Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X

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• Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X (399360 bytes)
• Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X (15971 bytes)
• Preface (3338 bytes)
• Copyrights (1969 bytes)
• Serial Communications (3767 bytes)
• How do I tell if FreeBSD found my serial ports or modem cards? (2545 bytes)
• Hey, I just upgraded to 2.0.5 and my tty0X are missing! (1448 bytes)
• How do I access the serial ports once FreeBSD is running? (2236 bytes)
• How do I configure the kernel for my multiport serial card? (2367 bytes)
• I have two multiport serial cards that can share irqs. Can FreeBSD handle this? (1624 bytes)
• What's the difference between ttyd1, ttyid1, and ttyld1? Or, how can I set the default serial parameters for a port? (3278 bytes)
• How can I enable dialup logins on my modem? (4178 bytes)
• How can I make my spare computer a dumb terminal connected to my FreeBSD box? (2000 bytes)
• Why can't I run tip or cu? (1868 bytes)
• Installation (2596 bytes)
• My stock Hayes modem isn't supported---what should I do? (2468 bytes)
• How am I expected to enter these AT commands without resorting to some DOS-based terminal program? (2366 bytes)
• Why doesn't the @ sign for the phone number capability work? (1699 bytes)
• How can I dial a phone number on the command line? (2046 bytes)
• Great---but how can I do that without having to specify the bps rate on the command line? (1985 bytes)
• I want separate entries for various hosts I access through a terminal server, but I don't want to type ``CONNECT <host>'' each time once I'm connected. Can tip do that for me? (2650 bytes)
• My university has 42 billion students but only 4 modem lines. Can tip automatically try each line? (2426 bytes)
• How come I have to hit CTRL+P twice to send CTRL+P once? (2197 bytes)
• Suddenly everything I type is all UPPER CASE. What gives? (1799 bytes)
• How can I do file transfers with tip? (1721 bytes)
• How do I install FreeBSD? (1760 bytes)
• Okay, how can I run zmodem with tip? (1428 bytes)
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (1712 bytes)
• Help! I have no space! Do I need to delete everything first? (2046 bytes)
• Can I use compressed DOS filesystems from FreeBSD? (1654 bytes)
• Can I mount my DOS extended partitions? (1291 bytes)
• Can I run DOS binaries under FreeBSD? (1779 bytes)
• Help! I can't install from tape! The install fails with a ``record too big'' error! (1767 bytes)
• I want to install FreeBSD onto a SCSI disk that has more than 1024 cylinders. How do I do it? (2165 bytes)
• When I boot FreeBSD it says ``Missing Operating System''. (1712 bytes)
• What is FreeBSD? (1869 bytes)
• When I install the boot manager and try to boot FreeBSD for the first time, it just comes back with the boot manager prompt again. (1849 bytes)
• I'm having lots of trouble trying to disklabel a new SCSI drive. (5549 bytes)
• I have an IDE drive with lots of bad blocks on it and FreeBSD doesn't seem to install properly. (2042 bytes)
• I have 32MB of memory, should I expect any special problems? (1542 bytes)
• My network card keeps getting errors like, ``ed1: timeout''. What's going on? (1664 bytes)
• Do I need to install the complete sources? (2394 bytes)
• DES encryption software can not be exported from the United States. If I live outside the US, how can I encrypt passwords? (3549 bytes)
• Hardware compatibility (2751 bytes)
• What kind of hard drives does FreeBSD run on? (1352 bytes)
• What SCSI controllers are supported? (2596 bytes)
• What do I need to run FreeBSD? (1254 bytes)
• What CD-ROM drives are supported by FreeBSD? (1635 bytes)
• What multi-port serial cards are supported by FreeBSD? (1993 bytes)
• Does FreeBSD support the AHA-2xxx SCSI adapters from Adaptec? (1502 bytes)
• I have a Mumbleco bus mouse. Is it supported and if so, how do I set it up for XFree86? (1785 bytes)
• I have a PS/2 mouse (``keyboard'' mouse) (Alternatively: I have a laptop with a track-ball mouse). How do I use it? (1832 bytes)
• What types of tape drives are supported under FreeBSD? (1469 bytes)
• What sound cards are supported by FreeBSD? (1589 bytes)
• What network cards does FreeBSD support? (2947 bytes)
• I have a 386/486sx/486SLC machine without a math co-processor. Will this cause me any problems? (1882 bytes)
• What other devices does 2.X support? (2488 bytes)
• Where can I get FreeBSD (1701 bytes)
• I am about to buy a new machine to run FreeBSD on and want an idea of what other people are running. Is there list of other systems anywhere? (1888 bytes)
• I have a lap-top with power management. Can FreeBSD take advantage of this? (1558 bytes)
• Commercial Applications (1876 bytes)
• Where can I get Motif for FreeBSD? (1529 bytes)
• Are there any commercial X servers for some of the high-end graphics cards like the Matrox or #9 I-128, or offering 8/16/24 bit deep pallettes? (2416 bytes)
• Are there any Database systems for FreeBSD? (1713 bytes)
• Any other applications I might be interested in? (1939 bytes)
• User Applications (1507 bytes)
• I want to run X, how do I go about it? (1804 bytes)
• I've been trying to run ghostscript on a 386 (or 486sx) with no math co-processor and I keep getting errors. What's up? (1970 bytes)
• What are the FreeBSD mailing lists, and how can I get on them? (3494 bytes)
• I want all this neat software, but I haven't got the space or CPU power to compile it all myself. Is there any way of getting binaries? (2690 bytes)
• I'm trying to get a SCO/iBCS2 application to run, it keeps bombing about socksys. How do I set this up ? (2655 bytes)
• Miscellaneous Questions (4075 bytes)
• Hey! Chmod doesn't change the file permissions of symlinked files! What's going on? (2558 bytes)
• How do I mount a CDROM? I've tried using mount(8), but it keeps on giving me an error like, ``/dev/cd0a on /mnt: Incorrect super block.'' (2897 bytes)
• When I try to mount a CDROM, I get a ``Device not configured'' error. What's going on? (1725 bytes)
• My programs occasionally die with ``Signal 11'' errors. What's going on? (1851 bytes)
• Help, some of my X Window menus and dialog boxes don't work right! I can't select them. (1731 bytes)
• How do I access the virtual consoles? (2007 bytes)
• How do I increase the number of virtual consoles? (4479 bytes)
• What are the various FreeBSD news groups? (1846 bytes)
• I've heard of something called FreeBSD-current. How do I run it, and where can I get more information? (1608 bytes)
• What is this thing called ``sup'', and how do I use it? (2562 bytes)
• Has anyone done any temperature testing while running FreeBSD? I know linux runs cooler than dos, but have never seen a mention of FreeBSD. It seems to run really hot (2860 bytes)
• Is there anything "odd" that FreeBSD does when compiling the kernel which would cause the memory to make a scratchy sound? When compiling (and for a brief moment after recognizing the floppy drive upon startup, as well), a strange scratchy sound emanates from what appears to be the memory banks. (3768 bytes)
• How do I create customized installation disks that I can give out to other people at my site? (2154 bytes)
• How do I re-build my system without clobbering the existing installed binaries? (1904 bytes)
• When my system booted, it told me that ``(bus speed defaulted)''. What does that mean? (2087 bytes)
• I would like to track changes to current and do not have net access. Is there any way besides downloading the whole tree? (1864 bytes)
• How do I split up large binary files into smaller 240k files like the distribution does? (2209 bytes)
• <XXX> I've had a couple of system panics and would like to be able browse the system dumps. The normal kernel is stripped and I don't want to run a bloated kernel. What can I do? (1972 bytes)
• Books on FreeBSD (3302 bytes)
• I've got this neato kernel extension I just know everyone will will want. How do I get it included into the distribution? (1933 bytes)
• Kernel Configuration (2327 bytes)
• Ok, so how DO I compile my own kernel, anyway? (4529 bytes)
• I don't understand, I have removed npx0 from my kernel configuration file as I don't have a mathematic coprocessor but it keeps bombing saying that _hw_float is missing. (2163 bytes)
• When I compile a kernel with multi-port serial code, it tells me that only the first port is probed and the rest skipped due to interrupt conflicts. How do I fix this? (2652 bytes)
• FreeBSD is supposed to come with support for QIC-40/80 drives but when I look, I can't find it. (2867 bytes)
• Does FreeBSD support IPC primitives like those in System V? (1881 bytes)
• I have 128 MB of RAM but it seems that the system use only the first 64 MB. What's going on ? (2167 bytes)
• Will FreeBSD ever support other architectures? (1738 bytes)
• I just wrote a device driver for a Foobar Systems, Inc. Integrated Adaptive Gronkulator card. How do I get the appropriate major numbers assigned? (2160 bytes)
• Other sources of information. (1628 bytes)
• System Administration (2046 bytes)
• Hmm, where are my familiar BSD system files ? What's this /etc/sysconfig thing? (2897 bytes)
• How do I add a user easily? I read the man page and am more confused than ever! (1855 bytes)
• I'm trying to use my printer and keep running into problems. I tried looking at /etc/printcap, but it's close to useless. Any ideas? (1889 bytes)
• My keyboard mappings are wrong for my system. How can I fix them? (2556 bytes)
• Why do I get a ``CMAP busy panic during boot just after installing a new kernel? (1650 bytes)
• I'm trying to use quotas for my users and it keeps bombing... (1570 bytes)
• Networking (2766 bytes)
• Where can I get information booting FreeBSD ``diskless'', that is booting and running a FreeBSD box from a server rather than having a local disk? (1848 bytes)
• I've heard that you can use a FreeBSD box as a dedicated network router - is there any easy support for this? (2637 bytes)
• FreeBSD goals (842 bytes)
• Does FreeBSD support SLIP and PPP? (2141 bytes)
• How do I get my network set up? I don't see how to make my /dev/ed0 device! (1848 bytes)
• How can I setup Ethernet aliases ? It always says: ``File exists''. (1529 bytes)
• How do I get my 3C503 to use the other network port? (1633 bytes)
• I'm having problems with NFS to/from FreeBSD and my Wuffotronics Workstation / generic NFS appliance, where should I look first? (1768 bytes)
• Why can't I NFS-mount from a Linux box? (1436 bytes)
• Why can't I NFS-mount from a Sun box? (1333 bytes)
• I'm having problems with my NeXTStep machines and other FreeBSD ones accross PPP (1662 bytes)
• I want to enable IP multicast support on my FreeBSD box, how do I do it? (Alternatively: What the heck IS multicasting and what applications make use of it?) (2798 bytes)
• The 2.1.0R release notes speaks of network card based on the DEC PCI chipset, what are they ? (2100 bytes)
• Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X (15539 bytes)