Welcome to the FreeBSD 2.X FAQ ! This document tries to answer some of the most frequently asked questions about FreeBSD 2.X (or later, unless specifically indicated). If there's something you're having trouble with and you just don't see it here, then please send mail to:
FreeBSD-questions Mailing list or to FreeBSD FAQ mailing list
The latest released version is FreeBSD 2.1.0R. FreeBSD-current refers to the future FreeBSD 2.2. The 2.1 release has been issued from a special branch of the -current sources and is intended as a even more stable version of 2.0.5.
There are regular snapshots extracted from 2.2-CURRENT. Check on
ftp.FreeBSD.ORG in /pub/FreeBSD/*-SNAP*.
This version of the FAQ uses the linuxdoc-sgml utility
written for Linux by Matt Welsh. The initial SGML translation was
made by Ollivier Robert
roberto@FreeBSD.ORG
Some of the instructions here will also refer to auxiliary
utilities in the /usr/share/FAQ/Text directory. If you do
not have this directory, or if it does not contain the file that
you want, you are probably using a version of FreeBSD prior to
2.0.5R. In this case, install the FreeBSD sources and look in
/usr/src/share/FAQ/Text (instead of
/usr/share/FAQ). CDROM purchasers and net folks who've
grabbed the FreeBSD 2.X ``srcdist'' will have these files. If
you don't have the source distribution, then you can either grab
the whole thing from:
FreeBSD-current base directory
Or you can grab only those files you're interested in straight out of the FreeBSD-current distribution in: