4.1.1-RELEASE released about week ago. It's time to mention it on web page also.

author: Alexey Zelkin <phantom@FreeBSD.org> 2000-10-02 17:53:41 +0000
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+<pre>
+=== Platform specifics for i386
+                                 RELEASE NOTES
+                             FreeBSD 4.1.1-RELEASE
+
+Any installation failures or crashes should be reported by using the
+send-pr command (those preferring a Web-based interface can also see
+http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html).
+
+For information about FreeBSD and the layout of the 4.1.1-RELEASE
+directory (especially if you're installing from floppies!), see
+ABOUT.TXT.  For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and
+HARDWARE.TXT files.
+
+For the latest of these 4.1.1-stable snapshots, you should always see:
+
+        ftp://releng4.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD
+
+Table of contents:
+------------------
+1. What's new since 4.1-RELEASE
+   1.1 KERNEL CHANGES
+   1.2 SECURITY FIXES
+   1.3 USERLAND CHANGES
+
+2. Supported Configurations
+   2.1 Disk Controllers
+   2.2 Ethernet cards
+   2.3 FDDI
+   2.4 ATM
+   2.5 Misc
+
+3. Obtaining FreeBSD
+   3.1 FTP/Mail
+   3.2 CDROM
+
+4. Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD
+
+5. Reporting problems, making suggestions, submitting code
+
+6. Acknowledgements
+
+
+1. What's new since 4.1-RELEASE
+--------------------------------------
+
+1.1. KERNEL CHANGES
+-------------------
+
+The tap driver, a virtual Ethernet device driver for bridged 
+configurations, has been added.
+
+accept_filters, a kernel feature to reduce overheads when accepting
+and reading new connections on listening sockets, has been added.
+
+POSIX.1b Shared Memory Objects are now supported.  The implementation
+uses regular files, but automatically enables the MAP_NOSYNC flag
+when they are mmap(2)ed.
+
+The ata(4) driver now has support for ATA100 controllers.
+
+The ti(4) driver now supports the Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT Gigabit 
+Ethernet and Netgear GA620T 1000baseT Gigabit Ethernet cards.
+
+The ng_bridge(4) node type has been added to the netgraph subsystem.
+Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements have also been made.
+
+
+1.2. SECURITY FIXES
+-------------------
+
+1.3. USERLAND CHANGES
+---------------------
+
+GDB now supports hardware watchpoints.
+
+sendmail upgraded from version 8.9.3 to version 8.11.0.  Important changes
+include: new default file locations (see
+/usr/src/contrib/sendmail/cf/README); newaliases is limited to root and
+trusted users; and the MSA port (587) is turned on by default.  See
+/usr/src/contrib/sendmail/RELEASE_NOTES for more information.
+
+routed(8) has been updated to version 2.22.
+
+The truncate(1) utility, which truncates or extends the length
+of files, has been added.
+
+syslogd(8) can take a -n option to disable DNS queries for every
+request.
+
+kenv(1), a command to dump the kernel environment, has been added. 
+
+The behavior of periodic(8) is now controlled by /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
+and /etc/periodic.conf.
+
+logger(1) can now send messages directly to a remote syslog.
+
+OpenSSL has been upgraded to 0.9.5a, which includes numerous bugfixes
+and enhancements.
+
+finger(1) now has the ability to support fingering aliases, via the
+finger.conf(5) file.
+
+RSA Security has waived all patent rights to the RSA algorithm (two
+weeks before the patent was due to expire).  As a result, the native
+OpenSSL implementation of the RSA algorithm is now activated by
+default, and the rsaref port and librsaUSA are no longer
+required for USA residents.
+
+sshd now enabled by default on new installs.
+
+The xl(4) driver now supports the 3Com 3C556 and 3C556B MiniPCI
+adapters used on some laptops.
+
+killall(1) is now a C program, rather than a Perl script.  As a
+result, killall's -m option now uses the regular expression syntax of
+regex(3), rather than that of perl(1).
+
+boot98cfg(8), a PC-98 boot manager installation and configuration
+utility, has been added.
+
+Binutils have been upgraded to 2.10.0.
+
+libreadline has been upgraded to 4.1.
+
+The ifconfig(8) command can set the link-layer address of an interface. 
+
+bktr(4) driver update to 2.1.5.  New tuner types have been added, 
+and improvememts to the KLD module and to memory allocation have been
+made.
+
+
+2. Supported Configurations
+---------------------------
+FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA, MCA 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.
+
+What follows is a list of all peripherals currently known to work with
+FreeBSD.  Other configurations may also work, we have simply not as yet
+received confirmation of this.
+
+
+2.1. Disk Controllers
+---------------------
+WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL)
+WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI)
+IDE
+ATA
+
+Adaptec 1535 ISA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec 164x series MCA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode.
+Adaptec 274X/284X/2920C/294x/2950/3940/3950 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series
+EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers.
+Adaptec AIC7850, AIC7860, AIC7880, AIC789x, on-board SCSI controllers.
+Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices)
+Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers
+Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes the AHA-152x
+and SoundBlaster SCSI cards.
+
+AdvanSys SCSI controllers (all models).
+
+BusLogic MultiMaster controllers:
+
+[ Please note that BusLogic/Mylex "Flashpoint" adapters are NOT yet supported ]
+
+BusLogic MultiMaster "W" Series Host Adapters:
+    BT-948, BT-958, BT-958D
+BusLogic MultiMaster "C" Series Host Adapters:
+    BT-946C, BT-956C, BT-956CD, BT-445C, BT-747C, BT-757C, BT-757CD, BT-545C,
+    BT-540CF
+BusLogic MultiMaster "S" Series Host Adapters:
+    BT-445S, BT-747S, BT-747D, BT-757S, BT-757D, BT-545S, BT-542D, BT-742A,
+    BT-542B
+BusLogic MultiMaster "A" Series Host Adapters:
+    BT-742A, BT-542B
+
+AMI FastDisk controllers that are true BusLogic MultiMaster clones are also
+supported.
+
+The Buslogic/Bustek BT-640 and Storage Dimensions SDC3211B and SDC3211F
+Microchannel (MCA) bus adapters are also supported.
+
+DPT SmartCACHE Plus, SmartCACHE III, SmartRAID III, SmartCACHE IV and
+SmartRAID IV SCSI/RAID controllers are supported.  The DPT SmartRAID/CACHE V
+is not yet supported.
+
+AMI MegaRAID Express and Enterprise family RAID controllers:
+    MegaRAID 418
+    MegaRAID Enterprise 1200 (428)
+    MegaRAID Enterprise 1300
+    MegaRAID Enterprise 1400
+    MegaRAID Enterprise 1500
+    MegaRAID Elite 1500
+    MegaRAID Express 200
+    MegaRAID Express 300
+    Dell PERC
+    Dell PERC 2/SC
+    Dell PERC 2/DC
+Some HP NetRAID controllers are OEM versions of AMI designs, and
+these are also supported.  Booting from these controllers is supported.
+
+Mylex DAC960 and DAC1100 RAID controllers with 2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5.x 
+firmware:
+    DAC960P
+    DAC960PD
+    DAC960PDU
+    DAC960PL
+    DAC960PJ
+    DAC960PG
+    AcceleRAID 150
+    AcceleRAID 250
+    eXtremeRAID 1100
+Booting from these controllers is supported. EISA adapters are not 
+supported.
+
+3ware Escalade ATA RAID controllers.  All members of the 5000 and
+6000 series are supported.
+
+SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C810a, 53C815, 53C820, 53C825a,
+53C860, 53C875, 53C875j, 53C885, 53C895 and 53C896 PCI SCSI controllers:
+        ASUS SC-200
+        Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants)
+	Diamond FirePort (all)
+        NCR cards (all)
+        Symbios cards (all)
+        Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F
+        Tyan S1365
+
+
+QLogic 1020, 1040, 1040B, 1080 and 1240 SCSI Host Adapters.
+QLogic 2100 Fibre Channel Adapters (private loop only).
+
+DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode.
+
+With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for
+SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including hard disks, optical disks,
+tape drives (including DAT and 8mm Exabyte), medium changers, processor
+target devices and CDROM drives.  WORM devices that support CDROM commands
+are supported for read-only access by the CDROM driver.  WORM/CD-R/CD-RW
+writing support is provided by cdrecord, which is in the ports tree.
+
+The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time:
+(cd)    SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and
+        SoundBlaster SCSI)
+(matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary
+        interface (562/563 models)
+(scd)   Sony proprietary interface (all models)
+(acd)   ATAPI IDE interface
+
+The following drivers were supported under the old SCSI subsystem, but are
+NOT YET supported under the new CAM SCSI subsystem:
+
+  NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. 
+
+  UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers.
+
+  Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers.
+
+  Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers.
+
+  WD7000 SCSI controller.
+
+  [ Note:  There is work-in-progress to port the UltraStor driver to 
+    the new CAM SCSI framework, but no estimates on when or if it will 
+    be completed. ]
+
+Unmaintained drivers, they might or might not work for your hardware:
+
+  (mcd)   Mitsumi proprietary CD-ROM interface (all models)
+
+
+2.2. Ethernet cards
+-------------------
+
+Adaptec Duralink PCI Fast Ethernet adapters based on the Adaptec
+AIC-6915 Fast Ethernet controller chip, including the following:
+  ANA-62011 64-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter
+  ANA-62022 64-bit dual port 10/100baseTX adapter
+  ANA-62044 64-bit quad port 10/100baseTX adapter
+  ANA-69011 32-bit single port 10/100baseTX adapter
+  ANA-62020 64-bit single port 100baseFX adapter
+
+Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards
+
+Alteon Networks PCI Gigabit Ethernet NICs based on the Tigon 1 and Tigon 2
+chipsets, including the following:
+  3Com 3c985-SX (Tigon 1 and 2)
+  Alteon AceNIC 1000baseSX (Tigon 1 and 2)
+  Alteon AceNIC 1000baseT (Tigon 2)
+  DEC/Compaq EtherWORKS 1000
+  Farallon PN9000SX
+  NEC Gigabit Ethernet
+  Netgear GA620 (Tigon 2)
+  Netgear GA620T (Tigon 2, 1000baseT)
+  Silicon Graphics Gigabit Ethernet
+
+AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974)
+
+SMC Elite 16 WD8013 Ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E,
+WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT
+based clones.  SMC Elite Ultra.  SMC Etherpower II.
+
+RealTek 8129/8139 Fast Ethernet NICs including the following:
+  Allied Telesyn AT2550
+  Allied Telesyn AT2500TX
+  Genius GF100TXR (RTL8139)
+  NDC Communications NE100TX-E
+  OvisLink LEF-8129TX
+  OvisLink LEF-8139TX
+  Netronix Inc. EA-1210 NetEther 10/100
+  KTX-9130TX 10/100 Fast Ethernet
+  Accton "Cheetah" EN1027D (MPX 5030/5038; RealTek 8139 clone?)
+  SMC EZ Card 10/100 PCI 1211-TX
+
+Lite-On 82c168/82c169 PNIC Fast Ethernet NICs including the following:
+  LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX
+  NetGear FA310-TX Rev. D1
+  Matrox FastNIC 10/100
+  Kingston KNE110TX
+
+Macronix 98713, 98713A, 98715, 98715A and 98725 Fast Ethernet NICs
+  NDC Communications SFA100A (98713A)
+  CNet Pro120A (98713 or 98713A)
+  CNet Pro120B (98715)
+  SVEC PN102TX (98713)
+
+Macronix/Lite-On PNIC II LC82C115 Fast Ethernet NICs including the following:
+  LinkSys EtherFast LNE100TX Version 2
+
+Winbond W89C840F Fast Ethernet NICs including the following:
+  Trendware TE100-PCIE
+
+VIA Technologies VT3043 "Rhine I" and VT86C100A "Rhine II" Fast Ethernet
+NICs including the following:
+  Hawking Technologies PN102TX
+  D-Link DFE-530TX
+  AOpen/Acer ALN-320
+
+Silicon Integrated Systems SiS 900 and SiS 7016 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs
+
+Sundance Technologies ST201 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs including
+the following:
+  D-Link DFE-550TX
+
+SysKonnect SK-984x PCI Gigabit Ethernet cards including the following:
+  SK-9841 1000baseLX single mode fiber, single port
+  SK-9842 1000baseSX multimode fiber, single port
+  SK-9843 1000baseLX single mode fiber, dual port
+  SK-9844 1000baseSX multimode fiber, dual port
+
+Texas Instruments ThunderLAN PCI NICs, including the following:
+  Compaq Netelligent 10, 10/100, 10/100 Proliant, 10/100 Dual-Port
+  Compaq Netelligent 10/100 TX Embedded UTP, 10 T PCI UTP/Coax, 10/100 TX UTP
+  Compaq NetFlex 3P, 3P Integrated, 3P w/ BNC
+  Olicom OC-2135/2138, OC-2325, OC-2326 10/100 TX UTP
+  Racore 8165 10/100baseTX
+  Racore 8148 10baseT/100baseTX/100baseFX multi-personality
+
+ADMtek Inc. AL981-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs
+ADMtek Inc. AN985-based PCI Fast Ethernet NICs
+ADMtek Inc. AN986-based USB Ethernet NICs including the following:
+  LinkSys USB100TX
+  Billionton USB100
+  Melco Inc. LU-ATX
+  D-Link DSB-650TX
+  SMC 2202USB
+
+CATC USB-EL1210A-based USB Ethernet NICs including the following:
+  CATC Netmate
+  CATC Netmate II
+  Belkin F5U111
+
+Kawasaki LSI KU5KUSB101B-based USB Ethernet NICs including
+the following:
+  LinkSys USB10T
+  Entrega NET-USB-E45
+  Peracom USB Ethernet Adapter
+  3Com 3c19250
+  ADS Technologies USB-10BT
+  ATen UC10T
+  Netgear EA101
+  D-Link DSB-650
+  SMC 2102USB
+  SMC 2104USB
+  Corega USB-T
+
+ASIX Electronics AX88140A PCI NICs, including the following:
+  Alfa Inc. GFC2204
+  CNet Pro110B
+
+DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205)
+DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422)
+DEC DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc)
+
+Davicom DM9100 and DM9102 PCI Fast Ethernet NICs, including the
+following:
+  Jaton Corporation XpressNet
+
+Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A
+
+HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A).
+
+Intel EtherExpress 16
+Intel EtherExpress Pro/10
+Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet
+Intel InBusiness 10/100 PCI Network Adapter
+Intel PRO/100+ Management Adapter
+
+Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit)
+Isolink 4110     (8 bit)
+
+Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 Ethernet interface.
+
+PCI network cards emulating the NE2000: RealTek 8029, NetVin 5000,
+Winbond W89C940, Surecom NE-34, VIA VT86C926.
+
+3Com 3C501 cards
+
+3Com 3C503 Etherlink II
+
+3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+
+
+3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP
+
+3Com 3C509, 3C529 (MCA), 3C579, 
+3C589/589B/589C/589D/589E/XE589ET/574TX/574B (PC-card/PCMCIA),
+3C590/592/595/900/905/905B/905C PCI,
+3C556/556B MiniPCI,
+and EISA (Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL
+
+3Com 3c980/3c980B Fast Etherlink XL server adapter
+
+3Com 3cSOHO100-TX OfficeConnect adapter
+
+Toshiba Ethernet cards
+
+Crystal Semiconductor CS89x0-based NICs, including:
+  IBM Etherjet ISA
+
+NE2000 compatible PC-Card (PCMCIA) Ethernet/FastEthernet cards,
+including the following:
+  AR-P500 Ethernet card
+  Accton EN2212/EN2216/UE2216(OEM)
+  Allied Telesis CentreCOM LA100-PCM_V2
+  AmbiCom 10BaseT card
+  BayNetworks NETGEAR FA410TXC Fast Ethernet
+  CNet BC40 adapter
+  COREGA Ether PCC-T/EtherII PCC-T
+  Compex Net-A adapter
+  CyQ've ELA-010
+  D-Link DE-650/660
+  Danpex EN-6200P2
+  IO DATA PCLATE
+  IBM Creditcard Ethernet I/II
+  IC-CARD Ethernet/IC-CARD+ Ethernet
+  Linksys EC2T/PCMPC100
+  Melco LPC-T
+  NDC Ethernet Instant-Link
+  National Semiconductor InfoMover NE4100
+  Network Everywhere Ethernet 10BaseT PC Card
+  Planex FNW-3600-T
+  Socket LP-E
+  Surecom EtherPerfect EP-427
+  Telecom Device SuperSocket RE450T
+
+Megahertz X-Jack Ethernet PC-Card CC-10BT
+
+2.3. FDDI
+---------
+
+DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs
+
+
+2.4. ATM
+--------
+
+   o ATM Host Interfaces
+        - FORE Systems, Inc. PCA-200E ATM PCI Adapters
+        - Efficient Networks, Inc. ENI-155p ATM PCI Adapters
+
+   o ATM Signalling Protocols
+        - The ATM Forum UNI 3.1 signalling protocol
+        - The ATM Forum UNI 3.0 signalling protocol
+        - The ATM Forum ILMI address registration
+        - FORE Systems's proprietary SPANS signalling protocol
+        - Permanent Virtual Channels (PVCs)
+
+   o IETF "Classical IP and ARP over ATM" model
+        - RFC 1483, "Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5"
+        - RFC 1577, "Classical IP and ARP over ATM"
+        - RFC 1626, "Default IP MTU for use over ATM AAL5"
+        - RFC 1755, "ATM Signaling Support for IP over ATM"
+        - RFC 2225, "Classical IP and ARP over ATM"
+        - RFC 2334, "Server Cache Synchronization Protocol (SCSP)"
+        - Internet Draft draft-ietf-ion-scsp-atmarp-00.txt,
+                "A Distributed ATMARP Service Using SCSP"
+
+   o ATM Sockets interface
+
+
+2.5. Misc
+---------
+
+AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ.
+
+ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ.
+ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial.
+
+Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported)
+Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported)
+Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported)
+Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported)
+
+Comtrol Rocketport card.
+
+Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board.
+
+STB 4 port card using shared IRQ.
+
+SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board.
+SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards.
+
+Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64,
+ONboard 4/16 and Brumby.
+
+Specialix SI/XIO/SX ISA, EISA and PCI serial expansion cards/modules.
+
+Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound
+and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. (snd driver)
+
+Most ISA audio codecs manufactured by Crystal Semiconductors, OPTi, Creative
+Labs, Avance, Yamaha and ENSONIQ. (pcm driver)
+
+Connectix QuickCam
+Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber
+Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber
+Cortex1 frame grabber
+Hauppauge Wincast/TV boards (PCI)
+STB TV PCI
+Intel Smart Video Recorder III
+Various Frame grabbers based on Brooktree Bt848 / Bt878 chip.
+
+HP4020, HP6020, Philips CDD2000/CDD2660 and Plasmon CD-R drives.
+
+PS/2 mice
+
+Standard PC Joystick
+
+X-10 power controllers
+
+GPIB and Transputer drivers.
+
+Genius and Mustek hand scanners.
+
+Xilinx XC6200 based reconfigurable hardware cards compatible with
+the HOT1 from Virtual Computers (www.vcc.com)
+
+Support for Dave Mills experimental Loran-C receiver.
+
+Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 PCMCIA and ISA standard speed
+(2Mbps) and turbo speed (6Mbps) wireless network adapters and workalikes
+(NCR WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11, Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS, and Melco 
+Airconnect). Note: the ISA versions of these adapters are actually PCMCIA 
+cards combined with an ISA to PCMCIA bridge card, so both kinds of 
+devices work with the same driver.
+
+Aironet 4500/4800 series 802.11 wireless adapters. The PCMCIA,
+PCI and ISA adapters are all supported.
+
+
+3. Obtaining FreeBSD
+--------------------
+
+You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways:
+
+
+3.1. FTP/Mail
+-------------
+
+You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from
+`ftp.freebsd.org' - the official FreeBSD release site.
+
+For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file
+MIRROR.SITES.  Please ftp the distribution from the site closest (in
+networking terms) to you.  Additional mirror sites are always welcome!
+Contact freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org for more details if you'd like to 
+become an official mirror site.
+
+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@ftpmail.vix.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message
+to get more information on how to fetch files using this mechanism.
+Please do note, however, that this will end up sending many *tens of
+megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute
+LAST resort!
+
+
+3.2. CDROM
+----------
+
+FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE and 3.x-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from:
+
+        Walnut Creek CDROM
+        4041 Pike Lane, Suite D
+        Concord CA  94520
+        1-800-786-9907, +1-925-674-0783, +1-925-674-0821 (FAX)
+
+Or via the Internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com.
+Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp from:
+
+        ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog
+
+Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription.
+FreeBSD SNAPshot CDs, when available, are $39.95 or $14.95 with a
+FreeBSD-SNAP subscription (-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely
+separate).  With a subscription, you will automatically receive updates as
+they are released.  Your credit card will be billed when each disk is
+shipped and you may cancel your subscription at any time without further
+obligation.
+
+Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada or Mexico
+and $9.00 overseas.  They accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American
+Express or checks in U.S. Dollars 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.
+
+
+4. Upgrading from previous releases of FreeBSD
+----------------------------------------------
+
+If you're upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, most likely
+it's 3.0 and there may be some issues affecting you, depending
+of course on your chosen method of upgrading.  There are two popular
+ways of upgrading FreeBSD distributions:
+
+        o Using sources, via /usr/src
+        o Using sysinstall's (binary) upgrade option.
+
+Please read the UPGRADE.TXT file for more information, preferably
+before beginning an upgrade.
+
+
+5. 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 or use the CGI
+script at http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html.  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.  Bugs filed in this way are also visible on our WEB site
+in the support section and are therefore valuable both as bug reports
+and as "signposts" for other users concerning potential problems to
+watch out for.
+
+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:
+
+                freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org
+
+Note that send-pr itself is a shell script that should be easy to move
+even onto a totally different system.  We much prefer if you could use
+this interface, since it make it easier to keep track of the problem
+reports.  However, before submitting, please try to make sure whether
+the problem might have already been fixed since.
+
+
+Otherwise, for any questions or tech support issues, please send mail to:
+
+                freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
+
+
+If you're tracking the -stable development efforts, you should
+definitely join the -stable mailing list, in order to keep abreast
+of recent developments and changes that may affect the way you
+use and maintain the system:
+
+		freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org
+
+
+Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have
+extra hands willing to help - there are already far more desired
+enhancements than we'll ever be able to manage by ourselves!  To
+contact us on technical matters, or with offers of help, please send
+mail to:
+
+                freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org
+
+
+Please note that these mailing lists can experience *significant*
+amounts of traffic and if you have slow or expensive mail access and
+are only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you
+may find it preferable to subscribe instead to:
+
+                freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org
+
+
+All of the mailing lists 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.  For a complete list of FreeBSD
+project staffers, please see:
+
+        http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/staff.html
+
+or, if you've loaded the doc distribution:
+
+        file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/staff.html
+
+
+Special mention to:
+
+        The donors listed at http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/donors.html
+
+        Justin M. Seger &lt;jseger@freebsd.org&gt; for almost single-handedly
+        converting the ports collection to ELF.
+
+        Doug Rabson &lt;dfr@freebsd.org&gt; and John Birrell &lt;jb@freebsd.org&gt;
+        for making FreeBSD/alpha happen and to the NetBSD project for
+        substantial indirect aid.
+
+        Peter Wemm &lt;peter@freebsd.org&gt; for the new kernel module system
+        (with substantial aid from Doug Rabson).
+
+        And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the
+        world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible.
+
+We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD!
+
+                        The FreeBSD Project
+
+</pre>
+
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