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author | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2013-03-17 14:13:01 +0100 |
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committer | Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@ens-lyon.org> | 2013-03-17 14:13:01 +0100 |
commit | 9d656bbe8f5fb2c3b9151da548f32ff12ae3f54a (patch) | |
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diff --git a/faq/old/old_faq.txt b/faq/old/old_faq.txt index 24127462..f6a4204b 100644 --- a/faq/old/old_faq.txt +++ b/faq/old/old_faq.txt @@ -85,11 +85,6 @@ partition on the first drive detected by the BIOS (or the second partition with GRUB 1). As Grub now has tab completion, there is not a lot of guess work. -?? Can I use partitions larger than 2GB? - -{ST} Yes. Disk drivers however currently do not support more than 2^32 sectors, i.e. -2TiB. - ?? How much swap do I need? {ST} The usual rule of thumb applies: the same amount as RAM, for instance. @@ -269,16 +264,6 @@ hung, it will not be able respond to its message port and thus, ps will wait forever. The `-M' option instructs ps to not gather information that would require use of the message port. -?? Where are ... - -{MB} `dmesg' is not available. You can read `/var/log/dmesg` instead. - -?? Why does the command `df' not work? - -{NHW} It does, you just have to tell it what filesystem to query. E.g. - - # df / - ?? Why are my translators dying? {NHW} Try passing the `-ap' flag to settrans. By default, settrans only @@ -364,12 +349,6 @@ reboot the system. ? Porting -?? What programs have been ported? - -{NHW} A lot, take a look at the Debian archive. Many programs, however, -do not necessarily need to be ported; they have just never been -compiled. - ?? Is porting easy? {NHW} Porting applications to GNU/Hurd is relatively easy assuming the @@ -382,11 +361,6 @@ thousand, however, on GNU/Hurd, there is no maximum and thus, this is not set. The correct thing to do is to submit a patch to the upstream author that allocates memory dynamically. -?? How can I help? - -{ST} Please see the contributing page: -http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/contributing.html - ? Compiling ?? Where can I get the source? |