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  <head>
    <title>&title;</title>

    <cvs:keyword xmlns:cvs="http://www.FreeBSD.org/XML/CVS">$FreeBSD$</cvs:keyword>
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    <img src="gifs/doc.jpg" alt="BSD daemon reading documentation"
      align="right" border="0" width="274" height="163"/>

    <p>Each distribution of FreeBSD includes several documentation
      files describing the particular distribution (RELEASE,
      SNAPSHOTs, etc.).  These files typically include:</p>

    <ul>
      <li>README:  General introduction.</li>

      <li>Release Notes:  Information about changes from the
	previous release of FreeBSD.</li>

      <li>Hardware Notes:  A list of hardware devices known to work
	with FreeBSD.</li>

      <li>Installation Instructions:  A brief guide to installing
	FreeBSD.</li>

      <li>Errata:  Late-breaking news, including corrections, security
	advisories, and potential problems found after each
	release.</li>
    </ul>

    <p>The release notes, hardware notes, and installation
      instructions are customized for each architecture supported by
      FreeBSD.</p>

    <h2>RELEASE versions of FreeBSD</h2>

    <p>The release documentation for each -RELEASE version of FreeBSD
      (for example, &rel.current;-RELEASE) can be found on the
      <a href="releases/index.html">releases</a> page of
      the FreeBSD web site and on mirror sites.</p>

    <p>These files are located
      in the top-level directory of each distribution.  Both
      HTML and text forms are usually provided.</p>

    <h2>Snapshot Versions of FreeBSD</h2>

    <p>The release documentation files for snapshots are generally
      in the top-level directory of each snapshot.</p>

    <h2>Documentation for -CURRENT and -STABLE</h2>

    <p>HTML versions of the release documentation for FreeBSD -CURRENT
      and FreeBSD -STABLE are available on the FreeBSD web site.
      These documents are continually changing and automatically
      generated.  The versions on the web site are rebuilt at the same
      time that the rest of the web site is updated.</p>

    <h3>FreeBSD -CURRENT Release Documentation</h3>

    <ul>
      <li><a
	  href="&base;/releases/&current;/readme.html">README</a></li>

      <li><a href="&base;/releases/&current;/relnotes.html">Release
	  Notes</a></li>

      <li><a href="&base;/releases/&current;/hardware.html">Hardware
	  Notes</a></li>

      <?ignore
      <li><a
	  href="&base;/releases/&current;/errata.html">Errata</a></li>
      ?>

    </ul>

    <h3>FreeBSD 11-STABLE Release Documentation</h3>

    <ul>
      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/readme/index.html">README</a></li>

      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/relnotes/index.html">Release
	  Notes</a></li>

      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/hardware/index.html">Hardware
	  Notes</a></li>

      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/11-STABLE/errata/index.html">Errata</a></li>
    </ul>

    <h3>FreeBSD 10-STABLE Release Documentation</h3>

    <ul>
      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/10-STABLE/readme/index.html">README</a></li>

      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/10-STABLE/relnotes/index.html">Release
	  Notes</a></li>

      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/10-STABLE/hardware/index.html">Hardware
	  Notes</a></li>

      <li><a
	  href="&base;/relnotes/10-STABLE/errata/index.html">Errata</a></li>
    </ul>
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