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 @@ - + Can I run MS-DOS binaries under FreeBSD? @@ -238,7 +239,6 @@ Boot: WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) - WD7000 IDE ATA @@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ Boot: Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. - Adaptec 274X/284X/2940 + Adaptec 274x/284x/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI controllers Adaptec @@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ Boot: Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller NCR 53C810 and 53C825 PCI SCSI controller. - NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. + NCR5380/NCR53400 (``ProAudio Spectrum'') SCSI controller. DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. @@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ Boot: Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. + + WD7000 SCSI controllers. + With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is @@ -295,39 +298,23 @@ Boot: time: - Soundblaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI (cd) - Mitsumi (all models) proprietary interface (mcd) + Soundblaster SCSI and ProAudio Spectrum SCSI (cd) + Mitsumi (all models) proprietary interface (mcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative) - CR-562/CR-563 proprietary interface (matcd) - Sony proprietary interface (scd) + CR-562/CR-563 proprietary interface (matcd) + Sony proprietary interface (scd) + ATAPI IDE interface + (experimental and should be considered ALPHA quality!) + (wcd) - Note: 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. - - Ethernet cards

+ Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards + 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: DEC DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???) DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs - Fujitsu MB86960A family of NICs + Fujitsu FMV-181 and FMV-182 Intel EtherExpress @@ -363,6 +350,10 @@ Boot: Semiconductor are also supported. +

Note: FreeBSD does not currently suppport + PnP (plug-n-play) features present on some ethernet + cards. If your card has PnP, it should be disabled. + Miscellaneous devices

@@ -387,7 +378,7 @@ Boot: - 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: Before installing from CDROM

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 . 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. - Before installing from a MS-DOS partition + Before installing from a MS-DOS partition

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\

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: - ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE + ftp://192.216.222.4/pub/FreeBSD/2.1-RELEASE - NOTE: Substitute "ALPHA" for "RELEASE" - during the ALPHA test period! - 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 @@ - + About this release +

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 + /usr/share/doc directory. You may view the + manuals with any HTML capable browser with the + following URLs: + + + The FreeBSD handbook + + + The FreeBSD FAQ + + + + You can also visit the master (and most frequently + updated) copies at . + + 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 . + + 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! + +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! --> +]]> \ No newline at end of file