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| committer | cvs2svn <cvs2svn@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-05-30 08:29:08 +0000 |
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diff --git a/share/FAQ/Text/README b/share/FAQ/Text/README deleted file mode 100644 index 2e7293bb07ed..000000000000 --- a/share/FAQ/Text/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,104 +0,0 @@ - ----------------------------------------- - FreeBSD 2.0.5 --- RELEASE Version , , - ----------------------------------------- /( )` - \ \___ / | -Welcome to the 2.0.5 release of FreeBSD! 2.0.5 is /- _ `-/ ' -an interim release of FreeBSD, filling a much needed (/\/ \ \ /\ -gap during the period between 2.0R (which was / / | ` \ -released in Nov 94) and 2.1R, which will be O O ) / | -released in late July of '95. FreeBSD 2.0.5 `-^--'`< ' -contains many substantial improvements from 2.0R, (_.) _ ) / -not least of which is greater stability (by `.___/` / -a considerable margin), dozens of new `-----' / -features and a greatly enhanced <----. __ / __ \ -installation program. See the release <----|====O)))==) \) /==== -notes for more details on what's new in <----' `--' `.__,' \ -FreeBSD 2.0.5! | | - \ / /\ - ______( (_ / \______/ - ,' ,-----' | - `--{__________) - - -What is FreeBSD? FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite -for Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen "x86" based PC hardware. It works -with a very wide variety of PC peripherals and configurations and can -be used for everything from software development to Internet Service -Provision; the busiest site on the Internet, ftp.cdrom.com, is a -FreeBSD machine! - -This release of FreeBSD contains everything you need to run such a -system, plus full source code for everything. With the source -distribution installed you can literally recompile the entire system -from scratch with one command, making it ideal for students, -researchers or folks who simply want to see how it all works. - -A large collection of 3rd party ported software (the "ports -collection") is also provided to make it easier for you to obtain and -install all your favorite traditional UNIX utilities for FreeBSD. -Over 270 ports, comprising everything from the EMACS editor to the -lisp language, make FreeBSD a powerful and comprehensive operating -system that rivals that of many large workstations for general utility -and power. - - -For more documentation on this system, it is recommended that you -purchase the 4.4BSD Document Set from O'Reilly Associates and the -USENIX Association, ISBN 1-56592-082-1. We have no connection with -O'Reilly, we're just satisfied customers! - -You may also wish to read the HARDWARE GUIDE *before* proceeding any -further with the installation. Configuring PC hardware for anything -other than DOS/Windows (which don't actually make very significant -demands on the hardware) is actually quite a bit harder than it looks, -and if you think you understand PCs then you clearly haven't been -using them for long enough! :) This guide will give you some tips on -how to configure your hardware and what symptoms to watch for in case -of trouble. This guide is available in the Documentation menu of the -FreeBSD boot floppy. - -DISCLAIMER: While FreeBSD does its best to safeguard against accidental -loss of data, it's still more than possible to WIPE OUT YOUR ENTIRE DISK -with this installation! Please do not proceed to the final FreeBSD -installation menu unless you've adequately backed up any important -data first! We really mean it! - -Technical comments on this release should be sent to: - - hackers@FreeBSD.org - - -Bug reports should be sent using the `send-pr' command, if you were -able to get the system installed, otherwise to: - - bugs@FreeBSD.org - -Please be sure to indicate WHICH VERSION of FreeBSD you're running in -any bug reports! - - -General questions should be sent to: - - questions@FreeBSD.org - -Please have patience if your questions are not answered right away - -this is an especially busy time for us, and our volunteer resources -are often strained to the limit! Bug reports submitted with the -send-pr command are logged and tracked in our bugs database, and -you'll be kept informed of any changes in status during the life of -the bug (or feature request). - -Our WEB site, http://www.freebsd.org, is also a very good source for -updated information and provides a number of advanced documentation -facilities. You may use the BSDI version of Netscape for browsing the -World Wide Web directly from FreeBSD. - -You may also wish to look in /usr/share/FAQ and /usr/share/doc for -further information on the system. - - -Thanks for reading all of this, and we sincerely hope you enjoy this -release of FreeBSD! - - Jordan Hubbard, - for The FreeBSD Project diff --git a/share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD b/share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD deleted file mode 100644 index 9b6c5c68e863..000000000000 --- a/share/FAQ/Text/RELNOTES.FreeBSD +++ /dev/null @@ -1,723 +0,0 @@ - RELEASE NOTES - FreeBSD - Release 2.0.5 - -1. Technical overview ---------------------- - -FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.4 BSD Lite based release -for Intel i386/i486/Pentium (or compatible) based PC's. It is based -primarily on software from U.C. Berkeley's CSRG group, with some -enhancements from NetBSD, 386BSD, and the Free Software Foundation. - -Since our release of FreeBSD 2.0 some 8 months ago, the performance, -feature set, and stability of FreeBSD has improved dramatically. The -largest change is a revamped VM system with a merged VM/file buffer -cache that not only increases performance, but reduces FreeBSD's -memory footprint, making a 4MB configuration a more acceptible -minimum. Other enhancements include full NIS client and server -support, transaction TCP support, dial-on-demand PPP, an improved SCSI -subsystem, early ISDN support, support for FDDI and Fast Ethernet -(100Mbit) adapters, improved support for the Adaptec 2940 (WIDE and -narrow) and many hundreds of bug fixes. - -We've also taken the comments and suggestions of many of our users to -heart and have attempted to provide what we hope is a more sane and -easily understood installation process. Your feedback on this -(constantly evolving) process is especially welcome! - -In addition to the base distributions, FreeBSD offers a new ported -software collection with some 270 commonly sought-after programs. The -list of ports ranges from http (WWW) servers, to games, languages, -editors and almost everything in between. The entire ports collection -requires only 10MB of storage, all ports being expressed as "deltas" -to their original sources. This makes it much easier for us to update -ports, and greatly reduces the disk space demands made by the older -1.0 ports collection. To compile a port, you simply change to the -directory of the program you wish to install, type make and let the -system do the rest. The full original distribution for each port you -build is retrieved dynamically off of CDROM or a local ftp site, so -you need only enough disk space to build the ports you want. Each -port is also provided as a pre-compiled "package" which can be -installed with a simple command (pkg_add) by those who do not wish to -compile their own ports from source. See the file: - /usr/share/FAQ/Text/ports.FAQ -for a more complete description of the ports collection. - - -Since our first release of FreeBSD 1.0 nearly two years ago, FreeBSD -has changed almost entirely. A new port from the Berkeley 4.4 code -base was done, which brought the legal status of the system out of the -shadows with the blessing of Novell (the new owners of USL and UNIX). The -port to 4.4 has also brought in a host of new features, filesystems -and enhanced driver support. With our new unencumbered code base, we -have every reason to hope that we'll be able to release quality -operating systems without further legal encumbrance for some time to -come! - -FreeBSD 2.0.5 represents the culmination of 2 years of work and many -thousands of man hours put in by an international development team. -We hope you enjoy it! - -For a list of contributors and a general project description, please see -the file "CONTRIB.FreeBSD" which should be bundled with your binary -distribution. - -Also see the "REGISTER.FreeBSD" file for information on registering -with the "Free BSD user counter". This counter is for ALL freely -available variants of BSD, not just FreeBSD, and we urge you to register -yourself with it. - -The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its -being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package -to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that -contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxiliary packages -provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the -U.S.) exportable European distribution of DES for our non-U.S. users also -exists and is described in the FreeBSD FAQ. - -If password security for FreeBSD is all you need, and you have no -requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts -(Suns, DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then -FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our -default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any -messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside) -the U.S., give it a try! - - -1.1 What's new in 2.0.5? ----------------------- - -The following features were added or substantially improved between -the release of 2.0 and this 2.0.5 release. In order to facilitate -better communication, the person, or persons, responsible for each -enhancement is noted. Any questions regarding the new functionality -should be directed to them first. - -KERNEL: - -Merged VM-File Buffer Cache ---------------------------- -A merged VM/buffer cache design greatly enhances overall system -performance and makes it possible to do a number of more optimal -memory allocation strategies that were not possible before. - -Owner: David Greenman (davidg@FreeBSD.org) and - John Dyson (dyson@implode.root.com) - - -Network PCB hash optimization ------------------------------ -For systems with a great number of active TCP connections (WEB and ftp -servers, for example), this greatly speeds up the lookup time required -to match an incoming packet up to its associated connection. - -Owner: David Greenman (davidg@FreeBSD.org) - - -Name cache optimization ------------------------ -The name-cache would cache all files of the same name to the same bucket, -which would put for instance all ".." entries in the same bucket. We added -the parent directory version to frustrate the hash, and improved the -management of the cache in various other ways while we were at it. - -Owner: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org) - David GreenMan (davidg@FreeBSD.org) - - -Less restrictive swap-spaces ----------------------------- -The need to compile the names of the swap devices into the kernel has been -removed. Now swapon will accept any block devices, up to the maximum -number of swap devices configured in the kernel. - -Owner: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org) - David GreenMan (davidg@FreeBSD.org) - - -Hard Wired SCSI Devices ------------------------ -Prior to 2.0.5, FreeBSD performed dynamic assignment of unit numbers -to SCSI devices as they were probed, allowing a SCSI device failure to -possibly change unit number assignment and prevent filesystems on -still functioning disks from mounting. Hard wiring allows static -allocation of unit numbers (and hence device names) to scsi devices -based on SCSI ID and bus. SCSI configuration occurs in the kernel -config file. Samples of the configuration syntax can be found in the -scsi(4) man page or the LINT kernel config file. - -Owner: Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) -Sources involved: sys/scsi/* usr.sbin/config/* - - -Slice Support -------------- -FreeBSD now supports a "slice" abstraction which makes it more -completely interoperable with other operating system partitions. This -support will allow FreeBSD to inhabit DOS extended partitions. - -Owner: Bruce Evans (bde@FreeBSD.org) -Sources involved: sys/disklabel.h sys/diskslice.h sys/dkbad.h - kern/subr_diskslice.c kern/subr_dkbad.c - i386/isa/diskslice_machdep.c - i386/isa/wd.c scsi/sd.c dev/vn/vn.c - - -Support for Ontrack Disk Manager Version 6.0 --------------------------------------------- -Support has been added for disks which use Ontrack Disk Manager. The -fdisk program does NOT know about it however, so make all changes -using the install program on the boot.flp or the Ontrack Disk Manager -tool under DOS. - -Owner: Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org) - - -Bad144 is back and working --------------------------- -Bad144 works again, though the semantics are slightly different than -before in that the bad-spots are kept relative to the slice rather -than absolute on the disk. - -Owner: Bruce Evans (bde@FreeBSD.org) - Poul-Henning Kamp (phk@FreeBSD.org) - - -NEW DEVICE SUPPORT: - - SCSI and CDROM Devices - -Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) CD-ROM driver ---------------------------------------------- -The Matsushita/Panasonic CR-562 and CR-563 drives are now supported -when connected to a Sound Blaster or 100% compatible host adapter. Up -to four host adapters are supported for a total of 16 CD-ROM drives. -The audio functions are supported with the Karoke variable speed -playback. - -Owner: Frank Durda IV bsdmail@nemesis.lonestar.org -Sources involved: isa/matcd - - -Adaptec 2742/2842/2940 SCSI driver ------------------------------ -The original 274x/284x driver has evolved considerably since the 2.0 -release. We now offer full support for the 2940 series as well as the -Wide models of these cards. The arbitration bug (as well as many -others) that caused the driver problems with fast devices has been -corrected and there is even experimental tagged queuing support -(kernel option "AHC_TAGENABLE"). John Aycock has also released the -sequencer code under a "Berkeley style" copyright making the driver -entirely clean of the GPL. - -Owner: Justin Gibbs (gibbs@FreeBSD.org) -Sources involved: isa/aic7770.c pci/aic7870.c i386/scsi/* - sys/dev/aic7xxx/* - - -NCR5380/NCR53400 SCSI ("ProAudio Spectrum") driver --------------------------------------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: Serge Vakulenko (vak@cronyx.ru) -Sources involved: isa/ncr5380.c - - -Sony CDROM driver ------------------ -Owner: core -Submitted by: Mikael Hybsch (micke@dynas.se) -Sources involved: isa/scd.c - - - Serial Devices - -SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board Driver ------------------------------------------------ -Owner: Andrey Chernov (ache@FreeBSD.org) -Sources involved: isa/rc.c isa/rcreg.h - - -Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board Driver -------------------------------------- -Owner: Bruce Evans (bde@FreeBSD.org) -Submitted by: Andrew Werple (andrew@werple.apana.org.au) and - Heikki Suonsivu (hsu@cs.hut.fi) -Obtained from: NetBSD -Sources involved: isa/cy.c - - -Cronyx/Sigma sync/async serial driver -------------------------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: Serge Vakulenko -Sources involved: isa/cronyx.c - - - - Networking - -Diskless booting ----------------- -Diskless booting in 2.0.5 is much improved. The boot-program is in -src/sys/i386/boot/netboot, and can be run from an MSDOS system or -burned into an EPROM. Local swapping is also possible. WD, SMC, 3COM -and Novell ethernet cards are currently supported. - - -DEC DC21140 Fast Ethernet driver --------------------------------- -This driver supports any of the numerous NICs using the DC21140 chipset -including the 100Mb DEC DE-500-XA and SMC 9332. - -Owner: core -Submitted by: Matt Thomas (thomas@lkg.dec.com) -Sources involved: pci/if_de.c pci/dc21040.h - - -DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) driver ------------------------------ -Owner: core -Submitted by: Matt Thomas (thomas@lkg.dec.com) -Sources involved: pci/if_pdq.c pci/pdq.c pci/pdq_os.h pci/pdqreg.h - - -3Com 3c505 (Etherlink/+) NIC driver ------------------------------------ -Owner: core -Submitted by: Dean Huxley (dean@fsa.ca) -Obtained from: NetBSD -Sources involved: isa/if_eg.c - - -Fujitsu MB86960A family of NICs driver -------------------------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: M.S. (seki@sysrap.cs.fujitsu.co.jp) -Sources involved: isa/if_fe.c - - -Intel EtherExpress driver -------------------------- -Owner: Rodney W. Grimes (rgrimes@FreeBSD.org) -Sources involved: isa/if_ix.c isa/if_ixreg.h - - -3Com 3c589 driver ------------------ -Owner: core -Submitted by: "HOSOKAWA Tatsumi" (hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp), - Seiji Murata (seiji@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp) and - Noriyuki Takahashi (hor@aecl.ntt.jp) -Sources involved: isa/if_zp.c - - -IBM Credit Card Adapter driver ------------------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: "HOSOKAWA Tatsumi" (hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp), -Sources involved: isa/pcic.c isa/pcic.h - - -EDSS1 and 1TR6 ISDN interface driver ------------------------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: Dietmar Friede (dfriede@drnhh.neuhaus.de) and - Juergen Krause (jkr@saarlink.de) -Sources involved: gnu/isdn/* - - - Miscellaneous Drivers - -Joystick driver ---------------- -Owner: Jean-Marc Zucconi (jmz@FreeBSD.org) -Sources involved: isa/joy.c - - -National Instruments "LabPC" driver ------------------------------------ -Owner: Peter Dufault (dufault@hda.com) -Sources involved: isa/labpc.c - - -WD7000 driver -------------- -Owner: Olof Johansson (offe@ludd.luth.se) - - -Pcvt Console driver -------------------- -Owner: Joerg Wunsch (joerg@FreeBSD.org) -Submitted by: Hellmuth Michaelis (hm@altona.hamburg.com) -Sources involved: isa/pcvt/* - - -BSD-audio emulator for VAT driver ---------------------------------- -Owner: Amancio Hasty (ahasty@FreeBSD.org) and - Paul Traina (pst@FreeBSD.org) -Sources involved: isa/sound/vat_audio.c isa/sound/vat_audioio.h - - -National Instruments AT-GPIB and AT-GPIB/TNT GPIB driver --------------------------------------------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: Fred Cawthorne (fcawth@delphi.umd.edu) -Sources involved: isa/gpib.c isa/gpib.h isa/gpibreg.h - - -Genius GS-4500 hand scanner driver ----------------------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: Gunther Schadow (gusw@fub46.zedat.fu-berlin.de) -Sources involved: isa/gsc.c isa/gscreg.h - - -CORTEX-I Frame Grabber ----------------------- -Owner: core -Submitted by: Paul S. LaFollette, Jr. ( -Sources involved: isa/ctx.c isa/ctxreg.h - - -Video Spigot video capture card -------------------------------- -Owner: Jim Lowe - - - -1.2 Experimental features ---------------------------------------------- - -The unionfs and LFS file systems are known to be severely broken in -2.0.5. This is in part due to old bugs that we haven't had time to -resolve yet and the need to update these file systems to deal with the -new VM system. We hope to address these issues in a later release of -FreeBSD. - -FreeBSD now supports running iBCS2 compatible binaries (currently SCO -UNIX 3.2.2 & 3.2.4 and ISC 2.2 COFF format are supported). The iBCS2 -emulator is in its early stages, but it is functional, we haven't been -able to do exhaustive testing (lack of commercial apps), but almost -all of SCO's 3.2.2 binaries are working, so is an old INFORMIX-2.10 -for SCO. Further testing is nessesary to complete this project. There -is also work under way for ELF & XOUT loaders, and most of the svr4 -syscall wrappers have been written. - -Owner: Soren Schmidt (sos) & Sean Eric Fagan (sef) -Sources involved: sys/i386/ibcs2/* + misc kernel changes. -======= - - -2. Supported Configurations ---------------------------- - -FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus -based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the -386sx is not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive -configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is -also provided. - -Following is a list of all disk controllers and ethernet cards currently -known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may very well work, and -we have simply not received any indication of this. - - -2.1. Disk Controllers - -WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) -WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) -WD7000 -IDE -ATA - -Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers -Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. -Adaptec 274X/284X/2940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI controllers -Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes -the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. - -** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards -as they have no on-board BIOS, which is necessary for mapping -the boot device into the system BIOS I/O vectors. -They're perfectly usable for external tapes, CDROMs, etc, -however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card -without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which -is generally indicated by some sort of message when the system -is first powered up or reset. Check your system/board documentation -for more details. - -[Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustec"] -Buslogic 545S & 545c -Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller -Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. -Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller -Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller - -NCR 53C810 and 53C825 PCI SCSI controller. -NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. - -DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. - -UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. - -Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. - -Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. - -With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for -SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including -DAT) and CD ROM drives. -The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: -(cd) SCSI (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and SoundBlaster SCSI) -(mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface -(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) proprietary interface -(scd) Sony proprietary interface - -Note: CD-Drives with IDE interfaces are not supported at this time. - -Some controllers have limitations with the way they deal with >16MB of -memory, due to the fact that the ISA bus only has a DMA address space -of 24 bits. If you do your arithmetic, you'll see that this makes it -impossible to do direct DMA to any address >16MB. This limitation is -even true of some EISA controllers (which are normally 32 bit) when -they're configured to emulate an ISA card, which they then do in *all* -respects. This problem is avoided entirely by IDE controllers (which -do not use DMA), true EISA controllers (like the UltraStor, Adaptec -1742A or Adaptec 2742) and most VLB (local bus) controllers. In the -cases where it's necessary, the system will use "bounce buffers" to -talk to the controller so that you can still use more than 16Mb of -memory without difficulty. - - -2.2. Ethernet cards - -SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, -WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT -based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported. - -DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) -DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) -DEC DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???) -DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs - -Fujitsu MB86960A family of NICs - -Intel EtherExpress - -Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) -Isolink 4110 (8 bit) - -Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface. - -3Com 3C501 cards - -3Com 3C503 Etherlink II - -3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+ - -3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP - -3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA) Etherlink III - -Toshiba ethernet cards - -PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also -supported. - - -2.3. Misc - -AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ. - -Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. - -STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. - -Mitsumi (all models) CDROM interface and drive. - -SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. - -Soundblaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI CDROM interface and drive. - -Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) CDROM interface and drive. - -Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound -and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. - -FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus, but -support is apparently close to materializing. Details will be posted -as the situation develops. - - -3. Obtaining FreeBSD. ---------------------- - -You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: - -1. FTP/Mail - -You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from -`ftp.freebsd.org' - the offical FreeBSD release site. - -For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file -MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the nearest site -to you netwise. - -If you do not have access to the internet and electronic mail is your -only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to -`ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message -to get more information on how to fetch files from freebsd.cdrom.com. -Note: This approach will end up sending many *tens of megabytes* -through the mail, and should only be employed as an absolute LAST -resort! - - -2. CDROM - -FreeBSD 2.0.5 may be ordered on CDROM from: - - Walnut Creek CDROM - 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D - Concord CA 94520 - 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax) - -Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com. -Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp as: - ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog. - -Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, -Canada, or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, -American Express, and ship COD within the United States. California -residents please add 8.25% sales tax. - -Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an -unconditional return policy. - - -Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code. ------------------------------------------------------------ - -Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always -valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find -(preferably with a fix attached if you can!). - -The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with -internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command. Bug reports -will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can -be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon -as possible. - -If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to -submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: - - bugs@FreeBSD.org - - -Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: - - questions@FreeBSD.org - -Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have -extra hands willing to help - there are already far more enhancements -to be done than we can ever manage to do by ourselves! To contact us -on technical matters, or with offers of help, you may send mail to: - - hackers@FreeBSD.org - -Since these mailing lists can experience significant amounts of -traffic, if you have slow or expensive mail access and you are -only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you may -find it preferable to subscribe to: - - announce@FreeBSD.org - - -All but the freebsd-bugs groups can be freely joined by anyone wishing -to do so. Send mail to MajorDomo@FreeBSD.org and include the keyword -`help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message. This -will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing -archives, etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at -special interest groups not mentioned here, so send mail to majordomo -and ask about them! - - -6. Acknowledgements -------------------- - -FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not -hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very -hard to bring you this release. It would be very difficult, if not -impossible, to enumerate everyone who's contributed to FreeBSD, but -nonetheless we shall try (in alphabetical order, of course). If your -name is not mentioned, please be assured that its omission is entirely -accidental. - - -The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley. - -Bill Jolitz, for his initial work with 386BSD. - -The FreeBSD Core Team -(in alphabetical order by first name): - - Andreas Schulz <ats@FreeBSD.org> - Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org> - Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org> - David Greenman <davidg@FreeBSD.org> - Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> - Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org> - Geoff Rehmet <csgr@FreeBSD.org> - Jack Vogel <jackv@FreeBSD.org> - John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org> - Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> - Justin Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.org> - Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD.org> - Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> - Rich Murphey <rich@FreeBSD.org> - Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> - Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> - Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org> - -Special mention to: - - Walnut Creek CDROM, without whose help (and continuing support) - this release would never have been possible. - - Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM - drive. - - Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: - - J.T. Conklin Julian Elischer - Frank Durda IV Peter Dufault - Sean Eric Fagan Jeffrey Hsu - Terry Lambert L Jonas Olsson - Chris Provenzano Dave Rivers - Guido van Rooij Steven Wallace - Atsushi Murai Scott Mace - Nate Williams - - And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. - - -Jordan would also like to give special mention to Poul-Henning Kamp -and Gary Palmer, both of whom put in long hours helping him to -construct the new installation utility. Poul, being a proud new -father, was especially pressed for time yet somehow managed to put in -significant amount of effort anyway and this release could not have -happened without him. Thank you both! - -Thanks also to everyone else who helped, especially those not -mentioned, and we sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! - - - The FreeBSD Core Team - -$Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.6 1995/05/28 18:56:01 phk Exp $ |
