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<div class="ARTICLE">
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<div class="TITLEPAGE">
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<h1 class="title"><a id="AEN2" name="AEN2">FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE Errata</a></h1>
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<h3 class="corpauthor"> The FreeBSD Project</h3>
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<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2013 The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p>
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<p class="pubdate">$FreeBSD: releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/errata/article.xml
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251217 2013-06-01 10:57:25Z hrs $<br />
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</p>
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<div class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks" name="trademarks"></a>
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<p>FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.</p>
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<p>Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or
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registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and
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other countries.</p>
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<p>SPARC, SPARC64, SPARCengine, and UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc
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in the United States and other countries. SPARC International, Inc owns all of the SPARC
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trademarks and under licensing agreements allows the proper use of these trademarks by
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its members.</p>
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<p>Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their
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products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and
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the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed
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by the “™” or the “®” symbol.</p>
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</div>
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<hr />
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</div>
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<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
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<div class="abstract"><a id="AEN16" name="AEN16"></a>
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<p>This document lists errata items for FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE, containing significant
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information discovered after the release or too late in the release cycle to be otherwise
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included in the release documentation. This information includes security advisories, as
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well as news relating to the software or documentation that could affect its operation or
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usability. An up-to-date version of this document should always be consulted before
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installing this version of FreeBSD.</p>
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<p>This errata document for FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE will be maintained until the EoL of
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FreeBSD 8.4-STABLE branch.</p>
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</div>
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</blockquote>
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<div class="sect1">
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<hr />
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<h2 class="sect1"><a id="intro" name="intro">1 Introduction</a></h2>
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<p>This errata document contains “late-breaking news” about FreeBSD
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8.4-RELEASE. Before installing this version, it is important to consult this document to
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learn about any post-release discoveries or problems that may already have been found and
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fixed.</p>
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<p>Any version of this errata document actually distributed with the release (for
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example, on a CDROM distribution) will be out of date by definition, but other copies are
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kept updated on the Internet and should be consulted as the “current errata”
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for this release. These other copies of the errata are located at <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"
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target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a>, plus any sites which keep up-to-date
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mirrors of this location.</p>
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<p>Source and binary snapshots of FreeBSD 8.4-STABLE also contain up-to-date copies of
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this document (as of the time of the snapshot).</p>
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<p>For a list of all FreeBSD CERT security advisories, see <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/"
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target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/security/</a> or <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/"
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target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/</a>.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
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<hr />
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<h2 class="sect1"><a id="security" name="security">2 Security Advisories</a></h2>
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<p>The following security advisories pertain to FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE. For more
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information, consult the individual advisories available from <a
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href="http://security.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">http://security.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</p>
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<div class="informaltable"><a id="AEN34" name="AEN34"></a>
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<table border="0" frame="void" width="100%" class="CALSTABLE">
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<col width="20%" />
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<col width="20%" />
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<col width="60%" />
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<thead>
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<tr>
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<th>Advisory</th>
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<th>Date</th>
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<th>Topic</th>
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</thead>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:01.openssl.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:01.openssl</a></td>
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<td>03 May 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:02.crypt.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:02.crypt</a></td>
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<td>30 May 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>Incorrect crypt() hashing</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:03.bind.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:03.bind</a></td>
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<td>12 June 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>Incorrect handling of zero-length RDATA fields in named(8)</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:04.sysret.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:04.sysret</a></td>
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<td>12 June 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>Privilege escalation when returning from kernel</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:05.bind.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:05.bind</a></td>
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<td>06 August 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>named(8) DNSSEC validation Denial of Service</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:06.bind.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:06.bind</a></td>
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<td>22 November 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities with named(8)</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:07.hostapd.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:07.hostapd</a></td>
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<td>22 November 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>Insufficient message length validation for EAP-TLS messages</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-12:08.linux.asc"
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target="_top">SA-12:08.linux</a></td>
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<td>22 November 2012</td>
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<td>
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<p>Linux compatibility layer input validation error</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:02.libc.asc"
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target="_top">SA-13:02.libc</a></td>
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<td>19 February 2013</td>
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<td>
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<p>glob(3) related resource exhaustion</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:03.openssl.asc"
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target="_top">SA-13:03.openssl</a></td>
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<td>02 April 2013</td>
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<td>
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<p>OpenSSL multiple vulnerabilities</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:04.bind.asc"
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target="_top">SA-13:04.bind</a></td>
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<td>02 April 2013</td>
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<td>
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<p>BIND remote denial of service</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td><a href="http://security.freebsd.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-13:05.nfsserver.asc"
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target="_top">SA-13:05.nfsserver</a></td>
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<td>29 April 2013</td>
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<td>
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<p>Insufficient input validation in the NFS server</p>
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</td>
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</tr>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</div>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
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<hr />
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<h2 class="sect1"><a id="open-issues" name="open-issues">3 Open Issues</a></h2>
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<p>No open issue.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
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<hr />
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<h2 class="sect1"><a id="late-news" name="late-news">4 Late-Breaking News and
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Corrections</a></h2>
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<p>No news.</p>
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</div>
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</div>
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<hr />
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<p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, can be
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downloaded from <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting <<a
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href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p>
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<p align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, e-mail <<a
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href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p>
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</body>
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<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" />
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<title>FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE Installation Instructions</title>
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alink="#0000FF">
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<div class="ARTICLE">
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<div class="TITLEPAGE">
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<h1 class="title"><a id="AEN2" name="AEN2">FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE Installation
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Instructions</a></h1>
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<h3 class="corpauthor">The FreeBSD Project</h3>
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<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2013 The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p>
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<p class="pubdate">$FreeBSD:
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releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/installation/article.xml 249128 2013-04-05
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04:08:03Z hrs $<br />
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</p>
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<div class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks" name="trademarks"></a>
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<p>FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.</p>
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<p>Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or
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registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and
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other countries.</p>
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<p>SPARC, SPARC64, SPARCengine, and UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc
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in the United States and other countries. SPARC International, Inc owns all of the SPARC
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trademarks and under licensing agreements allows the proper use of these trademarks by
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its members.</p>
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<p>Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their
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products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and
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the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed
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by the “™” or the “®” symbol.</p>
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</div>
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<hr />
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</div>
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<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
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<div class="abstract"><a id="AEN16" name="AEN16"></a>
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<p>This article gives some brief instructions on installing FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE and
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upgrading the systems running earlier releases.</p>
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</div>
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</blockquote>
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<div class="sect1">
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<hr />
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<h2 class="sect1"><a id="install" name="install">1 Installing FreeBSD</a></h2>
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<p>For instructions on installing FreeBSD, please see Chapter 2 of The FreeBSD Handbook.
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It provides a complete installation walk-through for users new to FreeBSD, and can be
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found online at: <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html"
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target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html</a></p>
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</div>
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<div class="sect1">
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<hr />
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<h2 class="sect1"><a id="upgrade" name="upgrade">2 Upgrading FreeBSD</a></h2>
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<div class="sect2">
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<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN24" name="AEN24">2.1 Upgrading from Source</a></h3>
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<p>The procedure for doing a source code based update is 	described in 	<a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html"
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target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/synching.html</a>
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and 	<a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook//makeworld.html"
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target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook//makeworld.html</a>.</p>
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<p>The branch tag to use for updating the source is 	<tt
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class="literal">RELENG_8_4</tt> for CVS. For SVN use 	<tt
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class="filename">releng/8.4</tt>.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="sect2">
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<hr />
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<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN32" name="AEN32">2.2 Upgrading Using “FreeBSD
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Update”</a></h3>
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<p>The <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
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<span class="citerefentry"><span
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class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> utility supports binary
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	upgrades of i386 and amd64 systems running 	earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems
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running 	<tt class="literal">7.[01234]-RELEASE</tt>, 	<tt
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class="literal">8.[0123]-RELEASE</tt>, 	<tt class="literal">8.4-BETA1</tt>, or
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	<tt class="literal">8.4-RC[12]</tt> can upgrade as follows:</p>
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<pre class="screen">
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<samp class="prompt">#</samp> freebsd-update upgrade -r 8.4-RELEASE
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</pre>
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<p>During this process, FreeBSD Update may ask the user to 	help by merging some
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configuration files or by confirming that 	the automatically performed merging was
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done correctly.</p>
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<pre class="screen">
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<samp class="prompt">#</samp> freebsd-update install
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</pre>
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<p>The system must be rebooted with the newly installed 	kernel before
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continuing.</p>
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<pre class="screen">
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<samp class="prompt">#</samp> shutdown -r now
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</pre>
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<p>After rebooting, <a
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
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<span class="citerefentry"><span
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class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> needs to be run 	again to
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install the new userland components:</p>
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<pre class="screen">
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<samp class="prompt">#</samp> freebsd-update install
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</pre>
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<p>At this point, users of systems being upgraded from 	FreeBSD 7.4-RELEASE or
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earlier will be prompted by 	freebsd-update to rebuild all third-party applications
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(e.g., 	ports installed from the ports tree) due to updates in system
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	libraries.</p>
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<p>After updating installed third-party applications (and 	again, only if <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span
|
||||
class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> printed a message
|
||||
	indicating that this was necessary), run 	<a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=freebsd-update&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span
|
||||
class="refentrytitle">freebsd-update</span>(8)</span></a> again so that it can delete the
|
||||
old (no 	longer used) system libraries:</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<pre class="screen">
|
||||
<samp class="prompt">#</samp> freebsd-update install
|
||||
</pre>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Finally, reboot into 8.4-RELEASE</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<pre class="screen">
|
||||
<samp class="prompt">#</samp> shutdown -r now
|
||||
</pre>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, can be
|
||||
downloaded from <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</small></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting <<a
|
||||
href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, e-mail <<a
|
||||
href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p>
|
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<div class="TITLEPAGE">
|
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<h1 class="title"><a id="AEN2" name="AEN2">FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE README</a></h1>
|
||||
|
||||
<h3 class="corpauthor">The FreeBSD Project</h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class="copyright">Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
|
||||
2008 The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p class="pubdate">$FreeBSD: releng/8.4/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.xml
|
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241718 2012-10-19 03:01:25Z gjb $<br />
|
||||
</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="legalnotice"><a id="trademarks" name="trademarks"></a>
|
||||
<p>FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or
|
||||
registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and
|
||||
other countries.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Motif, OSF/1, and UNIX are registered trademarks and IT DialTone and The Open Group
|
||||
are trademarks of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>SPARC, SPARC64, SPARCengine, and UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc
|
||||
in the United States and other countries. SPARC International, Inc owns all of the SPARC
|
||||
trademarks and under licensing agreements allows the proper use of these trademarks by
|
||||
its members.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their
|
||||
products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and
|
||||
the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed
|
||||
by the “™” or the “®” symbol.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
|
||||
<div class="abstract"><a id="AEN25" name="AEN25"></a>
|
||||
<p>This document gives a brief introduction to FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE. It includes some
|
||||
information on how to obtain FreeBSD, a listing of various ways to contact the FreeBSD
|
||||
Project, and pointers to some other sources of information.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect1">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h2 class="sect1"><a id="intro" name="intro">1 Introduction</a></h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>This distribution is a release of FreeBSD 8.4-RELEASE, the latest point along the
|
||||
8.4-STABLE branch.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN30" name="AEN30">1.1 About FreeBSD</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for 	AMD64 and Intel EM64T
|
||||
based PC hardware (amd64), 	Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen “x86” based PC
|
||||
hardware (i386), 	Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64), 	NEC
|
||||
PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (pc98), 	and <span
|
||||
class="trademark">UltraSPARC</span>® machines (sparc64). Versions 	for the <span
|
||||
class="trademark">ARM</span>® (arm), <span class="trademark">MIPS</span>® (mips),
|
||||
and 	<span class="trademark">PowerPC</span>® (powerpc) architectures are
|
||||
currently under 	development as well. FreeBSD works with a wide variety of
|
||||
	peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything 	from software
|
||||
development to games to Internet Service 	Provision.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>This release of FreeBSD contains everything you need to run 	such a system,
|
||||
including full source code for the kernel and 	all utilities in the base
|
||||
distribution. With the source 	distribution installed, you can literally recompile
|
||||
the entire 	system from scratch with one command, making it ideal for 	students,
|
||||
researchers, or users who simply want to see how it 	all works.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>A large collection of third-party ported software (the 	“Ports
|
||||
Collection”) is also provided to make it 	easy to obtain and install all your
|
||||
favorite traditional <span class="trademark">UNIX</span>® 	utilities for FreeBSD.
|
||||
Each “port” consists of a 	set of scripts to retrieve, configure, build,
|
||||
and install a 	piece of software, with a single command. Over 24,000 	ports, from
|
||||
editors to programming languages to graphical 	applications, make FreeBSD a powerful
|
||||
and comprehensive operating 	environment that extends far beyond what's provided by
|
||||
many 	commercial versions of <span class="trademark">UNIX</span>. Most ports are also
|
||||
available as 	pre-compiled “packages”, which can be quickly
|
||||
	installed from the installation program.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN45" name="AEN45">1.2 Target Audience</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>This release of FreeBSD is suitable for all users. It 	has undergone a period of
|
||||
testing and quality assurance 	checking to ensure the highest reliability and
|
||||
	dependability.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect1">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h2 class="sect1"><a id="obtain" name="obtain">2 Obtaining FreeBSD</a></h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>FreeBSD may be obtained in a variety of ways. This section focuses on those ways that
|
||||
are primarily useful for obtaining a complete FreeBSD distribution, rather than updating
|
||||
an existing installation.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN51" name="AEN51">2.1 CDROM and DVD</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>FreeBSD -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD 	from several
|
||||
publishers. This is frequently the most 	convenient way to obtain FreeBSD for new
|
||||
installations, as it 	provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if
|
||||
	necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, 	precompiled
|
||||
“packages” from the FreeBSD Ports 	Collection, or other extra
|
||||
material.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the 	project are listed in the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html"
|
||||
target="_top">“Obtaining 	FreeBSD”</a> appendix to the Handbook.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN58" name="AEN58">2.2 FTP</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>You can use FTP to retrieve FreeBSD and any or all of its 	optional packages from
|
||||
<a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>, which is the
|
||||
official 	FreeBSD release site, or any of its 	“mirrors”.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Lists of locations that mirror FreeBSD can be found in the 	<a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html"
|
||||
target="_top">FTP 	Sites</a> section of the Handbook, or on the <a
|
||||
href="http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/</a>
|
||||
Web pages. 	Finding a close (in networking terms) mirror from which to 	download
|
||||
the distribution is highly recommended.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact 	<code class="email"><<a
|
||||
href="mailto:freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</a>></code> for
|
||||
more details on 	becoming an official mirror site. You can also find useful
|
||||
information for mirror sites at the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/" target="_top">Mirroring
|
||||
FreeBSD</a> article.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to 	create a CDROM of a
|
||||
FreeBSD release. They usually also contain 	floppy disk images (for applicable
|
||||
platforms), as well as the 	files necessary to do an installation over the network.
|
||||
	Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for 	the most current
|
||||
release.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect1">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h2 class="sect1"><a id="contacting" name="contacting">3 Contacting the FreeBSD
|
||||
Project</a></h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN72" name="AEN72">3.1 Email and Mailing Lists</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For any questions or general technical support issues, 	please send mail to the <a
|
||||
href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions" target="_top">FreeBSD
|
||||
general questions mailing list</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>If you're tracking the 8.4-STABLE development efforts, you 	<span
|
||||
class="emphasis"><i class="emphasis">must</i></span> join the <a
|
||||
href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current"
|
||||
target="_top">FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing list</a>, in order to 	keep abreast of recent
|
||||
developments and changes that may 	affect the way you use and maintain the
|
||||
system.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Being a largely-volunteer effort, the FreeBSD 	Project is always happy to have
|
||||
extra hands willing to help—there are already far more desired enhancements than
|
||||
	there is time to implement them. To contact the developers on 	technical
|
||||
matters, or with offers of help, please send mail to 	the <a
|
||||
href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers" target="_top">FreeBSD
|
||||
technical discussions mailing list</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Please note that these mailing lists can experience 	<span class="emphasis"><i
|
||||
class="emphasis">significant</i></span> amounts of traffic. If you 	have slow or
|
||||
expensive mail access, or are only interested in 	keeping up with major FreeBSD
|
||||
events, you may find it 	preferable to subscribe instead to the <a
|
||||
href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-announce" target="_top">FreeBSD
|
||||
announcements mailing list</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone 	wishing to do so. Visit
|
||||
the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_top"> 	FreeBSD
|
||||
Mailman Info Page</a>. 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; more information can be 	obtained
|
||||
either from the Mailman pages or the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html#mailing-list" target="_top">mailing 	lists
|
||||
section</a> of the FreeBSD Web site.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="important">
|
||||
<blockquote class="important">
|
||||
<p><b>Important:</b> Do <span class="emphasis"><i class="emphasis">not</i></span> send
|
||||
email to the lists 	 asking to be subscribed. Use the Mailman interface 	
|
||||
instead.</p>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN90" name="AEN90">3.2 Submitting Problem Reports</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are 	always valued—please
|
||||
do not hesitate to report any 	problems you may find. Bug reports with attached fixes
|
||||
are of 	course even more welcome.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine 	with Internet mail
|
||||
connectivity is to use the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a>
|
||||
	command. 	“Problem Reports” (PRs) submitted in this way 	will be
|
||||
filed and their progress tracked; the FreeBSD developers 	will do their best to
|
||||
respond to all reported bugs as soon as 	possible. <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi" target="_top">A list 	of all
|
||||
active PRs</a> is available on the FreeBSD Web site; 	this list is useful to see what
|
||||
potential problems other users 	have encountered.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Note that <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a>
|
||||
itself is a shell script that 	should be easy to move even onto a non-FreeBSD system.
|
||||
Using 	this interface is highly preferred. If, for some reason, you 	are unable
|
||||
to use <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a> to
|
||||
submit a bug report, you 	can try to send it to the <a
|
||||
href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs" target="_top">FreeBSD
|
||||
problem reports mailing list</a>.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>For more information, <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/"
|
||||
target="_top">“Writing 	FreeBSD Problem Reports”</a>, available on the
|
||||
FreeBSD Web 	site, has a number of helpful hints on writing and submitting
|
||||
	effective problem reports.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect1">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h2 class="sect1"><a id="seealso" name="seealso">4 Further Reading</a></h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>There are many sources of information about FreeBSD; some are included with this
|
||||
distribution, while others are available on-line or in print versions.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="release-docs" name="release-docs">4.1 Release
|
||||
Documentation</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>A number of other files provide more specific information 	about this release
|
||||
distribution. These files are 	provided in various formats. Most distributions will
|
||||
include 	both ASCII text (<tt class="filename">.TXT</tt>) and HTML 	(<tt
|
||||
class="filename">.HTM</tt>) renditions. Some distributions 	may also include other
|
||||
formats such as Portable Document Format 	(<tt class="filename">.PDF</tt>). 	</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<ul>
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p><tt class="filename">README.TXT</tt>: This file, which 	 gives some general
|
||||
information about FreeBSD as well as 	 some cursory notes about obtaining a 	
|
||||
distribution.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p><tt class="filename">RELNOTES.TXT</tt>: The release 	 notes, showing what's new
|
||||
and different in FreeBSD 	 8.4-RELEASE compared to the previous release (FreeBSD
|
||||
	 8.3-RELEASE).</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p><tt class="filename">HARDWARE.TXT</tt>: The hardware 	 compatibility list, showing
|
||||
devices with which FreeBSD has 	 been tested and is known to work.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
|
||||
<li>
|
||||
<p><tt class="filename">ERRATA.TXT</tt>: Release errata. 	 Late-breaking,
|
||||
post-release information can be found in 	 this file, which is principally applicable
|
||||
to releases 	 (as opposed to snapshots). It is important to consult 	 this file
|
||||
before installing a release of FreeBSD, as it 	 contains the latest information on
|
||||
problems which have 	 been found and fixed since the release was 	 created.</p>
|
||||
</li>
|
||||
</ul>
|
||||
|
||||
<br />
|
||||
<br />
|
||||
<p>On platforms that support <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
|
||||
(currently 	amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, and sparc64), these documents are generally
|
||||
available via the 	Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
|
||||
	installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the 	<a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
|
||||
utility.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="note">
|
||||
<blockquote class="note">
|
||||
<p><b>Note:</b> It is extremely important to read the errata for any 	 given release
|
||||
before installing it, to learn about any 	 “late-breaking news” or
|
||||
post-release problems. 	 The errata file accompanying each release (most likely right
|
||||
	 next to this file) is already out of date by definition, but 	 other copies are
|
||||
kept updated on the Internet and should be 	 consulted as the “current
|
||||
errata” for this 	 release. These other copies of the errata are located at
|
||||
	 <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/"
|
||||
target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a> (as 	 well as any sites which keep
|
||||
up-to-date mirrors of this 	 location).</p>
|
||||
</blockquote>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect2">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN144" name="AEN144">4.2 Manual Pages</a></h3>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>As with almost all <span class="trademark">UNIX</span> like operating systems, FreeBSD
|
||||
comes 	with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the 	<a
|
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=man&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
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<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">man</span>(1)</span></a> command
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or through the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi" target="_top">hypertext
|
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manual 	pages gateway</a> on the FreeBSD Web site. In general, the 	manual pages
|
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provide information on the different commands and 	APIs available to the FreeBSD
|
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user.</p>
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<p>In some cases, manual pages are written to give 	information on particular topics.
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Notable examples of such 	manual pages are <a
|
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href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tuning&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">tuning</span>(7)</span></a> (a
|
||||
guide to performance tuning), 	<a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=security&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">security</span>(7)</span></a> (an
|
||||
introduction to FreeBSD security), and 	<a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+8.4-RELEASE">
|
||||
<span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">style</span>(9)</span></a> (a
|
||||
style guide to kernel coding).</p>
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</div>
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<div class="sect2">
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<hr />
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<h3 class="sect2"><a id="AEN162" name="AEN162">4.3 Books and Articles</a></h3>
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<p>Two highly-useful collections of FreeBSD-related information, 	maintained by the
|
||||
FreeBSD Project, 	are the FreeBSD Handbook and FreeBSD FAQ (Frequently Asked
|
||||
	Questions document). On-line versions of the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/"
|
||||
target="_top">Handbook</a> 	and <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/" target="_top">FAQ</a>
|
||||
	are always available from the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html"
|
||||
target="_top">FreeBSD Documentation 	page</a> or its mirrors. If you install the
|
||||
	<tt class="filename">doc</tt> distribution set, you can use a Web 	browser to
|
||||
read the Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular, 	note that the Handbook contains a
|
||||
step-by-step guide to 	installing FreeBSD.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by the FreeBSD Project, cover
|
||||
more-specialized, FreeBSD-related topics. This material spans a wide range of topics,
|
||||
from effective use of the mailing lists, to dual-booting FreeBSD with other operating
|
||||
systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the Handbook and FAQ, these documents are
|
||||
available from the FreeBSD Documentation Page or in the <tt class="filename">doc</tt>
|
||||
distribution set.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>A listing of other books and documents about FreeBSD can be found in the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html"
|
||||
target="_top">bibliography</a> of the FreeBSD Handbook. Because of FreeBSD's strong <span
|
||||
class="trademark">UNIX</span> heritage, many other articles and books written for <span
|
||||
class="trademark">UNIX</span> systems are applicable as well, some of which are also
|
||||
listed in the bibliography.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<div class="sect1">
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<h2 class="sect1"><a id="acknowledgements" name="acknowledgements">5
|
||||
Acknowledgments</a></h2>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many hundreds, if not thousands, of
|
||||
individuals from around the world who have worked countless hours to bring about this
|
||||
release. For a complete list of FreeBSD developers and contributors, please see <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/"
|
||||
target="_top">“Contributors to FreeBSD”</a> on the FreeBSD Web site or any of
|
||||
its mirrors.</p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p>Special thanks also go to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the
|
||||
world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible.</p>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
</div>
|
||||
|
||||
<hr />
|
||||
<p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, can be
|
||||
downloaded from <a href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>.</small></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a
|
||||
href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting <<a
|
||||
href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p>
|
||||
|
||||
<p align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, e-mail <<a
|
||||
href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p>
|
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|
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