than 0 or 1... look at your docs (and let me know if it works out for you). - There is no built in support for the parallel ZIP drive, and if you - haven't bought your ZIP drive already I recommend you get the SCSI - one... the price is the same, and the performance is much better, + There is no built in support for the parallel ZIP drive, and if you + haven't bought your ZIP drive already I recommend you get the SCSI + one... the price is the same, and the performance is much better, and you're unlikely to ever be able to boot from the parallel port. - If you already have a parallel ZIP, there is a port of the Linux - driver available at - <url url="http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html" - name="Nicolas Souchu's home page"> in France. + If you already have a parallel ZIP, there is a port of the Linux + driver available at + <url url="http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html" + name="Nicolas Souchu's home page"> in France. + + Also check out <ref id="jaz" name="this note on removable drives">. + + <sect1> + <heading>And how about JAZ, EZ, and other removable drives?</heading> + + <p> + Apart from the IDE version of the EZ drive, these are all SCSI + devices, so the should all look like SCSI disks to FreeBSD, and + the IDE EZ should look like an IDE drive. + + <label id="jaz"> + I'm not sure how well FreeBSD supports changing the media out + while running. You will of course need to dismount the drive + before swapping media, and make sure that any external units are + powered on when you boot the system so FreeBSD can see them. <sect1> <heading>What multi-port serial cards are supported by FreeBSD?</heading> @@ -1170,6 +1202,7 @@ options PSM_CHECKSYNC #checks the header byte for sync. <p> Please refer to <ref id="ps2mouse" name="the answer to the previous question">. + And check out <ref id="pao" name="this note"> on the Mobile Computing page. <sect1> <heading>What types of tape drives are supported under FreeBSD?</heading> @@ -1652,7 +1685,8 @@ crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 41, 1 Oct 15 22:14 spx <heading>How can I add more swap space?</heading> <p>The best way is to increase the size of your swap partition, or - take advantage of this convenient excuse to add another disk, but + take advantage of this convenient excuse to add another disk (and + see <ref id="swap" name="this note"> if you do), but <bf/Werner Griessl/ has provided these instructions for setting FreeBSD up for swapping to a file: |