Questions to kill in FAQ

[Michael W. Lucas]

On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 08:14:28PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
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> On 12 May 2005, at 19:59, Michael W. Lucas wrote:
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> >3.16 -- I believe that the 1024 limit no longer exists on modern 
> >FreeBSD?
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> Like the questions says, I was under the impression that this was a 
> BIOS problem, so it's probably not going away.

I believe I've installed FreeBSD in the top half of a large disk
before, but I'm not entirely confident that I did so correctly.

> >6.1 -- FreeBSD Mall doesn't seem to offer the mentioned "Desktop
> >  Edition."  (I could lean forward and ask Murray, but Robert is
> >  talking at the moment and that would be rude.)
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> Did he shut up yet? ;^)

He did shut up, and the commit has been made.

> >6.2,6.4 -- Metrolink seems to be gone, and XiG doesn't appear to 
> >support FreeBSD
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> We don't support a.out in current any more anyway (or did I dream 
> that?); get rid.
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> >6.3 -- The answer seems to be "sorry, no longer available."
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> Thankfully.
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> >9.3 -- NLAF?
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> Now *this* one I do think is due to the fact that it is in the FAQ.

OK, fair enough.  It is long, however.  It sure looks like a candidate
for migration to the Handbook.

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> >9.4 -- NLAF?
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> Ditto.
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> >16.8 -- NLAF?
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> Can go.
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> >18.15 -- NLAF?
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> Pass.
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> >18.16 -- If we're axing 3.X in the FAQ, this whole Q&A needs
> >   rewriting.  I could make a stab at it from a pure grammar/math
> >   perspective, but would prefer some input
> >   from someone who actually works on the code.  :-)
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> It needs rewriting anyway, as PAE changes the maximum again (and it's 
> almost certainly different on !i386 too).  I'd just get rid of it; we 
> can resurrect it and worry about it later if it ever gets A again.
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> Also, there is a "Any other information on this subject would be 
> appreciated." sticking out like a sort thumb in 9.7 which can go (or 
> moved to an XXX comment at least).

OK, I'll whack this into shape while I'm there.

Thanks for your comments!  I feel better knowing that someone has
actually looked at things before I do them.

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