docs/50677: [PATCH] update doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml

Jim Brown jpb at sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net
Wed Apr 16 01:40:11 UTC 2003


The following reply was made to PR docs/50677; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Jim Brown <jpb at sixshooter.v6.thrupoint.net>
To: freebsd-gnats-submit at FreeBSD.org, osa at FreeBSD.org.ru
Cc:  
Subject: Re: docs/50677: [PATCH] update doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:34:44 -0400

 Hi,
 
 Here is an update on PR docs/50677. Hope this helps.
 
 Best Regards,
 jpb
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 jpb at jpb-wks:~/fdp/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq$cvs diff -c book.sgml
 Index: book.sgml
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 RCS file: /home/ncvs/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.sgml,v
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 *** book.sgml   2003/04/13 20:10:43     1.531
 --- book.sgml   2003/04/16 01:24:24
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               chapter</ulink>.</para>
           </answer>
         </qandaentry>
 +
 +       <qandaentry>
 +         <question id="Ver5-0-CD-Boot-Problem">
 +          <para>I have problems booting from a FreeBSD 5.0 CD.</para>
 +         </question>
 +
 +         <answer>
 +           <note>
 +           <para>This FAQ has not yet been updated with the latest tips on using
 +                 FreeBSD 5.0.  Check back periodically for further updates.</para>
 +           </note>
 +           <para>When the bootloader loads, press the space key.  The system displays
 +             <screen>OK</screen>
 +             Then type <screen><userinput>unset acpi_load</userinput></screen>
 +             and then
 +             <screen><userinput>boot</userinput></screen>
 +             to continue the <ulink url="../handbook/boot.html">boot process</ulink>.</para>
 +         </answer>
 +       </qandaentry>
 +
       </qandaset>
     </chapter>
 
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               </listitem>
             </itemizedlist>
           </answer>
 +       </qandaentry>
 +       <qandaentry>
 +         <question id="disable-ACPI">
 +           <para>How do you  disable ACPI?</para>
 +         </question>
 +
 +         <answer>
 +           <para>Add following line
 +             <screen>hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"</screen>
 +             into your <filename>/boot/device.hints</filename> file.</para>
 +         </answer>
 +       </qandaentry>
 +
 +       <qandaentry>
 +         <question id="NEWCARD-does-not-work">
 +           <para>My PCMCIA card does not work. I have a message:
 +             <quote>cbb0: unsupported card type detected.</quote>
 +             What can I do?</para>
 +         </question>
 +         <answer>
 +           <para>You can try to use the original OLDCARD implementation.
 +             Edit your kernel configuration file and remove the following
 +             lines:
 +             <programlisting>
 +               device cbb
 +               device pccard
 +               device cardbus
 +             </programlisting>
 +             Then add:
 +             <programlisting>
 +               device pcic
 +               device card 1
 +             </programlisting>
 +             Rebuild and install the new kernel as described in
 +             <ulink url="../handbook/kernelconfig.html">Configuring the FreeBSD Kernel</ulink>.
 +           </para>
 +         </answer>
 +       </qandaentry>
 +       <qandaentry>
 +         <question id="no-pccard-device">
 +           <para>When &man.pccardd.8; starts, it says:
 +             <quote>No /dev/pccard[0|1] devices, exit.</quote> Whats wrong?</para>
 +         </question>
 +         <answer>
 +           <para>You must run &man.devd.8;. Run it manually and add the following
 +             line into your <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>
 +             <screen>devd_enable="YES"</screen>.</para>
 +         </answer>
 +       </qandaentry>
 +       <qandaentry>
 +         <question>
 +           <para>My PC cards seem to have conflicts with other cards
 +             or devices. I do not have any
 +             other problems with FreeBSD-4.X. What can I do?</para>
 +         </question>
 +         <answer>
 +           <para>Add following line
 +             <screen>
 +               hw.pci.allow_unsupported_io_range="1"
 +             </screen>
 +             to your <filename>/boot/loader.conf.local</filename>
 +             file and reboot your machine.</para>
 +          </answer>
         </qandaentry>
       </qandaset>
     </chapter>



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