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authorgclarkii <gclarkii@FreeBSD.org>1994-10-10 10:39:10 +0000
committergclarkii <gclarkii@FreeBSD.org>1994-10-10 10:39:10 +0000
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update mailing lists
Changed around some directorys in the FAQ (Thanks Jordan)
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/FAQ/FreeBSD.FAQ55
-rw-r--r--share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ18
2 files changed, 35 insertions, 38 deletions
diff --git a/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.FAQ b/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.FAQ
index ca67da7..de29fdc 100644
--- a/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.FAQ
+++ b/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.FAQ
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
Please mail all suggestions and additions to <FreeBSD-FAQ@FreeBSD.ORG>
-Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.4 1994/10/03 03:48:38 gclarkii Exp $
+Revision: $Id: FreeBSD.FAQ,v 1.5 1994/10/09 01:14:51 pst Exp $
All entries are assumed to be relevant to FreeBSD 2.0.
Any entries with a <XXX> are under construction.
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ here, please send email to:
Some of the instructions here will also refer to auxiliary utilities
-in the /usr/src/contrib/FAQ directory. CDROM purchasers and net folks
+in the /usr/src/share/FAQ directory. CDROM purchasers and net folks
who've grabbed the FreeBSD 2.0 `srcdist' will have these files. If
you don't have the source distribution, then you can either grab the
whole thing from:
@@ -79,20 +79,25 @@ developers. For more information, send to
<majordomo@FreeBSD.ORG> and include a single line saying
``help'' in the body of your message.
-FreeBSD-announce: For announcements about or on FreeBSD.
-FreeBSD-hackers: Useful for persons wishing to work on the internals.
-FreeBSD-questions: General questions on FreeBSD.
-FreeBSD-bugs: Where bugs should be sent.
-FreeBSD-SCSI: Mailing list for SCSI developers.
-FreeBSD-current: This list is for persons wishing to run FreeBSD-current
+freebsd-announce: For announcements about or on FreeBSD.
+freebsd-hackers: Useful for persons wishing to work on the internals.
+freebsd-questions: General questions on FreeBSD.
+freebsd-bugs: Where bugs should be sent.
+freebsd-SCSI: Mailing list for SCSI developers.
+freebsd-current: This list is for persons wishing to run FreeBSD-current
and carries announcements and discussions on current.
+freebsd-security: For issues dealing with system security.
+freebsd-platforms: Deals with ports to non-intel platforms
+freebsd-ports: Discussion of /usr/ports/???
+freebsd-fs: Discussion of FreeBSD Filesystems
+
The FreeBSD-commit list has been broken up into groups dealing with different
areas of intrest.
Please see also the FreeBSD mailing list FAQ in:
- /usr/src/contrib/FAQ/FreeBSD.mailing-list.FAQ
+ /usr/src/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.mailing-list.FAQ
0.3: What are the various FreeBSD news groups?
@@ -246,7 +251,7 @@ Buslogic BT-445 Series <VLB> (but see section 1.5)
BT-747 Series <EISA>
BT-964 Series <PCI>
Future Domain TMC-8xx/950 Series <ISA>
-Generic NCR 53C810 based controllers <PCI>
+PCI Generic NCR 53C810 based controllers <PCI>
ProAudioSpectrum Zilog 5380 based controllers <ISA>
SCSI-2 controllers <ISA>
Seagate ST-01/02 Series <ISA>
@@ -440,7 +445,7 @@ here.
5.1: I've heard of something called FreeBSD-current. How do I run it, and
where can I get more information?
-Read the file /usr/src/contrib/FAQ/OTHER-FAQS/FreeBSD.current.policy,
+Read the file /usr/src/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.current.policy,
it will tell you all you need to know.
@@ -455,10 +460,10 @@ mail or news). First, pick up the sup_bin.tgz package from:
ftp.FreeBSD.ORG:pub/FreeBSD/packages
-Second, read the file /usr/src/contrib/FAQ/FreeBSD.sup.faq.
+Second, read the file /usr/src/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.sup.faq.
This file describes how to setup sup on your machine. You may also
-want to look at /usr/src/contrib/FAQ/FreeBSD.*.supfile,
+want to look at /usr/src/share/FAQ/FreeBSD.*.supfile,
which are a set of supfiles for supping from FreeBSD.ORG.
@@ -644,23 +649,9 @@ Yes. See the man pages for slattach(8) and/or pppd(8) if you're using
FreeBSD to connect to another site. If you're using FreeBSD as a
server for other machines, look at the man page for sliplogin(8).
You may also want to take a look at the slip FAQ in:
- FAQ/Slip.FAQ
-
-8.4: How do I set up NTP?
-
-NTP configuration is so complex and widely variable from site to site
-that it would be impossible to make a blanket statement here. Your
-best bet is to ask whoever's in charge of NTP at your site or network
-provider; chances are that they are running a similar version of NTP
-to the one that we provide, and they can probably provide you with the
-right configuration files to get things going.
-
-If you can't find anyone in charge, you should examine the files in
-/usr/src/contrib/xntpd/doc and see if they help any. If not, you
-could ask on the comp.protocols.time.ntp newsgroup, or the
-<ntp@ni.umd.edu> mailing-list.
+ /usr/src/share/FAQ/Slip.FAQ
-8.5: How do I get my network set up? I don't see how to make my
+8.4: How do I get my network set up? I don't see how to make my
/dev/ed0 device!
In the Berkeley networking framework, network interfaces are only
@@ -672,18 +663,18 @@ BSD-related operating system; with few significant exceptions,
administering networking on FreeBSD is basically the same as on SunOS
4.0 or Ultrix.
-8.6: How do I get my 3C503 to use the other network port?
+8.5: How do I get my 3C503 to use the other network port?
Use `ifconfig ed0' to see whether the ALTPHYS flag is set, and then
use either `ifconfig ed0 altphys' if it was off, or `ifconfig ed0
-altphys' if it was on.
-8.7: I'm having problems with NFS to/from FreeBSD and my Wuffotronics
+8.6: I'm having problems with NFS to/from FreeBSD and my Wuffotronics
Workstation / generic NFS appliance, where should I look first?
Certain PC network cards are better than others (to put it mildly) and
can sometimes cause problems with network intensive applications like
-NFS. See /usr/src/contrib/FAQ/OTHER-FAQS/NFS for more information on this
+NFS. See /usr/src/share/FAQ/NFS.FAQ for more information on this
topic.
8.8: I want to enable IP multicast support on my FreeBSD box, how do I do it?
diff --git a/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ b/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ
index f7cc27c..240ade4 100644
--- a/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ
+++ b/share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
THE FREEBSD MAILING LIST FAQ
-Last updated: $Date: 1994/09/14 09:50:56 $
-Id: $Id: mailing-list.FAQ,v 1.2 1994/09/14 09:50:56 jkh Exp $
+Last updated: $Date: 1994/10/03 03:48:40 $
+Id: $Id: mailing-list.FAQ,v 1.3 1994/10/03 03:48:40 gclarkii Exp $
--
Though many of the FreeBSD development members read USENET, we cannot
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ freebsd-announce Important events / milestones
freebsd-current Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current
freebsd-commit Commit messages to source repository
freebsd-core FreeBSD core team (limited)
+freebsd-security Security issues
+freebsd-fs Filesystems
+freebsd-ports Discussion of "ports"
+freebsd-platforms Porting to Non-Intel platforms
+freebsd-hardware General discussion of FreeBSD hardware
+freebsd-install Installation issues (limited)
+
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
The following lists are for people seeing the log messages for source changes
@@ -49,10 +56,9 @@ cvs-usrsbin /usr/src/usr.sbin System binaries
cvs-ports /usr/ports Ported software
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-Of all the lists, freebsd-arch, freebsd-admin and freebsd-core have closed
-memberships limited to a small subset of core team members and developers,
-though anyone is free to send suggestions and commentary to them. The other
-lists may be freely joined by the general public.
+Even though the lists freebsd-core, freebsd-admin, freebsd-install and
+freebsd-arch are closed, anyone is free to send suggestions and comments
+to them. All other lists are open.
All mailing lists live on `FreeBSD.ORG', so to post to a list you
simply mail to `<listname>@FreeBSD.ORG'. It will then be redistributed
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