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A few ESDI controllers that use proprietary - interfaces may not work: stick to WD1002/3/6/7 interfaces - and clones. - - <sect1> - <heading>Which SCSI controllers are supported?</heading> - - <p>See the complete list in the - <htmlurl url="../handbook/install:hw.html" - name="Handbook">. - - <sect1> - <heading>Which CD-ROM drives are supported by FreeBSD?</heading> - - <p>Any SCSI drive connected to a supported controller is supported. - - <p>The following proprietary CD-ROM interfaces are also supported: - - <itemize> - <item>Mitsumi LU002 (8bit), LU005 (16bit) and FX001D (16bit 2x Speed). - <item>Sony CDU 31/33A<newline> - <item>Sound Blaster Non-SCSI CD-ROM<newline> - <item>Matsushita/Panasonic CD-ROM<newline> - <item>ATAPI compatible IDE CD-ROMs<newline> - </itemize> - - <p>All non-SCSI cards are known to be extremely slow compared to - SCSI drives, and some ATAPI CDROMs may not work. - - <p>As of 2.2 the FreeBSD CDROM from Walnut Creek supports booting - directly from the CD. - - <sect1> - <heading>Does FreeBSD support ZIP drives?</heading> - - <p>FreeBSD supports the SCSI ZIP drive out of the box, of course. The - ZIP drive can only be set to run at SCSI target IDs 5 or 6, but if - your SCSI host adapter's BIOS supports it you can even boot from - it. I don't know which host adapters let you boot from targets - other than 0 or 1... look at your docs (and let me know if it works - out for you). - - <p>ATAPI (IDE) Zip drives are supported in FreeBSD 2.2.6 and - later releases. - - <p>FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT contains support for the parallel Zip - However, you will need to build a new kernel with - support for ppbus (Parallel Port Bus) in order to use the Zip. See - the LINT configuration file for examples. - - <p>Also check out <ref id="jaz" name="this note on removable drives">, - and <ref id="disklabel" name="this note on 'formatting'">. - - <sect1> - <heading> - Does FreeBSD support JAZ, EZ and other removable drives? - </heading> - - <p>Apart from the IDE version of the EZ drive, these are all SCSI - devices, so the should all look like SCSI disks to FreeBSD, and - the IDE EZ should look like an IDE drive. - - <p><label id="jaz">I'm not sure how well FreeBSD supports changing - the media out while running. You will of course need to dismount the - drive before swapping media, and make sure that any external units are - powered on when you boot the system so FreeBSD can see them. - - <p>See <ref id="disklabel" name="this note on 'formatting'">. - - <sect1> - <heading>Which multi-port serial cards are supported by FreeBSD?</heading> - - <p>There is a list of these in the <htmlurl - url="../handbook/install:misc.html" name="Miscellaneous devices"> - section of the handbook. - - <p>Some unnamed clone cards have also been known to work, especially - those that claim to be AST compatible. - - <p>Check the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?sio" - name="sio"> man page to get more information on configuring such cards. - - <sect1> - <heading>I have an unusual bus mouse. How do I set it up?<label id="busmouse"></heading> - - <p>FreeBSD supports the bus mouse and the InPort bus mouse from such - manufactures as Microsoft, Logitech and ATI. The bus device driver - is compiled in the GENERIC kernel by default. If you are building - a custom kernel with the bus mouse driver, make sure to add the - following line to the kernel config file: - - <verb> - device mse0 at isa? port 0x23c tty irq5 vector mseintr - </verb> - - <p>The bus mouse usually comes with an dedicatd interface card. - It may allow you to set the port address and the IRQ number other - than shown above. Refer to the manual of your mouse and the - <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?mse" name="mse"> - man page for more information. - - <sect1> - <heading> - How do I use my PS/2 (``mouse port'' or ``keyboard'') mouse?<label id="ps2mouse"></heading> - - <p>If you're running a very recent version of FreeBSD, the necessary - driver, psm, is included and enabled in the kernel. The kernel - should detect your PS/2 mouse at boot time. - - <p>If you're running a previous but relatively recent version of - FreeBSD then you can simply enable it in the kernel configuration - menu at installation time, otherwise later with -c at the boot: - prompt. It is disabled by default, so you will need to enable - it explicitly. - - <p>If you're running an older version of FreeBSD then you'll have to - add the following lines to your kernel configuration file and compile - a new kernel: - - <verb> - device psm0 at isa? port "IO_KBD" conflicts tty irq 12 vector psmintr - </verb> - - <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/kernelconfig.html" - name="Handbook entry on configuring the kernel"> if you've no - experience with building kernels. - - <p>Once you have a kernel detecting psm0 correctly at boot time, - make sure that an entry for psm0 exists in /dev. You can do this - by typing: - - <verb> - cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV psm0 - </verb> - - <p>when logged in as root. - - <sect1> - <heading>Is it possible to make use of a mouse in any way outside the X Window?<label id="moused"></heading> - - <p>If you are using the default console driver, syscons, you can - use a mouse pointer in text consoles to cut & paste text. - Run the mouse daemon, moused, and turn on the mouse pointer - in the virtual console: - - <verb> - moused -p /dev/xxxx -t yyyy - vidcontrol -m on - </verb> - - <p>Where <tt>xxxx</tt> is the mouse device name and <tt>yyyy</tt> - is a protocol type for the mouse. See the - <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?moused" name="moused"> - man page for supported protocol types. - - <p>You may wish to run the mouse daemon automatically when the - system starts. In version 2.2.1, set the following variables in - <tt>/etc/sysconfig</tt>. - - <verb> - mousedtype="yyyy" - mousedport="xxxx" - mousedflags="" - </verb> - - In versions 2.2.2 or later, set the following variables in - <tt>/etc/rc.conf</tt>. - - <verb> - moused_type="yyyy" - moused_port="xxxx" - moused_flags="" - </verb> - - <p>Staring from FreeBSD 2.2.6, the mouse daemon is capable of - determining the correct protocol type automatically unless the mouse - is a relatively old serial mouse model. Specify ``<tt>auto</tt>'' as - the protocol to invoke automatic detection. - - <p>When the mouse daemon is running, access to the mouse needs to be - coordinated between the mouse daemon and other programs such as the - X Window. Refer to <ref id="x-and-moused" name="another section"> - on this issue". - - <sect1> - <heading>How do I cut and paste text with mouse in the text console?</heading> - - <p>Once you get the mouse daemon running (see <ref id="moused" - name="previous section">), hold down the button 1 (left button) - and move the mouse to select a region of - text. Then, press the button 2 (middle button) or the button 3 (right - button) to paste it at the text cursor. - - <p>In versions 2.2.6 and later, pressing the button 2 will paste - the text. Pressing the button 3 will ``extend'' the selected region - of text. If your mouse does not have the middle button, you may wish - to emulate it or remap buttons using moused options. See the - <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?moused" name="moused"> - man page for details. - - <sect1> - <heading>My mouse has a fancy wheel and buttons. Can I use them in FreeBSD?</heading> - - <p>The answer is, unfortunately, ``It depends.'' These mice with - additional features require specialized driver in most cases. - Unless the mouse device driver or the user program has specific - support for the mouse, it will act just like a standard two, or - three button mouse. - - <sect1> - <heading> - How do I use the mouse/trackball/touchpad on my laptop? - </heading> - - <p>Please refer to <ref id="ps2mouse" name="the answer to the previous - question">. And check out <ref id="pao" name="this note"> on the Mobile - Computing page. - - <sect1> - <heading>What types of tape drives are supported?</heading> - - <p>FreeBSD supports SCSI, QIC-36 (with a QIC-02 interface) and - QIC-40/80 (Floppy based) tape drives. This includes 8-mm (aka Exabyte) - and DAT drives. The QIC-40/80 drives are known to be slow. - - <p>Some of the early 8-mm drives are not quite compatible with SCSI-2, - and may not work well with FreeBSD. - - <sect1> - <heading>Does FreeBSD support tape changers?</heading> - - <p>FreeBSD 2.2 supports SCSI changers using the <htmlurl - url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?ch(4)" name="ch"> device and - the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chio" name="chio"> - command. The details of how you actually control the changer can be - found in the <htmlurl url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?chio" - name="chio"> man page. - - <p>If you're not using <htmlurl - url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?amanda" name="AMANDA"> or - some other product that already understands changers, remember that - they're only know how to move a tape from one point to another, so - you need to keep track of which slot a tape is in, and which slot the - tape currently in the drive needs to go back to. - - <sect1> - <heading>Which sound cards are supported by FreeBSD?</heading> - - <p>FreeBSD supports the SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, SoundBlaster - 16, Pro Audio Spectrum 16, AdLib and Gravis UltraSound sound cards. - There is also limited support for MPU-401 and compatible MIDI cards. - Cards conforming to the Microsoft Sound System specification are also - supported through the pcm driver. - - <p><bf/NOTE/ This is only for sound! This driver does not support - CD-ROMs, SCSI or joysticks on these cards, except for the - SoundBlaster. The SoundBlaster SCSI interface and some non-SCSI - CDROMS are supported, but you can't boot off this device. - - <sect1> - <heading>Which network cards does FreeBSD support?</heading> - - <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/install:nics.html" - name="Ethernet cards"> section of the handbook for a more - complete list. - - <sect1> - <heading>I don't have a math co-processor - is that bad?</heading> - - <p><tt /Note/ This will only affect 386/486SX/486SLC owners - other - machines will have one built into the CPU. - - <p>In general this will not cause any problems, but there are - circumstances where you will take a hit, either in performance or - accuracy of the math emulation code (see the section <ref id="emul" - name="on FP emulation">). In particular, drawing arcs in X will be - VERY slow. It is highly recommended that you buy a math - co-processor; it's well worth it. - - <p><bf/NOTE/ Some math co-processors are better than others. It pains - us to say it, but nobody ever got fired for buying Intel. Unless - you're sure it works with FreeBSD, beware of clones. - - <sect1> - <heading>What other devices does 2.X support?</heading> - - <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/install:misc.html" name="Handbook"> - for the list of other devices supported. - -<!-- - <sect1> - <heading>I am about to buy a new machine. What do you recommend?</heading> - - <p>See the <htmlurl url="../handbook/hw.html" name="hardware section"> - of the handbook for general tips if you're going to build it - yourself, otherwise see the - FreeBSD <htmlurl url="../commercial/hardware.html" - name="Hardware vendors"> page for various companies who offer - FreeBSD compatible systems. ---> - - <sect1> - <heading>Does FreeBSD support power management on my laptop?</heading> - - <p>FreeBSD supports APM on certain machines. Please look in the - <tt/LINT/ kernel config file, searching for the <htmlurl - url="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?apm" name="APM"> keyword. - - <sect1> - <heading>Workarounds for specific hardware problems</heading> - <p>This section contains workarounds for specific hardware - problems encountered by our users. - <sect2> - <heading>Micron systems hang at boot time</heading> - <p>Certain Micron motherboards have a non-conforming PCI BIOS - implementation that causes grief when FreeBSD boots because - PCI devices don't get configured at their reported addresses. - <p>Disable the "Plug and Play Operating System" flag in the BIOS - to work around this problem. More information can be found at - <htmlurl - url="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron" - name="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron"> - </sect2> - </sect1> - - <sect1> - <heading>I have a newer Adaptec controller and FreeBSD can't find it. - </heading> - - <p>The newer AIC789x series Adaptec chips are supported under the CAM SCSI - framework making it's debut in 3.0. Patches against 3.0-CURRENT and 2.2-STABLE - are in <url url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/" name="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/development/cam/">. - A CAM-enhanced boot floppy is available at <url url="http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/" - name="http://www.freebsd.org/~abial/cam-boot/">. In both cases read the README before - beginning. </p> - - </sect1> - - <sect1> - <heading>I have an internal Plug & Play modem and FreeBSD can't find it. - </heading> - - <p>You will need to add the modem's PnP ID to the PnP ID list in the serial driver. - To enable Plug & Play support, compile a new kernel with <tt/controller pnp0/ in - the configuration file, then reboot the system. The kernel will print the PnP IDs - of all the devices it finds. Copy the PnP ID from the modem to the table in - <tt>/sys/i386/isa/sio.c</tt>, at about line 1200. Look for the string "SUP1310" - in the structure "siopnp_ids[]" to - find the table. Build the kernel again, install, reboot, and your modem should be found.</p> - - <p>You may have to manually configure the PnP devices using the `pnp' command in the - boot-time configuration with a command like - <verb> - pnp 1 0 enable os irq0 3 drq0 0 port0 0x2f8 - </verb> - to make the modem show.</p> - - </sect1> - - <sect1> - <heading>How do I get the boot: prompt to show on the serial console? - </heading> - - <p><enum> - <item>Build a kernel with <tt/options COMCONSOLE/. - <item>Create /boot.config and place <tt/-P/ as the only text in the file. - <item>Unplug the keyboard from the system. - </enum></p> - - <p>See <tt>/usr/src/sys/i386/boot/biosboot/README.serial</tt> for information.</p> - - </sect1> - - <sect1> - - - <heading>Why doesn't my 3Com PCI network card work with my Micron - computer?</heading> - <p>Certain Micron motherboards have a non-conforming PCI BIOS - implementation that does not configure PCI devices at - the addresses reported. This causes grief when FreeBSD boots. - <p>To work around this problem, disable the "Plug and Play Operating - System" flag in the BIOS. - <p>More information on this problem is available at URL: - <htmlurl - url="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron" - name="http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html#micron"> - - <sect1> - <heading>Does FreeBSD support Symmetric Multiproccessing (SMP)? - </heading> - - <p>SMP is supported in 3.0-CURRENT only. - - </sect> - |