summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/share
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-01-27 17:56:46 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1997-01-27 17:56:46 +0000
commitd1ce1fab91b241f0bb4239e6967f12b31bbca7d9 (patch)
treedab5f0dc1f8858d2987e69841df95faa1362794e /share
parentf1bacc34bc8e442e34977738cf95f0151839ea6f (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-d1ce1fab91b241f0bb4239e6967f12b31bbca7d9.zip
FreeBSD-src-d1ce1fab91b241f0bb4239e6967f12b31bbca7d9.tar.gz
Answer some recently asked questions.
Submitted-By: pds
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml23
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml
index e3c7c5d..8e69432 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='&lt;pds@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>
-<date>$Date: 1997/01/16 03:51:28 $
+<date>$Date: 1997/01/16 06:27:18 $
<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.
@@ -911,6 +911,9 @@ drivedata: 0
should only be required if you are using ISA devices, although
one or two broken EISA and VLB devices may need it as well).
+ Also look at the section on <ref id="reallybigram"
+ name="&gt;64M machines"> if you have that much memory.
+
<sect1>
<heading>I keep seeing messages like ``<tt/ed1: timeout/''.</heading>
<p>
@@ -1145,7 +1148,7 @@ options PSM_CHECKSYNC #checks the header byte for sync.
<heading>I have a laptop with a track-ball mouse.</heading>
<p>
- Please refer to the answer to the previous question.
+ Please refer to <ref id="ps2mouse" name="the answer to the previous question">.
<sect1>
<heading>What types of tape drives are supported under FreeBSD?</heading>
@@ -1734,6 +1737,20 @@ pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)
</verb>
<sect1>
+ <heading>How do I mount a secondary DOS partition?</heading>
+
+ <p>
+ The secondary DOS partitions are found after ALL the primary
+ partitions. For example, if you have an "E" partition as the
+ second DOS partition on the second SCSI drive, you need to create
+ the special files for "slice 5" in /dev, then mount /dev/sd1s5:
+
+ <verb>
+ % cd /dev
+ % ./MAKEDEV sd1s5
+ % mount -t msdos /dev/sd1s5 /dos/e
+ </verb>
+ <sect1>
<heading>How can I use the NT loader to boot FreeBSD?</heading>
<p>
The general idea is that you copy the first sector of your
@@ -2462,7 +2479,7 @@ disk fd1 at fdc0 drive 1
GIMP. 256Kb is plenty for X11R6 shared memory.
<sect1>
- <heading>I have 128 MB of RAM but the system only uses 64 MB.</heading>
+ <heading>I have 128 MB of RAM but the system only uses 64 MB.<label id="reallybigram"></heading>
<p>
Due to the manner in which FreeBSD gets the memory size from the
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud