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1 | FreeBSD |
2 | Release 1.0 GAMMA | |
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3 | |
4 | 1. Technical overview | |
5 | --------------------- | |
6 | ||
7 | FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.3 (+4.4 enhancements) BSD | |
8 | release for Intel i386/i486 (or compatable) based PC's. It is based | |
9 | heavily on Bill Jolitz's 386BSD 0.1, with additions from "the patchkit", | |
8157879c | 10 | NetBSD, CSRG, and the Free Software Foundation. |
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12 | Many hundreds of bugs from the 386BSD 0.1 distribution were fixed, | |
13 | and many out-of-date pieces of software were upgraded to their current | |
14 | releases. | |
15 | ||
16 | Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 1.3, xview 3.2, elm, nntp, | |
17 | mh and dozens of other miscellaneous utilities have been ported and | |
18 | are now available as add-ons. See then next section of this document | |
19 | for more details. | |
20 | ||
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21 | For a list of contributors, please see the file "CONTRIB.FreeBSD", |
22 | which should be bundled with your distribution. | |
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24 | The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its |
25 | being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package | |
26 | to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that | |
27 | contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxilliary packages | |
5acd5d1c | 28 | provided separately can be used by anyone. |
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29 | |
30 | 2. Supported Configurations | |
31 | --------------------------- | |
32 | ||
33 | FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA and EISA bus based | |
34 | PC's, ranging from 386sx to 486 class machines (though the 386sx is | |
d5637648 | 35 | not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive configurations, |
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36 | various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is also provided. |
37 | ||
38 | Following is a list of all currently known disk controllers and | |
39 | ethernet cards known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may | |
40 | very well work, and we have simply not received any indication of | |
41 | this. | |
42 | ||
43 | ||
44 | 2.1. Disk Controllers | |
45 | ||
d5637648 | 46 | WD1003 (any generic IDE) |
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47 | |
48 | Adaptec 1542{A,B,C} ISA SCSI controller. | |
49 | ||
50 | Adaptec 174x EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. | |
51 | ||
52 | DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in emulation mode. | |
53 | ||
54 | Bustec 742A. | |
55 | ||
8157879c | 56 | Ultra Store 14F and 34F. |
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58 | With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for |
59 | SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including | |
60 | DAT) and CD ROM drives. Note: This is the only way a CD ROM drive | |
61 | may be currently attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support | |
62 | SoundBlaster or "mini SCSI" CD ROM configurations. | |
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63 | |
64 | ||
65 | 2.2. Ethernet cards | |
66 | ||
67 | SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, | |
68 | WD8003EBT, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT based clones. | |
69 | ||
70 | Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) | |
71 | ||
72 | Isolink 4110 (8 bit) | |
73 | ||
74 | Novell NE2000 ethernet interface. | |
75 | ||
76 | 3Com 3C503 Etherlink II | |
77 | ||
78 | ||
79 | 2.3. Misc | |
80 | ||
d5637648 | 81 | Various 2 and 4 port serial/parallel cards. |
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82 | |
83 | ||
84 | FreeBSD does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. | |
85 | ||
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87 | 3. Obtaining FreeBSD. |
88 | --------------------- | |
89 | ||
90 | You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: | |
91 | ||
92 | 1. FTP/Mail | |
93 | ||
94 | You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from | |
95 | `freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical FreeBSD release site. By the time | |
96 | you read this, it may also be on one or more "mirror" sites somewhere | |
97 | else on the internet; check with archie for details. | |
98 | ||
99 | If you do not have access to the internet and electronic mail is your | |
100 | only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to | |
101 | `ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message | |
102 | to get more information on how to fetch files from freebsd.cdrom.com. | |
103 | Note: This approach will end up sending many *tens of megabytes* | |
104 | through the mail, and should only be employed as an absolute LAST | |
105 | resort! | |
106 | ||
107 | ||
108 | 2. CDROM | |
109 | ||
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110 | FreeBSD may be ordered on CDROM from Walnut Creek CDROM, Suite 260, 1547 |
111 | Palos Verdes, Walnut Creek CA 94596. 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, | |
112 | +1-510-674-0821 (fax), or from orders@cdrom.com. Our current email catalog | |
113 | is wcarchive.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog. | |
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115 | Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada, |
116 | or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American | |
117 | Express, and ship COD to the United States. California residents please | |
118 | add 8.25% sales tax. | |
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119 | |
120 | Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an | |
121 | unconditional return policy. | |
122 | ||
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123 | 3. 1/4" Tape, 4mm DAT, floppy |
124 | ||
125 | Winning Strategies, Inc. 61 Crestwood Drive #18, Daly City, CA 94015 | |
126 | <jtc@wimsey.com> | |
127 | ||
128 | 3.5" & 5.25" floppies $200.00 | |
129 | Contains "core" FreeBSD. | |
130 | Shipping - add $15 for U.S. and Canada, $25 for overseas. | |
131 | ||
132 | 150MB QIC tape $100.00 | |
133 | Contains "core" FreeBSD + XFree86. | |
134 | Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies. | |
135 | Shipping - add $10 for U.S. and Canada, $30 for overseas. | |
136 | ||
137 | DAT & Exabyte tapes $100.00 | |
138 | Contains everything on the Walnut Creek CD ROM. | |
139 | Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies. | |
140 | Shipping - same as for QIC tape. | |
141 | ||
142 | All packages contain printed copies of the release and installation notes. | |
143 | ||
144 | Visa, Mastercard, U.S. $ Money Orders, or U.S. $ checks drawn on a | |
145 | U.S. bank accepted for payment. | |
146 | ||
147 | ||
148 | It should be noted, lest you get the wrong impression that "FreeBSD" | |
149 | is anything but, that almost no one in the "core team" makes money | |
150 | from distributions or anything else connected with FreeBSD. We simply | |
151 | provide this information as a public service for those wishing to get | |
152 | their releases from somewhere other than the net (and the easier it | |
b5263fb6 | 153 | is for you to obtain our software, the happier we are). |
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154 | |
155 | ||
156 | 4. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code. | |
157 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
158 | ||
159 | Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always | |
160 | valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find | |
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161 | (preferably with a fix attached if you can!). |
162 | ||
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163 | The prefered method to submit bug reports from a machine with internet |
164 | mail connectivity is to use the sendbug command. Bug reports will be | |
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165 | dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can be sure |
166 | that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as | |
167 | possible. | |
168 | ||
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169 | If, for some reason, you are unable to use the sendbug command to |
170 | submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: | |
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172 | FreeBSD-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com | |
173 | ||
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174 | |
175 | Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: | |
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176 | |
177 | FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com | |
178 | ||
179 | ||
180 | 5. Acknowledgements | |
181 | ------------------- | |
182 | ||
183 | FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not | |
184 | hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very | |
185 | hard to bring you this release. It would be very difficult, if not | |
186 | impossible, to enumerate everyone who's contributed to FreeBSD, but | |
187 | nonetheless we shall try (in alphabetical order, of course). If your | |
188 | name is not mentioned, please be assured that its omission is entirely | |
189 | accidental. | |
190 | ||
191 | ||
5acd5d1c | 192 | The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley. |
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193 | |
194 | Bill Jolitz, for his extensive work with 386BSD. | |
195 | ||
196 | The FreeBSD "core" group: | |
197 | ||
198 | J.T. Conklin | |
199 | David Greenman | |
200 | Rodney W. Grimes | |
201 | Jordan K. Hubbard | |
202 | Scott Mace | |
203 | Andrew Moore | |
204 | Rich Murphey | |
205 | Paul Richards | |
206 | Christoph Robitschko | |
207 | Andreas Schulz | |
208 | Rob Shady | |
209 | Nate Williams | |
210 | ||
211 | ||
212 | Special mention to: | |
213 | ||
214 | Robert Bruce and Jack Velte of Walnut Creek CDROM, without | |
215 | whose help (and continuing support) this release would never | |
216 | have been possible. | |
217 | ||
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218 | Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM |
219 | drive. | |
220 | ||
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221 | The NetBSD group for their frequent assistance and commentary. |
222 | ||
223 | Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: | |
224 | ||
225 | Gary Browing Jon Cargille | |
226 | Chris Demetriou Julian Elischer | |
227 | Bruce Evans Sean Eric Fagan | |
228 | Guy Helmer Terry Lambert | |
229 | Gary Moyer Jaye Mathisen | |
230 | L Jonas Olsson Chris Provenzano | |
231 | Dave Rivers Guido van Rooij | |
232 | Steven Wallace Rick Weldon | |
233 | Terry Williams Garrett Wollman | |
234 | ||
b5263fb6 | 235 | And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. |
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236 | |
237 | ||
238 | Thanks to everyone, especially those not mentioned, and we sincerely | |
239 | hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! | |
240 | ||
241 | ||
242 | The FreeBSD Core Group | |
243 | ||
d5637648 | 244 | $Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.6 1993/09/04 07:30:28 rgrimes Exp $ |