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<!-- $Id: newsflash.sgml,v 1.11 1996-12-26 03:19:08 nsj Exp $ -->
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<html>
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&header;
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<p>FreeBSD is a is a rapidly developing operating system.
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Keeping up on the latest developments can be a chore! To
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keep on top of things, be sure and check this page
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periodically. Also, you may wish to subscribe to the <a
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href="handbook/eresources:mail.html">freebsd-announce
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mailing list</a>.</p>
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<p>For a detailed description of past, present, and future releases,
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see the <strong><a href="&base/releases/index.html">Release
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Information</a></strong> page.</p>
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<H2>December 1996</H2>
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<UL>
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<LI><B>24-Dec-1996</B>
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FreeBSD <A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA">2.2-BETA</A>
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has been released. Please see the
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-BETA/RELNOTES.TXT">
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Release Notes</A> for more information.
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</LI>
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<LI><B>13-Dec-1996</B>
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FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE will not support installation on machines with less
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than 4MB of RAM or 1.2MB floppy drives. Please see the original
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<A HREF="releases/2.2R/install-media.html">announcement</A> for more
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information.
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</LI>
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</UL>
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<h2>November 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>15-Nov-1996</b>
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FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE">
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2.1.6-RELEASE</a> is out. Please see the <a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.6-RELEASE/RELNOTES.TXT">
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release notes</a> for more information.
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<li><b>4-Nov-1996</b>
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The FreeBSD <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi">CVS</a>
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development tree has branched again. <a href="branch.html">See here</a>
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for more information.
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</ul>
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<h2>October 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>14-Oct-1996</b>
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The
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<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-961014-SNAP">2.2-961014</a>
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<a href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a> has been released.
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Please see the
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<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-961014-SNAP/RELNOTES.TXT">
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Release Notes</a> for more information.
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</ul>
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<h2>August 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>1-Aug-1996</b>
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The 2.2-960801 snapshot has been released.
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</ul>
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<h2>July 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>14-Jul-1996</b>
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FreeBSD <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE">
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2.1.5-RELEASE</a> is now out. Please see the
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<a href="releases/2.1.5R/announce.html">announcement</a> or the
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<a href="releases/2.1.5R/notes.html">Release Notes</a> for more
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information.
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</ul>
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<h2>June 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>27-June-1996</b>
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The
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<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.1-960627-SNAP">2.1-960627</a>
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<a href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a> has been released.
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It is equivalent to a 2.1.5-BETA release.<p></p>
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<li><b>25-June-1996</b><br>
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The stuffed daemon plushies are now shipping from
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<a href="mailto:LiebscherCo@t-online.de">Liebscher & Partner</a>.
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Please contact the company via email for more details. A picture
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of an early prototype is <a href="chuck.jpg">here</a>. Do note that
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this <b>is</b> a prototype and that the final, shipping version has
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had some improvements made to it.<p></p>
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<li><b>12-June-1996</b><br>
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The
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<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-960612-SNAP">2.2-960612</a>
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<a href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
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has been released. The new features of this snapshot are:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>A considerable number of changes to the VM system have been made
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to increase the stability under certain types of load. If you
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had panics under the last snapshot, try this one and see if they
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persist.</li>
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<li>The AHC driver now does considerably more in the way of handling
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error conditions gracefully.</li>
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<li>More cosmetic work on the installation, /stand/sysinstall now
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genuinely useful after installation time (though still missing a man
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page - urk!).</li>
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<li>Basically, lots-o-fixes. If you're trying to use the 2.2 SNAPs
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in more serious applications, please upgrade to this version.</li>
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</ul>
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[Note: This release will not be made available on CDROM to 2.2-SNAP
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subscribers].
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</ul>
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<h2>May 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>1-May-1996</b><br>
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The
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<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-960501-SNAP">2.2-960501</a>
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<a href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
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has been released. The new features of this snapshot are:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Early support for APM (automated power management) and PCCARD
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(formerly PCMCIA) features of laptops. Many PCCARD devices
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are supported, from modems to ethernet cards to SCSI adaptors.</li>
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<li>Adaptec AIC7850 support has been added.</li>
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<li>The Yellow Pages (NIS) support has had many optimizations made
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and no longer has portions copyright under the GPL.</li>
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<li>Various VM system enhancements and a few bugs fixed (gzip'd
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binaries now work again, for example).</li>
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<li>The system installation tool has been revamped with slightly
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different menu behavior and a number of bugs have been fixed.
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It's hoped that this installation will be more intuitive for new
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users than previous ones (feedback welcomed, of course).</li>
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<li>Much miscellaneous cleanup work with the header files and sources.
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</li>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<h2>April 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>15-Apr-1996</b><br>A new
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<a href="mailto:emulation@FreeBSD.org">FreeBSD-emulation</a>
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mailing list has been created for discussing ongoing development efforts
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for DOS, Windows, Linux and other forms of binary emulation.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>14-Apr-1996</b><br><a href="http://www.bsdi.com/">
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Berkeley Software Design, Inc.</a> has donated their DOS emulator
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<b>rundos</b> to the BSD community! Work is now ongoing in integrating
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this into FreeBSD, and interested parties can
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<a href="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">join</a> the
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<b>FreeBSD-emulation</b> mailing list to find out more about how
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this work is progressing.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March 1996</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>23-Mar-1996</b><br>
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The
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<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.2-960323-SNAP">2.2-960323</a>
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<a href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
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has been released. The new features of this snapshot are:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI ethernet card is now
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supported.</li>
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<li>The 3COM 3C590 and 3C595 ethernet cards are now supported.</li>
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<li>The ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570i high-speed serial card is
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now supported.</li>
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<li>The Linux emulation is now good enough to run the Linux version
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of Netscape, with JAVA support (as well as a number of other Linux
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utilities).</li>
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<li>The Matrox Meteor frame grabber card is better supported.</li>
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<li>It is now possible to burn CDROMs using the Plasmon or HP 4080i
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CDR drives (see `wormcontrol(1)').</li>
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<li>The pipe code has been substantially sped up, as have some
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components of the VM system.</li>
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<li>A /dev/random device (and associated "pool of entropy") has
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been added for applications which require more unpredicatable
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sequences of random numbers for security. See the random(4)
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man page for more info.</li>
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<li>Early NFS v3 support (not enabled by default).</li>
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<li>An early implementation of the Device Filesystem (devfs)
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is available (see mount_devfs). Device switch tables are now
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also dynamically built.</li>
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<li>Early IPX routing support.</li>
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</ul>
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</ul>
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<h2>November 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>19-Nov-1995</b><br>FreeBSD 2.1 is now available at
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ftp sites all around the world. See the <a
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href="releases/index.html">Release information</a> for
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details.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>4-Nov-1995</b><br><a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a> 2.1.0-951104 is now
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available. The purpose of this snapshot is:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>To incorporate changes based on all the feedback
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and bug reports received for the previous
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snapshot's installation.</li>
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<li>To incorporate the latest XFree86 release (3.1.2-S)
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with security enhancements. There may be more fairly
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minor changes here before 2.1 is put on CD, but this
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is basically what will be shipping.</li>
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<li>To get feedback on the new ``Novice Install'' split
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out of the Express installation (which now truly <em>is</em>
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an express installation).</li>
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<li>To give folks something a little less buggy to load on new
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systems while they are waiting for 2.1 to come out.</li>
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<li>To fold in the latest versions of the FreeBSD
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Handbook, updated for 2.1.</li>
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<li>To correct some slight whiffy english in the online help.</li>
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<li>To go back to the previous approach of just
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uncommenting the ATAPI and wcd0 entries in GENERIC
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for building atapi.flp. The idea of commenting out
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the wd2 and wd3 entries in an effort to make things
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better seems to have only made them worse in the last
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SNAP. If this atapi.flp image works for you, great!
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If not, I'm afraid that it's far too late to do
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anything about at this stage so any failure reports
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will be simply filed for post-2.1 analysis. Sorry
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IDE CDROM hackers, but you had your chance!</li>
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</ul>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>October 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>30-Oct-1995</b><br> The 2.1.0-951026 <a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a> has been
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re-released with several bugfixes:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Atapi boot floppy now assumes it's alone by itself
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on the second IDE controller - this seems to work a
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lot better for most folks who were provided with
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dedicated controllers when they purchased their IDE
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CDROMS. People with IDE disks on multiple IDE
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controllers should NOT use this floppy image. Stick
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with boot.flp and build a custom kernel or something.</li>
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<li>The apache WEB server installation makes fewer assumptions about
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where you'll be putting things.</li>
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<li>Installing the secure dist no longer requires that you also
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install Kerberos in order to get things like telnet to work.</li>
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<li>Boot floppy should now support the Adaptec 2940 ULTRA (this was
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a side-effect more than a bug fix).</li>
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</ul>
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<p>However, there are some outstanding bugs you should know
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about:</p>
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<ul>
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<li>sysinstall seems to croak in certain situations
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if you run it after the system is installed.</li>
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<li>The FTP retry code still isn't 100% there -
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apparently it now doesn't handle reselection very
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well. Sigh. I'm so truly sick of looking at that
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part of the code that if somebody else wanted to have
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a look, I wouldn't fight them off! It seems like
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every time I fix one thing, I break something else.</li>
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<li>The media selection screen protects itself from
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re-entry in some situations when you'd really like it
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to be allowed. Whoops!</li>
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<li>Using more than one FreeBSD ``slice'' can cause problems.</li>
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</ul>
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<p></p></li>
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<li><b>26-Oct-1995</b><br><a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a>
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2.1.0-951026 is now available. New fixes/features
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include:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>All /etc/sysconfig information now written correctly.</li>
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<li>WEB server option now works properly.</li>
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<li>The package installation menu now works.</li>
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<li>All the auto-installation instrumentation
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(installation by config file) now works. It's
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possible to install everything from start to finish
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on a new system in a fully-automated fashion (if you
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install a lot of systems, this is a big help).</li>
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<li>You may now read the HTML Handbook and FAQ
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documents directly from the boot floppy after
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installation (as well as visit any other WEB site).</li>
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<li>Failure to create a /usr is no longer an error,
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just a warning.</li>
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<li>The matcd driver was shrunk down some more,
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<em>possibly</em> resulting in a return to 4MB
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operation (please test this).</li>
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<li>The latest ATAPI CDROM changes were merged in and
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another atapi.flp boot image generated. Again,
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please test.</li>
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</ul>
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<p></p></li>
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<li><b>22-Oct-1995</b><br>Updated floppies for <a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
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2.1.0-951020 are now available.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>20-Oct-1995</b><br><em>Release cannidate</em> <a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
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2.1.0-951020 is now available.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>06-Oct-1995</b><br> Updated floppies for <a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">snapshot</a>
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2.1.0-951005 are now available.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>05-Oct-1995</b><br><a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a>
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2.1.0-951005 is now available.<p></p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>September 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>29-Sep-1995</b><br><a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a>
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2.1.0-950928 is now available.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>August 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>19th:</b> An IDE CD-ROM driver has been added to
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FreeBSD-current, thanks to Serge Vakulenko. If you are
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running -current, the driver can be enabled by
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adding:<blockquote><tt>options ATAPI<br>device
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wcd0</tt></blockquote> to your kernel configuration file,
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rebuilding the kernel and rebooting. Please let us know
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if you have problems by sending a message to <a
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href="mailto:bugs@freebsd.org">bugs@freebsd.org</a>.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>July 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>27-Jul-1995</b><br><a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a> 950726 is
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now available.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>June 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>23-Jun-1995</b><br><a
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href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a> 950622 is
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now available. Bugs fixed and new features include:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>SLIP installation didn't ``ifconfig sl0''
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properly.</li>
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<li>It was not possible to do certain operations
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atomically, e.g. just write out fdisk information,
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or just extract distributions. This can now be done
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from the <b>Custom Install</b> menu.</li>
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<li>There is now an <b>Express Install</b> menu that
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leads you through all the necessary steps.</li>
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<li><tt>/usr/src/bin</tt> is now properly extracted as
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part of the source distribution.</li>
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<li>A couple of panics in the kernel are now fixed.</li>
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<li>DOS filesystems are now mounted read-only by
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default until we figure out what it is about R/W DOS
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filesystems that clobbers some systems.
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>As always, this snapshot is offered as a complete
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replacement for the previous release and is aimed at
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new users installing the system from scratch. Still no
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update mechanism yet, but there are rumors of a project
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being formed to deal with this soon. If you've any
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interest in being part of it, then please send mail to
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<a href="mailto:hackers@freebsd.org">hackers@freebsd.org</a>.
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I'll also be getting involved in the whole update
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mechanism issue since it's been a gaping hole for far
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too long now and I'd like to see a solution sooner
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rather than later. I'm sure that many of our users
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feel the same way!</p>
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</li>
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<li><b>12-Jun-1995</b><br> Because of some glitches in the
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2.0.5 RELEASE boot disks, an update has been provide at
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<a
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href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE/UPDATES">ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-RELEASE/UPDATES</a><p></p></li>
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<li><b>10-Jun-1995</b><br> FreeBSD 2.0.5 RELEASE has been
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released! See the <a href="releases/">announcement
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and release notes</a> for more details.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>5-Jun-1995</b><br> Even more installation bugs have been
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fixed. Please check <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA/UPDATES/">
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ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA/UPDATES/</a>
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for the latest installation disks if you encounter
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problems.<p></p></li>
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<li><b>1-Jun-1995</b><br> Following extensive feedback from
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the ALPHA release, A new installation disk has been
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generated with numerous bug fixes and enhancements. It
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is available via anonymous ftp from <a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA/UPDATES/">
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ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA/UPDATES/</a></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>May 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>30-May-1995</b><br> FreeBSD 2.0.5 ALPHA has been
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released! See the <a href="releases/">announcement
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and release notes</a> for more details.</li>
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</ul>
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<h2>April 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>14-Apr-1995</b><br><a href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a> 950412 is now
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available. New features include:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li>Even more bugs fixed.</li>
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<li>Driver for Matsushita CDROM ("Sound blaster" CDROM) in second
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revision - it now supports audio commands.</li>
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<li>Driver for Adaptec 294x improved.</li>
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<li>FDDI network interface support (DEC cards) improved.</li>
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<li>Support for DEC 100Mbit "FAST" ethernet cards (DE 500-XA).</li>
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<li>/etc files revamped fairly significantly - most customization
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done through one file now, /etc/sysconfig.</li>
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<li>Performance improvements to networking code (connection
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information now hashed rather than being stored in a linear linked
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list).</li>
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<li>Package code improved - now supports package dependencies.</li>
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<li>New version of "libforms".</li>
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</ul>
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<p><b>Known problems:</b></p>
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<ul>
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<li>If you want to run programs linked under 2.0, you
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will need the file libgcc.so.261.0 which can be found
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in the same directory as the snapshot release. The
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file should be placed in /usr/lib once you have
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installed the release.</li>
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<li>The hostname still isn't being set properly in
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/etc/sysconfig for some reason - you should edit this
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file after the initial installation and customize it
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for your system. The comments in the file should
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make the fields you need/want to change pretty
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self-explanatory.</li>
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</ul></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>March 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>22-Mar-1995</b> <br><a href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a> 950322 is now
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available. New features include:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li> NIS (YP) server/client support for FreeBSD much
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improved.</li>
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<li> A number of panic bugs fixed.</li>
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<li> Merged VM/Buffer cache much improved - hopefully last of the bugs
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fixed!</li>
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<li> Faster wd.c driver</li>
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<li> Driver for Intel EtherExpress card</li>
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<li> Driver for Matsushita CDROM ("Sound blaster" CDROM)</li>
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<li> Better disk access algorithms ("clustering").</li>
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<li> PCI support much improved. Interrupt sharing now works.</li>
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<li> Driver for Adaptec 294x much improved</li>
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<li> Boot -c writeback/save program (customized info saved across
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reboots)</li>
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<li> Soundcard support greatly cleaned up</li>
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<li> Prototype support for ISDN</li>
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<li> Support for the Creative Labs Video Spigot(tm) video card.</li>
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<li> FDDI network interface support (DEC cards).</li>
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<li> TCP/IP Firewall code much improved.</li>
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<li> GCC 2.6.3 integrated</li>
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</ul>
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<p>If you want to run programs linked under 2.0, you will need
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the file libgcc.so.261.0 which can be found in the same
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directory as the snapshot release. The file should be placed
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in /usr/lib once you have installed the release.</p></li>
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</ul>
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<h2>February 1995</h2>
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<ul>
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<li><b>10-Feb-1995</b><br>
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<a href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a> 950210 is now
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available. New features include:<p></p>
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<ul>
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<li> Screen swapping bug with syscons fixed</li>
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<li> XFree86 3.1.1</li>
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<li> NIS (YP) support for FreeBSD much improved</li>
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<li> A number of panic bugs fixed.</li>
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<li> Everything listed in the February 2nd SNAP README but
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much improved!</li>
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</ul>
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<p></p></li>
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<li><b>2-Feb-1995:</b><br><a href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a>
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950202 is now available. New features include:<p></p>
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|
|
<ul>
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<li> Merged VM/Buffer cache much improved! General
|
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stability now approaching 2.1 quality levels.</li>
|
|
<li> Lots more bug fixes</li>
|
|
<li> Syscons now supports scrollback - use scroll lock and
|
|
arrow/travel keys to move around in your scroll-back buffer.</li>
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|
<li> NIS (YP) support for FreeBSD as server and client.</li>
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|
<li> First cut at on-demand ppp dialing. Docs still in
|
|
Japanese, but we're working on that! See /usr/bin/ppp
|
|
for more details.</li>
|
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<li> IP Firewall code much improved</li>
|
|
<li> AHA294x controller support now added</li>
|
|
<li> Sony CDU33a CDROM drive support added</li>
|
|
<li> Source distribution now split into logical pieces</li>
|
|
<li> Install much improved - still not what will be
|
|
in 2.1, but a lot easier to use nonetheless.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
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</ul>
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|
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|
<h2>January 1995</h2>
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|
<ul>
|
|
<li><b>12-Jan-1995</b><br><a href="releases/snapshots.html">Snapshot</a>
|
|
950112 is now available. New features include:<p></p>
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li>Merged VM/Buffer cache! Does it work? Is it
|
|
faster? Find out! This is the culmination of over 6
|
|
months of careful hacking.</li>
|
|
<li>Lots-o-bug fixes</li>
|
|
<li>Lots-o-bugs (probably)</li>
|
|
<li>Fixes to floppy driver - may fix some of the reported
|
|
problems.</li>
|
|
<li>Genius GS-4500 Scanner driver; scan pictures from FreeBSD!</li>
|
|
<li>Fixes for U24F SCSI controller</li>
|
|
<li>Many fixes to Seagate driver - Future Domain people please
|
|
test!</li>
|
|
<li>GNU Info files resurrected from the dead (see infodist)</li>
|
|
<li>share/doc now quite a bit more functional.</li>
|
|
<li>A number of new syscons features - software settable cursor,
|
|
more modes for LCD displays, dynamic console allocation, woo
|
|
doggies.</li>
|
|
<li>Still no kernel srcdist, just one big srcdist still.
|
|
Sorry.</li>
|
|
<li>Lots of changes to the installation - hopefully this one even
|
|
mostly works for once.</li>
|
|
<li>A billion other things I've forgotten for now but will
|
|
remember right after I save this document.</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
|
|
|
|
<h2>December 1994</h2>
|
|
|
|
<ul>
|
|
<li><b>7-Dec-1994</b> <br> If you are having trouble with
|
|
installing <a href="releases/">Release 2.0</a> please check
|
|
<a href="ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0-RELEASE/floppies">
|
|
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0-RELEASE/floppies</a>
|
|
to see if you have the most recent installation floppies.
|
|
The all new installation procedure for 2.0 brought with
|
|
it a whole set of all new bugs. With the latest
|
|
installation floppies, we hope that these bugs are fixed.
|
|
</li>
|
|
</ul>
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