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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13 | and many out-of-date pieces of software were upgraded to their current | |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 | ||
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46 | WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) |
47 | WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) | |
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48 | |
49 | Adaptec 1542{A,B,C} ISA SCSI controller. | |
50 | ||
51 | Adaptec 174x EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. | |
52 | ||
53 | DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in emulation mode. | |
54 | ||
55 | Bustec 742A. | |
56 | ||
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59 | With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for |
60 | SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including | |
61 | DAT) and CD ROM drives. Note: This is the only way a CD ROM drive | |
62 | may be currently attached to a FreeBSD system; we do not support | |
63 | SoundBlaster or "mini SCSI" CD ROM configurations. | |
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64 | |
65 | ||
66 | 2.2. Ethernet cards | |
67 | ||
68 | SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, | |
69 | WD8003EBT, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT based clones. | |
70 | ||
71 | Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) | |
72 | ||
73 | Isolink 4110 (8 bit) | |
74 | ||
75 | Novell NE2000 ethernet interface. | |
76 | ||
77 | 3Com 3C503 Etherlink II | |
78 | ||
79 | ||
80 | 2.3. Misc | |
81 | ||
d5637648 | 82 | Various 2 and 4 port serial/parallel cards. |
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83 | |
84 | ||
85 | FreeBSD does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. | |
86 | ||
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88 | 3. Obtaining FreeBSD. |
89 | --------------------- | |
90 | ||
91 | You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: | |
92 | ||
93 | 1. FTP/Mail | |
94 | ||
95 | You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from | |
96 | `freebsd.cdrom.com' - the offical FreeBSD release site. By the time | |
97 | you read this, it may also be on one or more "mirror" sites somewhere | |
98 | else on the internet; check with archie for details. | |
99 | ||
100 | If you do not have access to the internet and electronic mail is your | |
101 | only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to | |
102 | `ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message | |
103 | to get more information on how to fetch files from freebsd.cdrom.com. | |
104 | Note: This approach will end up sending many *tens of megabytes* | |
105 | through the mail, and should only be employed as an absolute LAST | |
106 | resort! | |
107 | ||
108 | ||
109 | 2. CDROM | |
110 | ||
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111 | FreeBSD may be ordered on CDROM from Walnut Creek CDROM, Suite 260, 1547 |
112 | Palos Verdes, Walnut Creek CA 94596. 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, | |
113 | +1-510-674-0821 (fax), or from orders@cdrom.com. Our current email catalog | |
114 | is wcarchive.cdrom.com:/cdrom/catalog. | |
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116 | Cost is $39.95. Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada, |
117 | or Mexico and $10.00 overseas. We accept Visa, Mastercard, American | |
118 | Express, and ship COD to the United States. California residents please | |
119 | add 8.25% sales tax. | |
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120 | |
121 | Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an | |
122 | unconditional return policy. | |
123 | ||
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124 | 3. 1/4" Tape, 4mm DAT, floppy |
125 | ||
126 | Winning Strategies, Inc. 61 Crestwood Drive #18, Daly City, CA 94015 | |
127 | <jtc@wimsey.com> | |
128 | ||
129 | 3.5" & 5.25" floppies $200.00 | |
130 | Contains "core" FreeBSD. | |
131 | Shipping - add $15 for U.S. and Canada, $25 for overseas. | |
132 | ||
133 | 150MB QIC tape $100.00 | |
134 | Contains "core" FreeBSD + XFree86. | |
135 | Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies. | |
136 | Shipping - add $10 for U.S. and Canada, $30 for overseas. | |
137 | ||
138 | DAT & Exabyte tapes $100.00 | |
139 | Contains everything on the Walnut Creek CD ROM. | |
140 | Choice of either 3.5" or 5.25" boot floppies. | |
141 | Shipping - same as for QIC tape. | |
142 | ||
143 | All packages contain printed copies of the release and installation notes. | |
144 | ||
145 | Visa, Mastercard, U.S. $ Money Orders, or U.S. $ checks drawn on a | |
146 | U.S. bank accepted for payment. | |
147 | ||
148 | ||
149 | It should be noted, lest you get the wrong impression that "FreeBSD" | |
150 | is anything but, that almost no one in the "core team" makes money | |
151 | from distributions or anything else connected with FreeBSD. We simply | |
152 | provide this information as a public service for those wishing to get | |
153 | their releases from somewhere other than the net (and the easier it | |
b5263fb6 | 154 | is for you to obtain our software, the happier we are). |
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156 | ||
157 | 4. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code. | |
158 | ----------------------------------------------------------- | |
159 | ||
160 | Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always | |
161 | valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find | |
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162 | (preferably with a fix attached if you can!). |
163 | ||
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164 | The prefered method to submit bug reports from a machine with internet |
165 | mail connectivity is to use the sendbug command. Bug reports will be | |
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166 | dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can be sure |
167 | that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as | |
168 | possible. | |
169 | ||
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170 | If, for some reason, you are unable to use the sendbug command to |
171 | submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: | |
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172 | |
173 | FreeBSD-bugs@freefall.cdrom.com | |
174 | ||
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175 | |
176 | Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: | |
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177 | |
178 | FreeBSD-questions@freefall.cdrom.com | |
179 | ||
180 | ||
181 | 5. Acknowledgements | |
182 | ------------------- | |
183 | ||
184 | FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not | |
185 | hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very | |
186 | hard to bring you this release. It would be very difficult, if not | |
187 | impossible, to enumerate everyone who's contributed to FreeBSD, but | |
188 | nonetheless we shall try (in alphabetical order, of course). If your | |
189 | name is not mentioned, please be assured that its omission is entirely | |
190 | accidental. | |
191 | ||
192 | ||
5acd5d1c | 193 | The Computer Systems Research Group (CSRG), U.C. Berkeley. |
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194 | |
195 | Bill Jolitz, for his extensive work with 386BSD. | |
196 | ||
197 | The FreeBSD "core" group: | |
198 | ||
199 | J.T. Conklin | |
200 | David Greenman | |
201 | Rodney W. Grimes | |
202 | Jordan K. Hubbard | |
203 | Scott Mace | |
204 | Andrew Moore | |
205 | Rich Murphey | |
206 | Paul Richards | |
207 | Christoph Robitschko | |
208 | Andreas Schulz | |
209 | Rob Shady | |
210 | Nate Williams | |
211 | ||
212 | ||
213 | Special mention to: | |
214 | ||
215 | Robert Bruce and Jack Velte of Walnut Creek CDROM, without | |
216 | whose help (and continuing support) this release would never | |
217 | have been possible. | |
218 | ||
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219 | Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM |
220 | drive. | |
221 | ||
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222 | The NetBSD group for their frequent assistance and commentary. |
223 | ||
224 | Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: | |
225 | ||
226 | Gary Browing Jon Cargille | |
227 | Chris Demetriou Julian Elischer | |
228 | Bruce Evans Sean Eric Fagan | |
229 | Guy Helmer Terry Lambert | |
230 | Gary Moyer Jaye Mathisen | |
231 | L Jonas Olsson Chris Provenzano | |
232 | Dave Rivers Guido van Rooij | |
233 | Steven Wallace Rick Weldon | |
234 | Terry Williams Garrett Wollman | |
235 | ||
b5263fb6 | 236 | And everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. |
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237 | |
238 | ||
239 | Thanks to everyone, especially those not mentioned, and we sincerely | |
240 | hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! | |
241 | ||
242 | ||
243 | The FreeBSD Core Group | |
244 | ||
930b7c21 | 245 | $Id: RELNOTES.FreeBSD,v 1.8 1993/09/08 00:00:48 nate Exp $ |