From c21d0ede4ac0f8f73559937f0a42220eccb3e5a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gclarkii Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 10:39:10 +0000 Subject: update mailing lists Changed around some directorys in the FAQ (Thanks Jordan) --- share/FAQ/FreeBSD.FAQ | 55 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------------- share/FAQ/mailing-list.FAQ | 18 ++++++++++----- 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-) (limited to 'share') 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 -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 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 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 (but see section 1.5) BT-747 Series BT-964 Series Future Domain TMC-8xx/950 Series -Generic NCR 53C810 based controllers +PCI Generic NCR 53C810 based controllers ProAudioSpectrum Zilog 5380 based controllers SCSI-2 controllers Seagate ST-01/02 Series @@ -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 - 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 `@FreeBSD.ORG'. It will then be redistributed -- cgit v1.1