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AMD	Kernels	System upgrades
Installation	make world	Upgrades


AMD
	Make the keyboard work on a headless server (read also about t-shirts!) 17 Dec 2001 Cross compiling on AMD64 14 Oct 2005 FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 - yes, I know this is late 28 Dec 2005 Freeze during reboot 28 May 2006


Installation
	Installing FreeBSD on a Windows 95 machine 14 Mar 1999 Installing PPP 15 Mar 1999 Installing FreeBSD to replace Windows 95 20 Mar 1999 Saving and using the kernel change information 20 Mar 1999 Installing PPP - alias 24 Mar 1999 Creating boot floppies for FreeBSD 23 Apr 1999 Starting stuff at boot time 5 May 1999 Installing 3.2-release [the hard way] 20 Jun 1999 How to build a gateway 5 Jul 1999 Swapping boot drives around 13 Aug 1999 FreeBSD on a laptop (by Chris Silva) 12 Jan 2000 Installing FreeBSD via PLIP - (the parallel port - good for laptops) 23 Feb 2000 Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.0-Release to FreeBSD 4.0-Stable 6 May 2000 Installing cvsup 6 May 2000 New server - installing FreeBSD 6 May 2000 Unexpected busfree in Message-out 10 May 2000 Tranferring websites/users from one box to another 21 May 2000 FreeBSD 4.0-stable crypto is fuggered for international users 4 Jul 2000 Crypto problem fixed 11 Jul 2000 The make-world script 30 Jul 2000 Upgrading to 4.1-STABLE - things to watch out for 30 Jul 2000 Installing via wireless NIC 21 May 2001 Checklist for a new box 12 Jan 2002 Your Makefile has been rebuilt. 16 Jan 2002 Cross compiling on AMD64 14 Oct 2005 PC-BSD 17 Dec 2007


Kernels
	Adding a second network card (and compiling a kernel) 29 Aug 1998 compiling a kernel on another machine 19 Mar 1999 Saving and using the kernel change information 20 Mar 1999 Kernel Configuration Options 16 May 1999 Installing 3.2-release [the hard way] 20 Jun 1999 SMP - using more than one CPU 5 Nov 2000 Build world on your fast box, install on your slow box 6 Feb 2001 Get your name in the kernel! 20 May 2001 ERROR: version of config(8) does not match kernel! 16 Feb 2002 Cross compiling on AMD64 14 Oct 2005


make world
	The make-world script 30 Jul 2000 Build world on your fast box, install on your slow box 6 Feb 2001 Cross compiling on AMD64 14 Oct 2005


System upgrades
	upgrading from 2.2.5 to 2.2.7 6 Aug 1998 upgrading to 3.1-Release 21 Feb 1999 mergemaster - a great tool when upgrading 4 Mar 1999 /etc/rc.conf changes for 3.1 6 Mar 1999 Saving and using the kernel change information 20 Mar 1999 Upgrading from 3.1-Release to 3.1-Stable 23 Mar 1999 Starting stuff at boot time 5 May 1999 Kernel Configuration Options 16 May 1999 Adding ipnat to FreeBSD 3.* 16 May 1999 Ports or Packages? 6 Jun 1999 What is installed? 6 Jun 1999 Creating patch files 4 Aug 1999 Swapping boot drives around 13 Aug 1999 Upgrading from 2.2.* to 3.* 13 Aug 1999 how to start things at boot time 5 Dec 1999 Upgrading to 3.3-STABLE 6 Dec 1999 proftpd and FreeBSD 7 Dec 1999 unwanted email from tcpd 26 Dec 1999 Tranferring websites/users from one box to another 21 May 2000 FreeBSD 4.0-stable crypto is fuggered for international users 4 Jul 2000 Crypto problem fixed 11 Jul 2000 Build world on your fast box, install on your slow box 6 Feb 2001 Your Makefile has been rebuilt. 16 Jan 2002 Cross compiling on AMD64 14 Oct 2005 FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 - yes, I know this is late 28 Dec 2005


Upgrades
	upgrading from 2.2.5 to 2.2.7 6 Aug 1998 upgrading to 3.1-Release 21 Feb 1999 Installing FreeBSD to replace Windows 95 20 Mar 1999 Upgrading from 3.1-Release to 3.1-Stable 23 Mar 1999 Installing 3.2-release [the hard way] 20 Jun 1999 Upgrading from 2.2.* to 3.* 13 Aug 1999 Upgrading to 3.3-STABLE 6 Dec 1999 Upgrading from FreeBSD 4.0-Release to FreeBSD 4.0-Stable 6 May 2000 installing FreeBSD 4.0-Release 6 May 2000 FreeBSD 3.5-stable is born 20 Jun 2000 FreeBSD 4.0-stable crypto is fuggered for international users 4 Jul 2000 The make-world script 30 Jul 2000 Upgrading to 4.1-STABLE - things to watch out for 30 Jul 2000 4.1-STABLE - fetch now going just fine 2 Aug 2000 How long does it take to upgrade via cvsup? 15 Aug 2000 Build world on your fast box, install on your slow box 6 Feb 2001 cvsup bug fix and upgrading to 4.4 21 Sep 2001 ERROR: version of config(8) does not match kernel! 16 Feb 2002 Cross compiling on AMD64 14 Oct 2005 FreeBSD 6.0-RC1 - yes, I know this is late 28 Dec 2005 mailwrapper exited on signal 11 30 Nov 2009 ZFS: Resizing your zpool 4 Aug 2010