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author | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-27 17:56:46 +0000 |
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committer | Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1997-01-27 17:56:46 +0000 |
commit | 51305d0555059087d7c1aa2d777523956f23c3d2 (patch) | |
tree | dab5f0dc1f8858d2987e69841df95faa1362794e | |
parent | 28f9fdc1aea31c0a157341a909f41465048d60a5 (diff) |
Answer some recently asked questions.
Submitted-By: pds
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svn path=/head/; revision=22044
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml b/share/doc/FAQ/FAQ.sgml index e3c7c5d9b0d1..8e6943266ed3 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: 1997/01/16 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=">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 |