Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : Miscellaneous Questions
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7. Miscellaneous Questions

7.1. Hey! Chmod doesn't change the file permissions of symlinked files! What's going on?

7.2. 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.''

7.3. When I try to mount a CDROM, I get a ``Device not configured'' error. What's going on?

7.4. My programs occasionally die with ``Signal 11'' errors. What's going on?

7.5. Help, some of my X Window menus and dialog boxes don't work right! I can't select them.

7.6. How do I access the virtual consoles?

7.7. How do I increase the number of virtual consoles?

7.8. I've heard of something called FreeBSD-current. How do I run it, and where can I get more information?

7.9. What is this thing called ``sup'', and how do I use it?

7.10. How do I create customized installation disks that I can give out to other people at my site?

7.11. How do I re-build my system without clobbering the existing installed binaries?

7.12. When my system booted, it told me that ``(bus speed defaulted)''. What does that mean?

7.13. I would like to track changes to current and do not have net access. Is there any way besides downloading the whole tree?

7.14. How do I split up large binary files into smaller 240k files like the distribution does?

7.15. <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?

7.16. I've got this neato kernel extension I just know everyone will will want. How do I get it included into the distribution?


Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 2.X : Miscellaneous Questions
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