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author | John Fieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-10-30 16:18:55 +0000 |
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committer | John Fieber <jfieber@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-10-30 16:18:55 +0000 |
commit | 3ea2ead1f5b551334e77c5298a651ce6223d0bd0 (patch) | |
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Start 2.1-ifying these.
Notes
Notes:
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diff --git a/handbook/install.sgml b/handbook/install.sgml index 443dd60b9a..f7e027f5a7 100644 --- a/handbook/install.sgml +++ b/handbook/install.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.9.2.3 1995-10-22 00:50:28 jfieber Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: install.sgml,v 1.9.2.4 1995-10-30 16:18:52 jfieber Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ (IRQ) and IO port addresses. </item> <item>Download the <url - url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE/UPDATES/boot.flp" + url="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1-RELEASE/floppies/boot.flp" name="installation boot disk image"> file to your hard drive, and be sure to tell your browser to <em>save</em> rather than <em>display</em>. @@ -191,12 +191,13 @@ Boot: between MS-DOS and FreeBSD. +<!-- XXX Status??? <bf>Can I mount my MS-DOS extended partitions?</bf> This feature isn't in FreeBSD 2.0.5 but should be in 2.1. We've laid all the groundwork for making this happen, now we just need to do the last 1 percent of the work involved. - +--> <bf>Can I run MS-DOS binaries under FreeBSD?</bf> @@ -238,7 +239,6 @@ Boot: <itemize> <item>WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) <item>WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) - <item>WD7000 <item>IDE <item>ATA @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Boot: <item>Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers <item>Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. - <item>Adaptec 274X/284X/2940 <!-- 3940 (in 2.1) --> + <item>Adaptec 274x/284x/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers <item>Adaptec @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Boot: <item>Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller <item>NCR 53C810 and 53C825 PCI SCSI controller. - <item>NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. + <item>NCR5380/NCR53400 (``ProAudio Spectrum'') SCSI controller. <item>DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. @@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ Boot: <item>Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. <item>Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. + + <item>WD7000 SCSI controllers. + </itemize> With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is @@ -295,39 +298,23 @@ Boot: time: <itemize> - <item>Soundblaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI (cd) - <item>Mitsumi (all models) proprietary interface (mcd) + <item>Soundblaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI (<tt>cd</tt>) + <item>Mitsumi (all models) proprietary interface (<tt>mcd</tt>) <item>Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) - CR-562/CR-563 proprietary interface (matcd) - <item>Sony proprietary interface (scd) + CR-562/CR-563 proprietary interface (<tt>matcd</tt>) + <item>Sony proprietary interface (<tt>scd</tt>) + <item>ATAPI IDE interface + (experimental and should be considered ALPHA quality!) + (<tt>wcd</tt>) </itemize> - <bf>Note:</bf> 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. - - <sect1><heading>Ethernet cards</heading> <p> <itemize> + <item>Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards + <item>SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT based clones. SMC @@ -338,7 +325,7 @@ Boot: <item>DEC DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???) <item>DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs - <item>Fujitsu MB86960A family of NICs + <item>Fujitsu FMV-181 and FMV-182 <item>Intel EtherExpress @@ -363,6 +350,10 @@ Boot: Semiconductor are also supported. </itemize> + <p><em>Note:</em> FreeBSD does not currently suppport + PnP (plug-n-play) features present on some ethernet + cards. If your card has PnP, it should be disabled. + <sect1><heading>Miscellaneous devices</heading> <p> @@ -387,7 +378,7 @@ Boot: </itemize> - FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel + 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. @@ -401,8 +392,8 @@ Boot: <sect1><heading>Before installing from CDROM</heading> <p>If your CDROM is of an unsupported type, such as an - IDE CDROM, then please skip to section 2.3: MS-DOS - Preparation. + IDE CDROM, then please skip to <ref id="install:msdos" + name="MS-DOS Preparation">. There is not a lot of preparatory work that needs to be done to successfully install from one of Walnut Creek's @@ -487,7 +478,7 @@ Boot: that. - <sect1><heading>Before installing from a MS-DOS partition</heading> + <sect1><heading>Before installing from a MS-DOS partition<label id="install:msdos"></heading> <p>To prepare for installation from an MS-DOS partition, copy the files from the distribution into a directory @@ -629,7 +620,7 @@ C> XCOPY /S E:\DISTS C:\FREEBSD\ In order for NFS installation to work, the server must support "subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD - 2.0.5 distribution directory lives on: + 2.1 distribution directory lives on: ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD Then ziggy will have to allow the direct mounting of /usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD, not just /usr or @@ -647,7 +638,7 @@ C> XCOPY /S E:\DISTS C:\FREEBSD\ <p>FTP installation may be done from any mirror site containing a reasonably up-to-date version of FreeBSD - 2.0.5, a full menu of reasonable choices from almost + 2.1, a full menu of reasonable choices from almost anywhere in the world being provided by the FTP site menu. @@ -658,11 +649,8 @@ C> XCOPY /S E:\DISTS C:\FREEBSD\ choice in that menu. A URL can also be a direct IP address, so the following would work in the absence of a name server: <tscreen> - ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE</tscreen> + ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/2.1-RELEASE</tscreen> - <em><bf>NOTE:</bf> Substitute "ALPHA" for "RELEASE" - during the ALPHA test period!</em> - If you are installing through a firewall then you should probably select ``Passive mode'' ftp, which is the default. If you are talking to a server which diff --git a/handbook/relnotes.sgml b/handbook/relnotes.sgml index 14fa2a648b..157e5bdfb7 100644 --- a/handbook/relnotes.sgml +++ b/handbook/relnotes.sgml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<!-- $Id: relnotes.sgml,v 1.4.2.2 1995-10-22 00:50:33 jfieber Exp $ --> +<!-- $Id: relnotes.sgml,v 1.4.2.3 1995-10-30 16:18:55 jfieber Exp $ --> <!-- The FreeBSD Documentation Project --> <!-- @@ -7,6 +7,95 @@ --> <sect><heading>About this release<label id="relnotes"></heading> + <p>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 one year 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 5MB configuration + a more acceptable 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 350 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. (Almost) every 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. + + A number of additional documents which you may find + very helpful in the process of installing and using + FreeBSD may now also be found in the + <bf>/usr/share/doc</bf> directory. You may view the + manuals with any HTML capable browser with the + following URLs: + + <descrip> + <tag>The FreeBSD handbook</tag> + <htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html"> + + <tag>The FreeBSD FAQ</tag> + <htmlurl url="file:/usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html"> + </descrip> + + You can also visit the master (and most frequently + updated) copies at <htmlurl + url="http://www.freebsd.org" + name="http://www.freebsd.org">. + + 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 <htmlurl + url="../FAQ/freebsd-faq.html" name="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! + +<![ IGNORE [ <p>Since our first release of FreeBSD 1.0 nearly two years ago, FreeBSD has changed dramatically. Since release 2.0, FreeBSD has been based on the Berkeley BSD @@ -501,3 +590,4 @@ ask about them! --> +]]>
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