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More fixes to reflect the creation of 5-STABLE. Note: the entity

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definitions for the releases are slightly out of date; I have fixed
the text so that the text is correct for now.
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Mark Linimon 2004-11-08 07:35:47 +00:00
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two of the three branches. The 4.X series of releases
is being made from the <emphasis>4-STABLE</emphasis> branch
and the 5.X series of releases is being made from
<emphasis>5-STABLE</emphasis>. It will be some time yet
before any releases are made from the
<emphasis>6-CURRENT</emphasis> branch.</para>
<emphasis>5-STABLE</emphasis>. It will be some time in
mid-to-late 2005 before the first release will be made from the
<emphasis>6-CURRENT</emphasis> branch; that release (6.0)
will be aimed at early adopters.</para>
<para>Up until the release of 5.3, the 4.X series was the
one known as <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis>. However,
@ -301,14 +302,15 @@
only fixes for major problems (such as security-related
fixes.)</para>
<!-- note: the entity definitions are out of date -->
<para>Version <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel.current;-RELEASE/">&rel.current;</ulink>
is the latest release from the
<emphasis>-CURRENT</emphasis> branch; it was released in
<emphasis>5-STABLE</emphasis> branch; it was released in
&rel.current.date;. Version <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/&rel2.current;-RELEASE/">&rel2.current;</ulink>
is the latest release from the
<emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> branch; it was released in
<emphasis>4-STABLE</emphasis> branch; it was released in
&rel2.current.date;.</para>
<para>Briefly, <emphasis>-STABLE</emphasis> is aimed at the
@ -449,8 +451,8 @@
<para>5-STABLE is the actively developed -STABLE branch.
The latest release on the 5-STABLE branch is
&rel2.current;-RELEASE, which was released in
&rel2.current.date;.</para>
&rel.current;-RELEASE, which was released in
&rel.current.date;.</para>
<para>The 6-CURRENT branch is the actively developed
-CURRENT branch toward the next generation of &os;.
@ -1248,7 +1250,7 @@ File: +DESC (ignored)</screen>
PC, with 5 MB or more of RAM
and at least 60 MB of hard disk space. It can run with a low
end MDA graphics card but to run X11R6, a VGA or better video
card is needed. For &os; 5.X you will need a 486 or better
card is needed. For &os; 5.X and later you will need a 486 or better
PC, with 8 MB or more of RAM and at least 150 MB of hard disk
space.</para>
@ -1265,7 +1267,7 @@ File: +DESC (ignored)</screen>
<answer>
<para>FreeBSD 2.1.7 was the last version of FreeBSD that
could be installed on a 4MB system. FreeBSD 2.2 and later
needs at least 5MB, and &os; 5.X needs at least 8MB to
needs at least 5MB, and &os; 5.X and later need at least 8MB to
install on a new system.</para>
<para>All versions of FreeBSD prior to 5.X will <emphasis>run</emphasis>
@ -1899,7 +1901,7 @@ sectors/track: 63</screen>
configuration methods. In 4.X and earlier, when at the FreeBSD boot prompt (boot:),
use the <option>-c</option> flag and you will be dropped into a
visual configuration screen which allows you to configure the
kernel's settings for most common ISA cards. In &os; 5.X
kernel's settings for most common ISA cards. In &os; 5.X and later
this has been replaced by much more flexible "hints" which
can be set from the loader prompt.</para>