Frequently Asked Questions for FreeBSD 7.X, 8.X, and 9.X

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Table of Contents
1 Introduction
2 Documentation and Support
3 Installation
4 Hardware Compatibility
4.1 General
4.2 Architectures and Processors
4.3 Hard Drives, Tape Drives, and CD and DVD Drives
4.4 Keyboards and Mice
4.5 Networking
4.6 Sound Devices
4.7 Other Hardware
5 Troubleshooting
6 User Applications
7 Kernel Configuration
8 Disks, File Systems, and Boot Loaders
8.1 ZFS
9 System Administration
10 The X Window System and Virtual Consoles
11 Networking
12 Security
13 PPP
14 Serial Communications
15 Miscellaneous Questions
16 The FreeBSD Funnies
17 Advanced Topics
18 Acknowledgments
Bibliography
List of Tables
3-1. Maximum File Sizes
List of Examples
10-1. “InputDevice” Section for Wheeled Mouse in Xorg Configuration File
10-2. “.emacs” Example for Naive Page Scrolling with Wheeled Mouse (optional)
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