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--- thwackafaq [2013/03/16 20:51] – exports-errors is OK LowellGilbert
+++ thwackafaq [2022/01/08 07:02] (current) – Surprisingly, MoinMoin isn't Mediawiki. PauAmma
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 ==== Can't edit the wiki? ====
-If you can't edit the wiki email Eitan Adler (eadler@freebsd.org) with your account name and what issues you found (or what questions are good).
+If you can't edit the wiki email Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> with your account name and what issues you found (or what questions are good).
-Note that as an anti-spam measure new accounts must be manually approved ( :-( )
 ===== What do we care about? =====
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 ===== Want to help with the patches? =====
-  - Install devel/subversion
+  - Install [[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/tools/#tools-required|the required tools]]
-  - Install textproc/docproj-nojadetex
+  - [[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/working-copy/#working-copy-checking-out|Clone the documentation repository]]
-  - svn checkout https://svn0.us-west.FreeBSD.org/doc/head
+  - edit documentation/content/en/books/faq/_index.adoc
-  - edit en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
+  - Test [[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/overview/#overview-quick-start|as explained in item 4]]
-  - Test with running "make FORMATS=html"
+  - Create a patch per [[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/overview/#overview-quick-start|step 5]] and either email it to to <doc@freebsd.org> or (better if you have an account) submit it in Bugzilla per [[https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/overview/#overview-quick-start|step 6]]
-  - Send diffs ("svn diff") to doc@freebsd.org
-It isn't hard - its just like HTML.  Detailed information here [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/fdp-primer/index.html|Doc Primer]] for those who want to get into the nitty-gritty.
+It isn't hard - its just [https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/fdp-primer/asciidoctor-primer/ ASCII text with some markup].
 ===== The Big Giant Table =====
+:!: To do: convert URLs and remove CategoryStale when done.
 | Question link | Who Reviewed? | Comments or concerns |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#current|current]] | gjb | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#stable|stable]] | Derek Wood | <del>Second paragraph uses static references to old versions and should be rewritten. [[http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=173745|docs/173745]]</del> [[http://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc?view=revision&revision=40114|r40114]] |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#release-freq|release-freq]] | Eitan Adler | mentions snapshot release daily |
+| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#release-freq|release-freq]] | Eitan Adler | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#responsible|responsible]] | Eitan Adler | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#where-get|where-get]] | mjg | needs review about snapshots; incorrect link to %%FreeBSD%% 7.4; would use a link to a table with security support periods |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#doc-formats|doc-formats]] | Joe Barbish, Eitan Adler | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#mailing|mailing]] | Eitan Adler | fine |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#irc|irc]] | Derek Wood | <del>Should be updated with http://wiki.freebsd.org/IrcChannels (or possibly linked to. remove efnet #freebsd entry</del> |
+| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#irc|irc]] | Derek Wood | <del>Should be updated with [[IRC/Channels]] (or possibly linked to. remove efnet #freebsd entry</del> |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#forums|forums]] | mjg | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#training|training]] | Joe Barbish, Eitan Adler | fine |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#memory-limits|memory-limits]] | scottl, nyan | out of date.  by 10 years, pc98 can use up to 512MB memory only by hardware (chipset) limitation. |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ffs-limits|ffs-limits]] | scottl, Eitan Adler | relevant but very out of date; do those bugs still exist? |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#archsw-readin-failed-error|archsw-readin-failed-error]] | Lowell Gilbert | check present, error changed |
+| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#archsw-readin-failed-error|archsw-readin-failed-error]] | Lowell Gilbert | check present, error changed ([[http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=177036|docs/177036]]) |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#general-configuration-tool|general-configuration-tool]] | Eitan Adler, scottl | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#which-hardware-to-get|which-hardware-to-get]] | Joe Barbish | fine |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#memory-i386-over-4gb|memory-i386-over-4gb]] | Bas Smeelen | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#architectures|architectures]] | Derek Wood | <del>Should link to http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ and explain tier 1/2/3 status.</del> [[http://svnweb.freebsd.org/doc?view=revision&revision=40095|r40095]] |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#smp-support|smp-support]] | Bas Smeelen | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#supported-hard-drives|supported-hard-drives]] | Mehmet Erol Sanliturk | Requires complete rewrite |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#supported-scsi-controllers|supported-scsi-controllers]] | Mehmet Erol Sanliturk | SATA devices? DVD RW? Blue-Ray RW? burncd is not used any more . |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#tape-support|tape-support]] | name-goes-here | :idea: |
+| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#tape-support|tape-support]] | imp | &os; supports all standard SCSI tape interfaces. |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#tape-changer-support|tape-changer-support]] | dwhite | the second paragraph seems to point out a complication somewhat unnecessarily, but the devices noted are the correct devices and tools |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#supported-cdrom-drives|supported-cdrom-drives]] | Mehmet Erol Sanliturk | SATA devices? DVD RW? Blue-Ray RW? burncd is not used any more. |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#touch-not-found|touch-not-found]] | Eitan Adler | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#officesuite|officesuite]] | Jakub Lach | <del>chanage OO to apache open office</del> r40295 |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#database-systems|database-systems]] | Miroslav Lachman | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#user-apps|user-apps]] | Derek Wood | Needs to be updated for pkgng. |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#how-do-download-ports-tree|how-do-download-ports-tree]] | Eitan Adler | fine |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#xdm-boot|xdm-boot]] | name-goes-here | :idea: |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#xconsole-failure|xconsole-failure]] | Jakub Lach | Indeed xconsole throws such error, but not xterm -C. After _following_ recommendations (0600) in #xconsole-failure, there is xterm error as well as xconsole one still. |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ps2-x|ps2-x]] | Eitan Adler, scottl, gavin | <del>still references UserConfig) r41175</del> |
+| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ps2-x|ps2-x]] | Eitan Adler, scottl, gavin | <del>still references %%UserConfig%%) r41175</del> |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#mouse-button-reverse|mouse-button-reverse]] | name-goes-here |  |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#install-splash|install-splash]] | Joe Barbish | fine |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#diskless-booting|diskless-booting]] | Joe BArbish | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#router|router]] | Joe Barbish | fine |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#win95-connection|win95-connection]] | John Nielsen %%<%%lists@jnielsen.net> | This is a bit dated but fine. The natd Handbook page could maybe reference other ways of doing NAT besides natd--e.g. using pf or ipfw. The IPFW Handbook page could be updated and simplified to include e.g. "firewall_nat_enable" instead of using divert/natd. |
+| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#win95-connection|win95-connection]] | John Nielsen | This is a bit dated but fine. The natd Handbook page could maybe reference other ways of doing NAT besides natd--e.g. using pf or ipfw. The IPFW Handbook page could be updated and simplified to include e.g. "firewall_nat_enable" instead of using divert/natd. |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#slip-ppp-support|slip-ppp-support]] | Joe Barbish, Eitan Adler | <del>Most of the answer is obsolete. slip & dppp support was removed at 8.0</del> r40321 |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#natd|natd]] | Joe Barbish | fine |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ppp-null-modem|ppp-null-modem]] | Daniel O'Connor | fine |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ppp-auto-noreasondial|ppp-auto-noreasondial]] | Daniel O'Connor | fine |
-| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ccp-errors|ccp-errors]] | name-goes-here | :idea: |
+| [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ccp-errors|ccp-errors]] | Lowell Gilbert | This should be very unusual now, but it's still completely correct. |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ppp-connectionspeed|ppp-connectionspeed]] | name-goes-here | :idea: |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#ppp-ignores-backslash|ppp-ignores-backslash]] | name-goes-here | :idea: |
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 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#kernel-panic-troubleshooting|kernel-panic-troubleshooting]] | mjg | no mention of textdumps, addr2line; should show some panic from amd64; should show how to test if dumps work |
 | [[http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.html#change-kernel-address-space|change-kernel-address-space]] | Bas Smeelen | fine |
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+{{tag>Stale}}