Index_B

B

b bandwidth label, 398

b size fragment, 55

backchannel, 389–90

background connection, 173

backing up, 304

bad-offset entry, 411

bandwidth, 395–97, 401

base location, 344–45

base software, 328–32

base33.tgz tool, 38

baseXX.tgz distribution set, 39

-batch command, 120

batch flag, 119

batch mode, 119, 120

B-deps line, 243

benchmarking software, 241

Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD), 2

Bi-directional NAT, 385–86

bin directory, 250

/bin shell, 118

binary math, 151

binary program, 239

binat-anchor, 378

BIOS clock, 70

BIOS limit, 42

BIOS setup, 48

bitmask load-balancing, 393

bits, 150–51, 395

blank screen, 294–95

block all rule, 370

block devices, 299

"block" keyword, 367–68

block-policy option, 368

blocks, 300

blowfish standard, 117

blowfish(3) encryption engine, 317

BNC attachment, 63

boot commands, 103

boot configuration, 100–103

boot device, 48

boot flags, 103

boot floppy, 49–50

boot managers, 84–85

boot media, 330

boot prompt, 100

boot.conf file, 103, 266

booting, 50–51, 85, 99–111, 266

boot configuration, 100–103

editing /etc/rc scripts, 109–11

/etc/boot.conf file, 103

multiuser startup, 107–9

serial consoles, 104–7

bootparamd_flags, 93

bootpd(8) program, 267

bootptab file, 267

bootstrap tools, 329

Bootstrapping Protocol daemon bootpd(8), 267

boot-time flags, 332

boot-time kernel configuration, 218–19

boot-time messages, 231

boot-time PF configuration file, 351

borrow option, 397

braces, 356–57

bridgeX network interface, 161

broadcast address, 89

bs argument, 317

BSD 4.4-Lite software, 39

BSD Authentication, 129

BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution), 2

BSD distribution set, 38

bsd file, 234

BSD Forums, 23

BSD/OS operating system, 5

bsd.port.mk file, 252

buffer, 200–201

bugs, 324–25

BUGS heading, 21

BugTraq mailing list, 182

.build_done file, 258

busses, 229–30

bytes and bits, 395

bytes per sector line, 54