svn commit: r53609 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq

[Mark Linimon]

Author: linimon
Date: Wed Nov 20 05:41:59 2019
New Revision: 53609
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/53609

Log:
  Start rototilling out answers that have been stale for the better part
  of this century.  At this point they are just embarrasing.

Modified:
  head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml

Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml
==============================================================================
--- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Wed Nov 20 05:30:16 2019	(r53608)
+++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/book.xml	Wed Nov 20 05:41:59 2019	(r53609)
@@ -1202,18 +1202,6 @@
       </qandaentry>
 
       <qandaentry>
-	<question xml:id="need-to-run">
-	  <para>What are the minimum requirements to run &os;?</para>
-	</question>
-
-	<answer>
-	  <para>&os; requires a 486 or better PC,
-	    64 MB or more of RAM, and at least 1.1 GB of hard
-	    disk space.</para>
-	</answer>
-      </qandaentry>
-
-      <qandaentry>
 	<question xml:id="custom-boot-floppy">
 	  <para>How can I make my own custom release or install
 	    disk?</para>
@@ -1421,10 +1409,7 @@
 
 	<qandaentry>
 	  <question xml:id="memory-upper-limitation">
-	    <para>What are the limits for memory? Does &os; support
-	      more than 4 GB of memory
-	      (RAM)?  More than 16 GB?  More than
-	      48 GB?</para>
+	    <para>What are the limits for memory?</para>
 	  </question>
 
 	  <answer>
@@ -1570,89 +1555,21 @@
       </qandaset>
     </sect1>
 
-    <sect1 xml:id="compatibility-drives">
-      <title>Hard Drives, Tape Drives, and CD and DVD Drives</title>
+    <sect1 xml:id="compatibility-peripherals">
+      <title>Peripherals</title>
 
       <qandaset>
 	<qandaentry>
-	  <question xml:id="supported-hard-drives">
-	    <para>What kind of hard drives does &os; support?</para>
+	  <question xml:id="supported-peripherals">
+	    <para>What kind of peripherals does &os; support?</para>
 	  </question>
 
 	  <answer>
-	    <para>&os; supports EIDE, SATA, SCSI, and SAS drives (with
-	      a compatible controller; see the next section), and all
-	      drives using the original <quote>Western Digital</quote>
-	      interface (MFM, RLL, ESDI, and of course IDE).  A few
-	      ESDI controllers that use proprietary interfaces may not
-	      work: stick to WD1002/3/6/7 interfaces and
-	      clones.</para>
-	  </answer>
-	</qandaentry>
-
-	<qandaentry>
-	  <question xml:id="supported-scsi-controllers">
-	    <para>Which SCSI or SAS controllers are supported?</para>
-	  </question>
-
-	  <answer>
 	    <para>See the complete list in the Hardware Notes for &os;
 	      <link
 		xlink:href="&rel.current.hardware;">&rel.current;</link>
 	      or <link
 		xlink:href="&rel2.current.hardware;">&rel2.current;</link>.</para>
-	  </answer>
-	</qandaentry>
-
-	<qandaentry>
-	  <question xml:id="tape-support">
-	    <para>What types of tape drives are supported?</para>
-	  </question>
-
-	  <answer>
-	    <para>&os; supports all standard SCSI tape
-	      interfaces.</para>
-	  </answer>
-	</qandaentry>
-
-	<qandaentry>
-	  <question xml:id="tape-changer-support">
-	    <para>Does &os; support tape changers?</para>
-	  </question>
-
-	  <answer>
-	    <para>&os; supports SCSI changers using the &man.ch.4;
-	      device and the &man.chio.1; command.  The details of how
-	      to control the changer can be found in
-	      &man.chio.1;.</para>
-
-	    <para>While
-	      <application>AMANDA</application> and some other
-	      products already understands changers, other
-	      applications only know how to move a tape from one point
-	      to another.  In this case, keep track of which slot a
-	      tape is in and which slot the tape currently in the
-	      drive needs to go back to.</para>
-	  </answer>
-	</qandaentry>
-
-	<qandaentry>
-	  <question xml:id="supported-cdrom-drives">
-	    <para>Which CD-ROM and CD-RW drives are supported by
-	      &os;?</para>
-	  </question>
-
-	  <answer>
-	    <para>Any SCSI drive connected to a supported controller
-	      is supported.  Most ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs are
-	      supported.</para>
-
-	    <para>&os; supports any ATAPI-compatible IDE CD-R or CD-RW
-	      drive.</para>
-
-	    <para>&os; also supports any SCSI CD-R or CD-RW drives.
-	      Install the <package>sysutils/cdrtools</package> port or
-	      package, then use <command>cdrecord</command>.</para>
 	  </answer>
 	</qandaentry>
       </qandaset>