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RELEASE NOTES
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FreeBSD Release 2.2-960501-SNAP
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0. What's new since 2.2-960323-SNAP?
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Early support for APM (automated power management) and PCCARD
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(formerly PCMCIA) features of laptops. Many PCCARD devices
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are supported, from modems to ethernet cards to SCSI adaptors.
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Adaptec AIC7850 support has been added.
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The Yellow Pages (NIS) support has had many optimizations made
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and no longer has portions copyright under the GPL.
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Various VM system enhancements and a few bugs fixed (gzip'd binaries
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now work again, for example).
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The system installation tool has been revamped with slightly different
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menu behavior and a number of bugs have been fixed. It's hoped that
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this installation will be more intuitive for new users than previous
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ones (feedback welcomed, of course).
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Much miscellaneous cleanup work with the header files and sources.
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1. What's New since 2.1.0-RELEASE?
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----------------------------------
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The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI ethernet card is now supported.
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The 3COM 3C590 and 3C595 ethernet cards are now supported.
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The ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570i high-speed serial card is now supported.
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The Linux emulation is now good enough to run the Linux version of
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Netscape, with JAVA support (as well as a number of other Linux
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utilities).
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The Matrox Meteor frame grabber card is better supported.
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It is now possible to burn CDROMs using the Plasmon or HP 4080i
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CDR drives (see `wormcontrol(1)').
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The pipe code has been substantially sped up, as have some components
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of the VM system.
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A /dev/random device (and associated "pool of entropy") has been added
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for applications which require more unpredicatable sequences of random
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numbers for security. See the random(4) man page for more info.
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Early NFS v3 support (not enabled by default).
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An early implementation of the Device Filesystem (devfs) is available
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(see mount_devfs). Device switch tables are now also dynamically built.
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Early IPX routing support.
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2. Technical overview
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---------------------
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FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.4 BSD Lite based release
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for Intel i386/i486/Pentium (or compatible) based PC's. It is based
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primarily on software from U.C. Berkeley's CSRG group, with some
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enhancements from NetBSD, 386BSD, and the Free Software Foundation.
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Since our release of FreeBSD 2.0 over a year ago, the performance,
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feature set and stability of FreeBSD has improved dramatically. The
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largest change is a revamped VM system with a merged VM/file buffer
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cache that not only increases performance but reduces FreeBSD's memory
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footprint, making a 5MB configuration a more acceptable minimum.
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Other enhancements include full NIS client and server support,
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transaction TCP support, dial-on-demand PPP, an improved SCSI
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subsystem, early ISDN support, support for FDDI and Fast Ethernet
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(100Mbit) adapters, improved support for the Adaptec 2940 (WIDE and
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narrow) and 3940 SCSI adaptors along with many hundreds of bug fixes.
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We've taken the comments and suggestions of many of our users to
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heart and have attempted to provide what we hope is a more sane and
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easily understood installation process. Your feedback on this
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(constantly evolving) process is especially welcome!
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In addition to the base distributions, FreeBSD offers a new ported
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software collection with over 390 commonly sought-after programs. The
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list of ports ranges from http (WWW) servers, to games, languages,
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editors and almost everything in between. The entire ports collection
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requires only 10MB of storage, all ports being expressed as "deltas"
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to their original sources. This makes it much easier for us to update
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ports and greatly reduces the disk space demands made by the ports
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collection. To compile a port, you simply change to the directory of
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the program you wish to install, type make and let the system do the
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rest. The full original distribution for each port you build is
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retrieved dynamically off of CDROM or a local ftp site, so you need
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only enough disk space to build the ports you want. (Almost) every
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port is also provided as a pre-compiled "package" which can be
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installed with a simple command (pkg_add). See also the new Packages
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option in the Configuration menu for an especially convenient interface
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to the package collection.
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A number of additional documents which you may find helpful in the
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process of installing and using FreeBSD may now also be found in the
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/usr/share/doc directory. You may view the manuals with any HTML
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capable browser by saying:
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To read the handbook:
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<browser> file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html
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To read the FAQ:
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<browser> file:/usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html
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You can also visit the master (and most frequently updated) copies at
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http://www.freebsd.org.
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The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its
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being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package
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to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that
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contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxiliary packages
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provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the
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U.S.) exportable distribution of DES for our non-U.S. users also
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exists at ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD.
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If password security for FreeBSD is all you need and you have no
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requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts
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(Suns, DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then
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FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our
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default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any
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messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside)
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the U.S., give it a try! This snapshot also includes support for
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mixed password files - either DES or MD5 passwords will be accepted,
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making it easier to transition from one scheme to the other.
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3. Supported Configurations
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FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus
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based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the
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386sx is not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive
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configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is
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also provided.
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What follows is a list of all disk controllers and ethernet cards
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currently known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may also
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work, but we have simply not received any confirmation of this.
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3.1. Disk Controllers
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WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
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WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
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IDE
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ATA
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Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers
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Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
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Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
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Adaptec 274X/284X/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI
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controllers.
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Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes
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the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
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** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no
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on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the
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system BIOS I/O vectors. They're perfectly usable for external tapes,
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CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card
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without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally
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indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up
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or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them.
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Check your system/board documentation for more details.
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[Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustec"]
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Buslogic 545S & 545c
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Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller
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Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller.
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Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller
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Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller
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NCR 53C810 and 53C825 PCI SCSI controller.
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NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller.
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DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
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UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
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Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers.
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Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers.
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WD7000 SCSI controller.
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With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for
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SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including
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DAT) and CD ROM drives.
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The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
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(cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
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SoundBlaster SCSI)
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(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models)
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(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
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interface (562/563 models)
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(scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models)
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(wcd) ATAPI IDE interface (experimental and should be considered ALPHA
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quality!).
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3.2. Ethernet cards
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Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards
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SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
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WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
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based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported.
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DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205)
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DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422)
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DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???)
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DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
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Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A
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Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability)
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Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet
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Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
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Isolink 4110 (8 bit)
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Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface.
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3Com 3C501 cards
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3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
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3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+
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3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
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3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA), 3C590 & 3C595 (PCI) Etherlink III
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Toshiba ethernet cards
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PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also
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supported.
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Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're
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still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any
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takers?
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3.3. Misc
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AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ.
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ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ.
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ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial.
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BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ.
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Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board.
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STB 4 port card using shared IRQ.
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SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board.
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Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound
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and Roland MPU-401 sound cards.
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FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus.
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4. Obtaining FreeBSD
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You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways:
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4.1. FTP/Mail
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You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
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`ftp.freebsd.org' - the official FreeBSD release site.
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For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file
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MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the site closest (in
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networking terms) to you. Additional mirror sites are always welcome!
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Contact admin@freebsd.org for more details if you'd like to become an
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official mirror site.
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If you do not have access to the internet and electronic mail is your
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only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to
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`ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message
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to get more information on how to fetch files using this mechanism.
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Please do note, however, that this will end up sending many *tens of
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megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute
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LAST resort!
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4.2. CDROM
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FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE and these 2.2 SNAPSHOT CDs may be ordered on CDROM from:
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Walnut Creek CDROM
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4041 Pike Lane, Suite D
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Concord CA 94520
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1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax)
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Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com.
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Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp as:
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ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog.
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Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription.
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FreeBSD 2.2-SNAP CDs are $29.95 or $14.95 with a FreeBSD-SNAP subscription
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(-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely seperate). With a
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subscription, you will automatically receive updates as they are released.
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Your credit card will be billed when each disk is shipped and you may cancel
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your subscription at any time without further obligation.
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Walnut Creek CDROM also sells a full line of FreeBSD related
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merchandise such as T-shirts ($14.95, available in "child", Large and
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XL sizes), coffee mugs ($9.95), tattoos ($0.25 each) and posters
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($3.00).
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Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada or Mexico
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and $9.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American
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Express or checks in U.S. Dollars and ship COD within the United
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States. California residents please add 8.25% sales tax.
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Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an
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unconditional return policy.
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Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code
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-------------------------------------------------------
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Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always
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valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find
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(preferably with a fix attached, if you can!).
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The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with
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internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command. Bug reports
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will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can
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be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon
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as possible. Bugs filed in this way are also visible on our WEB site
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in the support section and are therefore valuable both as bug reports
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and as "signposts" for other users concerning potential problems to
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watch out for.
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If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to
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submit a bug report, you can try to send it to:
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bugs@FreeBSD.org
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Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to:
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questions@FreeBSD.org
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Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have
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extra hands willing to help - there are already far more desired
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enhancements than we'll ever be able to manage by ourselves! To
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contact us on technical matters, or with offers of help, please send
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mail to:
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hackers@FreeBSD.org
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Please note that these mailing lists can experience *significant*
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amounts of traffic and if you have slow or expensive mail access and
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are only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you
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may find it preferable to subscribe instead to:
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announce@FreeBSD.org
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All but the freebsd-bugs groups can be freely joined by anyone wishing
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to do so. Send mail to MajorDomo@FreeBSD.org and include the keyword
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`help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message. This
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will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing
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archives, etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at
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special interest groups not mentioned here, so send mail to majordomo
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and ask about them!
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6. Acknowledgements
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FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not
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hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very
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hard to bring you this release. It would be very difficult, if not
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impossible, to enumerate everyone who's contributed to FreeBSD, but
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nonetheless we shall try (in alphabetical order, of course). If you've
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contributed something substantive to us and your name is not mentioned
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here, please be assured that its omission is entirely accidental.
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Please contact hackers@FreeBSD.org for any desired updates to the
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lists that follow:
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The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley.
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Bill Jolitz, for his initial work with 386BSD.
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The FreeBSD Core Team
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(in alphabetical order by last name):
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Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org>
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Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org>
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John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org>
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Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>
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Justin Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.org>
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David Greenman <davidg@FreeBSD.org>
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Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
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Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org>
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Rich Murphey <rich@FreeBSD.org>
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Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org>
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S<>ren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org>
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Peter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>
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Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org>
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J<>rg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org>
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The FreeBSD Development Team, excluding core team members
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(in alphabetical order by last name):
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Torsten Blum <torstenb@FreeBSD.org>
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Gary Clark II <gclarkii@FreeBSD.org>
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Adam David <adam@FreeBSD.org>
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Peter Dufault <dufault@FreeBSD.org>
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Frank Durda IV <uhclem@FreeBSD.org>
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Julian Elischer <julian@FreeBSD.org>
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Sean Eric Fagan <sef@FreeBSD.org>
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Stefan Esser <se@FreeBSD.org>
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Bill Fenner <fenner@FreeBSD.org>
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John Fieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org>
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Lars Fredriksen <lars@freeBSD.org>
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Thomas Gellekum <tg@FreeBSD.org>
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Thomas Graichen <graichen@FreeBSD.org>
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Rod Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org>
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Jeffrey Hsu <hsu@FreeBSD.org>
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Ugen J.S. Antsilevich <ugen@FreeBSD.org>
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Gary Jennejohn <gj@FreeBSD.org>
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L Jonas Olsson <ljo@FreeBSD.org>
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Eric L. Hernes <erich@FreeBSD.org>
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Scott Mace <smace@FreeBSD.org>
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Atsushi Murai <amurai@FreeBSD.org>
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Mark Murray <markm@FreeBSD.org>
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Andras Olah <olah@FreeBSD.org>
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Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org>
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Joshua Peck Macdonald <jmacd@FreeBSD.org>
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John Polstra <jdp@FreeBSD.org>
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Mike Pritchard <mpp@FreeBSD.org>
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Doug Rabson <dfr@FreeBSD.org>
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Geoff Rehmet <csgr@FreeBSD.org>
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Martin Renters <martin@FreeBSD.org>
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Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD.org>
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Ollivier Robert <roberto@FreeBSD.org>
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Dima Ruban <dima@FreeBSD.org>
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Wolfram Schneider <wosch@FreeBSD.org>
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Andreas Schulz <ats@FreeBSD.org>
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Karl Strickland <karl@FreeBSD.org>
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Paul Traina <pst@FreeBSD.org>
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Guido van Rooij <guido@FreeBSD.org>
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Steven Wallace <swallace@FreeBSD.org>
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Nate Williams <nate@FreeBSD.org>
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Jean-Marc Zucconi <jmz@FreeBSD.org>
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Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers:
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Coranth Gryphon Dave Rivers
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John Hay Kaleb S. Keithley
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Michael Smith Terry Lambert
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David Dawes
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Special mention to:
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Walnut Creek CDROM, without whose help (and continuing support)
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this release would never have been possible.
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Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM
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drive.
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Chuck Robey for his donation of a floppy tape streamer for
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testing.
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Larry Altneu and Wilko Bulte for providing us with Wangtek
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and Archive QIC-02 tape drives for testing and driver hacking.
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Everyone at Montana State University for their initial support.
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And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the
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world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible.
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We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
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The FreeBSD Core Team
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$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.5 1996/04/30 05:23:49 jkh Exp $
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