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From: Georg Wagner <Georg.Wagner@ubs.ch>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Installation of FreeBSD 2.1.5
Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 17:35:00 +0200
Organization: Schweizerische Bankgesellschaft, OKBK
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I just installed FreeBSD from the Walnut creek book (Version 2.1.5).
Now I have several questions (some might be interesting for the faq):

Q: I have got the version 2.1.5 with the book from Walnut Creek. Should I
   upgrade that version to a newer one (which one) before running through
   the complete kernel configuration?
A:
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Q: I could not install booteasy under Windows 95. What do I have to do?

A: Most OS prevent you from changing the bootsector on your drive. So Booteasy 
   cannot be installed under Windows 95. You have to make a boot 
   floppy (format, Option: Copy System Files) and to copy the files of booteasy
   to that floppy. Than you have to start your computer with that floppy.
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Q: I have two SCSI-Drives on my PC. The first contains Windows 95 the 2nd
   has FreeBSD on its first partion. After installing easy boot on my 1rst
   drive Icould select disk 2 during startup, but FreeBSD did not boot Windows
   95 went up instead?

A: You have to install booteasy also on the 2nd disk, because your FreeBSD
   partition has to be marked as active.
   (Is there another solution for that problem?)
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Q: In the distribution there are 3 Diamond Stealth 64 DRAM video drivers.
   How can I find out which one to use? (My card is a Stealth 64 DRAM PCI
   with 2 Mb video RAM).
A: I have taken No. 40 from the list (S3DAC). It seems to work.
Q: Is there a keyboard definition for a swiss german keyboard available?
A:
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Q: Can I take the information about the devices like shown in the Properties
   dialog of "My Computer" under Windows 95 for the kernel configuration?
   (IRQs, PORTS etc.)
A:
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Q: My network card is a Realtek from Planet. Which definition can I use?
   (Theoretically it should be compatible with NE2000 cards) And how can
   I test the card (loopback)? I only have a second PC with Windows 95
   connected.
A:
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If someone could fill in the blanks please ....   :-)
 
Georg Wagner
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