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a6632a1f | 2 | FreeBSD |
f82c2b3e | 3 | Release 1.0 |
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4 | |
5 | 1. Technical overview | |
6 | --------------------- | |
7 | ||
8 | FreeBSD is a freely available, full source 4.3 (+4.4 enhancements) BSD | |
9 | release for Intel i386/i486 (or compatable) based PC's. It is based | |
10 | heavily on Bill Jolitz's 386BSD 0.1, with additions from "the patchkit", | |
8157879c | 11 | NetBSD, CSRG, and the Free Software Foundation. |
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12 | |
13 | Many hundreds of bugs from the 386BSD 0.1 distribution were fixed, | |
14 | and many out-of-date pieces of software were upgraded to their current | |
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15 | releases in the GAMMA distribution. This 1.0 distribution fixes |
16 | many of the first-run problems our GAMMA and EPSILON users reported back | |
17 | to us. | |
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18 | |
19 | Additionally, many packages such as XFree86 1.3, xview 3.2, elm, nntp, | |
20 | mh and dozens of other miscellaneous utilities have been ported and | |
21 | are now available as add-ons. See then next section of this document | |
22 | for more details. | |
23 | ||
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24 | For a list of contributors, please see the file "CONTRIB.FreeBSD", |
25 | which should be bundled with your distribution. | |
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27 | The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its |
28 | being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package | |
29 | to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that | |
30 | contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxilliary packages | |
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31 | provided separately can be used by anyone. Work is in progress to |
32 | provide a freely (from outside the U.S.) exportable European distribution | |
33 | of DES for our non U.S. users. | |
34 | ||
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35 | |
36 | 2. Supported Configurations | |
37 | --------------------------- | |
38 | ||
39 | FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA and EISA bus based | |
40 | PC's, ranging from 386sx to 486 class machines (though the 386sx is | |
d5637648 | 41 | not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive configurations, |
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42 | various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is also provided. |
43 | ||
44 | Following is a list of all currently known disk controllers and | |
45 | ethernet cards known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may | |
46 | very well work, and we have simply not received any indication of | |
47 | this. | |
48 | ||
49 | ||
50 | 2.1. Disk Controllers | |
51 | ||
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52 | WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) |
53 | WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) | |
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55 | Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controller as long as you have |
56 | less than 16MB of memory. | |
a6632a1f | 57 | |
f82c2b3e | 58 | Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. |
a6632a1f | 59 | |
f82c2b3e | 60 | Buslogic 545S. |
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61 | |
62 | Bustec 742A. | |
63 | ||
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64 | DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode as long as |
65 | you have less than 16MB of memory. | |
66 | ||
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69 | With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for |
70 | SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including | |
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71 | DAT) and CD ROM drives. Note: This and the mcd driver (Mitsumi CDROM |
72 | inteface card) is the only way a CD ROM drive may be currently | |
73 | attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support SoundBlaster CDROM | |
74 | interface, or other "mini SCSI" adapters. | |
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75 | |
76 | ||
77 | 2.2. Ethernet cards | |
78 | ||
79 | SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, | |
80 | WD8003EBT, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT based clones. | |
81 | ||
82 | Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) | |
83 | ||
84 | Isolink 4110 (8 bit) | |
85 | ||
f82c2b3e | 86 | Novell NE1000 and NE2000 ethernet interface. |
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87 | |
88 | 3Com 3C503 Etherlink II | |
89 | ||
90 | ||
91 | 2.3. Misc | |
92 | ||
d5637648 | 93 | Various 2 and 4 port serial/parallel cards. |
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f82c2b3e | 95 | Mitsumi CDROM interface and drive. |
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97 | FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus, but |
98 | support is apparently close to materializing. Details will be posted | |
99 | as they develop. | |
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102 | 3. Obtaining FreeBSD. |
103 | --------------------- | |
104 | ||
105 | You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: | |
106 | ||
107 | 1. FTP/Mail | |
108 | ||
109 | You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from | |
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110 | `freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical FreeBSD release site. |
111 | ||
112 | The FreeBSD software is being mirrored at the following locations: | |
113 | ||
114 | Country Site/Directory | |
115 | ======= ===================================================== | |
116 | ||
117 | Austria ftp.tu-graz.ac.at:/pub/FreeBSD | |
118 | Germany ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:pub/comp/os/bsd/FreeBSD | |
119 | Germany ftp.uni-duisburg.de:/pub/unix/FreeBSD | |
120 | Hong Kong ftp.cs.cuhk.hk:/pub/FreeBSD | |
121 | ||
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122 | |
123 | If you do not have access to the internet and electronic mail is your | |
124 | only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to | |
125 | `ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message | |
126 | to get more information on how to fetch files from freebsd.cdrom.com. | |
127 | Note: This approach will end up sending many *tens of megabytes* | |
128 | through the mail, and should only be employed as an absolute LAST | |
129 | resort! | |
130 | ||
131 | ||
132 | 2. CDROM | |
133 | ||
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134 | FreeBSD may be ordered on CDROM from: |
135 | ||
136 | Walnut Creek CDROM | |
137 | 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D | |
138 | Concord CA 94520 | |
139 | 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax) | |
140 | ||
141 | Or via the internet from orders@cdrom.com. There current catalog can | |
142 | be obtained via ftp as ftp.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog. | |
a6632a1f | 143 | |
b7693172 | 144 | Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada, |
f82c2b3e | 145 | or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, American |
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146 | Express, and ship COD to the United States. California residents please |
147 | add 8.25% sales tax. | |
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148 | |
149 | Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an | |
150 | unconditional return policy. | |
151 | ||
f82c2b3e | 152 | Note that Walnut Creek CDROM does NOT provide technical support for FreeBSD, |
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153 | you need to contact the FreeBSD team for that. Please see section 4 for |
154 | more information. | |
155 | ||
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157 | 3. 1/4" Tape, 4mm DAT, floppy |
158 | ||
159 | Winning Strategies, Inc. 61 Crestwood Drive #18, Daly City, CA 94015 | |
160 | <jtc@wimsey.com> | |
161 | ||
162 | 3.5" & 5.25" floppies $200.00 | |
163 | Contains "core" FreeBSD. | |
164 | Shipping - add $15 for U.S. and Canada, $25 for overseas. | |
165 | ||
166 | 150MB QIC tape $100.00 | |
167 | Contains "core" FreeBSD + XFree86. | |
168 | Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies. | |
169 | Shipping - add $10 for U.S. and Canada, $30 for overseas. | |
170 | ||
171 | DAT & Exabyte tapes $100.00 | |
172 | Contains everything on the Walnut Creek CD ROM. | |
173 | Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies. | |
174 | Shipping - same as for QIC tape. | |
175 | ||
176 | All packages contain printed copies of the release and installation notes. | |
177 | ||
178 | Visa, Mastercard, U.S. $ Money Orders, or U.S. $ checks drawn on a | |
179 | U.S. bank accepted for payment. | |
180 | ||
181 | ||
182 | It should be noted, lest you get the wrong impression that "FreeBSD" | |
183 | is anything but, that almost no one in the "core team" makes money | |
184 | from distributions or anything else connected with FreeBSD. We simply | |
185 | provide this information as a public service for those wishing to get | |
186 | their releases from somewhere other than the net (and the easier it | |
b5263fb6 | 187 | is for you to obtain our software, the happier we are). |
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188 | |
189 | ||
190 | 4. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code. | |
191 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
192 | ||
193 | Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always | |
194 | valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find | |
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195 | (preferably with a fix attached if you can!). |
196 | ||
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197 | The prefered method to submit bug reports from a machine with internet |
198 | mail connectivity is to use the sendbug command. Bug reports will be | |
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199 | dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can be sure |
200 | that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as | |
201 | possible. | |
202 | ||
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203 | If, for some reason, you are unable to use the sendbug command to |
204 | submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: | |
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205 | |
206 | FreeBSD-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com | |
207 | ||
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208 | |
209 | Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: | |
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210 | |
211 | FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com | |
212 | ||
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213 | Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have |
214 | extra hands willing to help - there are already far more enhancements | |
215 | to be done than we can ever manage to do by ourselves! To contact us | |
216 | on technical matters, or with offers of help, you may send mail to: | |
217 | ||
218 | FreeBSD-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com | |
219 | ||
220 | All but the FreeBSD-bugs groups can be freely joined by anyone wishing to | |
221 | do so. Send mail to MajorDomo@freefall.cdrom.com and include the keyword | |
222 | `help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message. This | |
223 | will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing | |
224 | archives, etc. | |
225 | ||
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226 | |
227 | 5. Acknowledgements | |
228 | ------------------- | |
229 | ||
230 | FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not | |
231 | hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very | |
232 | hard to bring you this release. It would be very difficult, if not | |
233 | impossible, to enumerate everyone who's contributed to FreeBSD, but | |
234 | nonetheless we shall try (in alphabetical order, of course). If your | |
235 | name is not mentioned, please be assured that its omission is entirely | |
236 | accidental. | |
237 | ||
238 | ||
5acd5d1c | 239 | The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley. |
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240 | |
241 | Bill Jolitz, for his extensive work with 386BSD. | |
242 | ||
243 | The FreeBSD "core" group: | |
244 | ||
245 | J.T. Conklin | |
246 | David Greenman | |
247 | Rodney W. Grimes | |
248 | Jordan K. Hubbard | |
249 | Scott Mace | |
250 | Andrew Moore | |
251 | Rich Murphey | |
252 | Paul Richards | |
253 | Christoph Robitschko | |
254 | Andreas Schulz | |
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255 | Nate Williams |
256 | ||
257 | ||
258 | Special mention to: | |
259 | ||
260 | Robert Bruce and Jack Velte of Walnut Creek CDROM, without | |
261 | whose help (and continuing support) this release would never | |
262 | have been possible. | |
263 | ||
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264 | Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM |
265 | drive. | |
266 | ||
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267 | The NetBSD group for their frequent assistance and commentary. |
268 | ||
269 | Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: | |
270 | ||
271 | Gary Browing Jon Cargille | |
272 | Chris Demetriou Julian Elischer | |
273 | Bruce Evans Sean Eric Fagan | |
274 | Guy Helmer Terry Lambert | |
275 | Gary Moyer Jaye Mathisen | |
276 | L Jonas Olsson Chris Provenzano | |
277 | Dave Rivers Guido van Rooij | |
278 | Steven Wallace Rick Weldon | |
279 | Terry Williams Garrett Wollman | |
280 | ||
b5263fb6 | 281 | And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. |
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282 | |
283 | ||
284 | Thanks to everyone, especially those not mentioned, and we sincerely | |
285 | hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! | |
286 | ||
287 | ||
288 | The FreeBSD Core Group | |
289 | ||
2ba9604f | 290 | $Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.14 1993/10/16 12:02:43 rgrimes Exp $ |