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<author>Maintainer: Peter da Silva <tt><htmlurl url='mailto:pds@FreeBSD.ORG'
name='&lt;pds@FreeBSD.ORG&gt;'></tt>
<date>$Date: 1997/01/29 04:39:53 $
<date>$Date: 1997/01/29 14:45:57 $
<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.
@ -411,6 +411,11 @@ Any entries with a &lt;XXX&gt; are under construction.
The FreeBSD handbook has a pretty complete
<url url="../handbook/bibliography.html" name="Bibliography">
<label id="pao">There's also a wealth of information about using
FreeBSD on laptops at
<url url="http://www.jp.FreeBSD.org/PAO/"
name="Tatsumi Hosokawa's Mobile Computing page"> in Japan.
<sect>
<heading>Installation</heading>
<p>
@ -604,6 +609,8 @@ Any entries with a &lt;XXX&gt; are under construction.
+----------------------------------------+
</verb>
See also <ref id="pao" name="this note"> on the Mobile Computing page.
<sect1>
<heading>Which geometry should I use for a disk drive?<label id="geometry"></heading>
<p>
@ -727,7 +734,9 @@ Any entries with a &lt;XXX&gt; are under construction.
<p>
Divide up your FreeBSD slice according to taste and press `w' when
you are happy with the way it looks. Again, say ``Yes'' when asked
for confirmation, and press `q' to quit.
for confirmation, and press `q' to quit. If you're adding swap
space on the second drive, look at <ref id="swap" name="this note">
for a nasty little gotcha that can cause no end of trouble.
<p>
<label id="2_1-disklabel-fix">
<bf>Using disklabel(8) manually with 2.1.6-RELEASE</bf>
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magic in 386BSD 0.1 through FreeBSD 2.0, thus partition
'e' is often used for the first non-bootable partition
containing a filesystem.)
<tag><label id="swap">
<bf>Warning about swap space</bf></tag>
The space required by the BSD partition table is allowed
for in the file system. It's not allowed for by the swap
partition. So don't start swap at cylinder 0, either offset
it or put a file system in partition 'a'.
</descrip>
<sect1>
@ -1019,6 +1034,7 @@ drivedata: 0
<descrip>
<tag/Adaptec/
AH-1505 &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
AH-152x Series &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
AH-154x Series &lt;ISA&gt; <newline>
AH-174x Series &lt;EISA&gt; <newline>
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<p>
FreeBSD supports the SCSI ZIP drive out of the box, of course. The
ZIP drive can only be set to run at SCSI target IDs 5 or 6, but if
your SCSI host adapter's BIOS supports it you can even boot from
ZIP drive can only be set to run at SCSI target IDs 5 or 6, but if
your SCSI host adapter's BIOS supports it you can even boot from
it. I don't know which host adapters let you boot from targets
other than 0 or 1... look at your docs (and let me know if it works
out for you).
There is no built in support for the parallel ZIP drive, and if you
haven't bought your ZIP drive already I recommend you get the SCSI
one... the price is the same, and the performance is much better,
There is no built in support for the parallel ZIP drive, and if you
haven't bought your ZIP drive already I recommend you get the SCSI
one... the price is the same, and the performance is much better,
and you're unlikely to ever be able to boot from the parallel port.
If you already have a parallel ZIP, there is a port of the Linux
driver available at
<url url="http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html"
name="Nicolas Souchu's home page"> in France.
If you already have a parallel ZIP, there is a port of the Linux
driver available at
<url url="http://www.prism.uvsq.fr/~son/ppa3.html"
name="Nicolas Souchu's home page"> in France.
Also check out <ref id="jaz" name="this note on removable drives">.
<sect1>
<heading>And how about JAZ, EZ, and other removable drives?</heading>
<p>
Apart from the IDE version of the EZ drive, these are all SCSI
devices, so the should all look like SCSI disks to FreeBSD, and
the IDE EZ should look like an IDE drive.
<label id="jaz">
I'm not sure how well FreeBSD supports changing the media out
while running. You will of course need to dismount the drive
before swapping media, and make sure that any external units are
powered on when you boot the system so FreeBSD can see them.
<sect1>
<heading>What multi-port serial cards are supported by FreeBSD?</heading>
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<p>
Please refer to <ref id="ps2mouse" name="the answer to the previous question">.
And check out <ref id="pao" name="this note"> on the Mobile Computing page.
<sect1>
<heading>What types of tape drives are supported under FreeBSD?</heading>
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<heading>How can I add more swap space?</heading>
<p>The best way is to increase the size of your swap partition, or
take advantage of this convenient excuse to add another disk, but
take advantage of this convenient excuse to add another disk (and
see <ref id="swap" name="this note"> if you do), but
<bf/Werner Griessl/ has provided these instructions for setting FreeBSD
up for swapping to a file: