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      <div class="TITLEPAGE">
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        <h1 class="TITLE"><a name="AEN2">FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE
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        README</a></h1>
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        <h3 class="CORPAUTHOR">The FreeBSD Project</h3>
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        <p class="COPYRIGHT">Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002 by
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        The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p>
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        <p class="PUBDATE">$FreeBSD:
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        src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml,v
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        1.1.2.14.2.3 2002/08/13 21:38:43 bmah Exp $<br>
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        <hr>
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      </div>
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      <blockquote class="ABSTRACT">
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        <div class="ABSTRACT">
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          <a name="AEN11"></a>
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          <p>This document gives a brief introduction to FreeBSD
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          4.6.2-RELEASE. It includes some information on how to
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          obtain FreeBSD, a listing of various ways to contact the
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          FreeBSD Project, and pointers to some other sources of
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          information.</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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        <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN13">1 Introduction</a></h1>
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        <p>This distribution is a release of FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE.
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        This is a ``point release''. It exists primarily to address
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        some specific security and stability issues found
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        (after-the-fact) in the FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE distribution.
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        Changes made for this point release are described, in the
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        release notes. Generally speaking, the features of this
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        release are unchanged compared to FreeBSD 4.6-RELEASE.</p>
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        <div class="NOTE">
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          <blockquote class="NOTE">
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            <p><b>Note:</b> Originally, this release was to carry
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            the version number 4.6.1. Late in the release
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            engineering process, a number of serious security
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            issues arose and caused additional delays. To eliminate
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            some sources of confusion, the release engineering and
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            security officer teams jointly decided to rename the
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            pending release to 4.6.2.</p>
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          </blockquote>
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        </div>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <hr>
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN19">1.1 About
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          FreeBSD</a></h2>
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          <p>FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite
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          for Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen ``x86'' based PC hardware
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          and Compaq (formerly DEC) Alpha computers. Versions for
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          the IA64, PowerPC, and Sparc64 architectures are
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          currently under development as well. FreeBSD works with a
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          wide variety of peripherals and configurations and can be
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          used for everything from software development to games to
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          Internet Service Provision.</p>
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          <p>This release of FreeBSD contains everything you need
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          to run such a system, including full source code for the
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          kernel and all utilities in the base distribution. With
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          the source distribution installed, you can literally
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          recompile the entire system from scratch with one
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          command, making it ideal for students, researchers, or
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          users who simply want to see how it all works.</p>
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          <p>A large collection of third-party ported software (the
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          ``Ports Collection'') is also provided to make it easy to
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          obtain and install all your favorite traditional UNIX
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          utilities for FreeBSD. Each ``port'' consists of a set of
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          scripts to retrieve, configure, build, and install a
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          piece of software, with a single command. Over 7,000
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          ports, from editors to programming languages to graphical
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          applications, make FreeBSD a powerful and comprehensive
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          operating environment that extends far beyond what's
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          provided by many commercial versions of UNIX. Most ports
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          are also available as pre-compiled ``packages'', which
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          can be quickly installed from the installation
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          program.</p>
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        </div>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <hr>
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN28">1.2 Target
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          Audience</a></h2>
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          <p>This release of FreeBSD is suitable for all users. It
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          has undergone a period of testing and quality assurance
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          checking to ensure the highest reliability and
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          dependability.</p>
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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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        <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN31">2 Obtaining
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        FreeBSD</a></h1>
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        <p>FreeBSD may be obtained in a variety of ways. This
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        section focuses on those ways that are primarily useful for
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        obtaining a complete FreeBSD distribution, rather than
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        updating an existing installation.</p>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <hr>
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN34">2.1 CDROM and
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          DVD</a></h2>
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          <p>FreeBSD -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM
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          or DVD from several publishers. This is frequently the
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          most convenient way to obtain FreeBSD for new
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          installations, as it provides a convenient way to quickly
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          reinstall the system if necessary. Some distributions
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          include some of the optional, precompiled ``packages''
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          from the FreeBSD Ports Collection.</p>
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          <p>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the
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          project are listed in the <a href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html"
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           target="_top">``Obtaining FreeBSD''</a> appendix to the
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          Handbook.</p>
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        </div>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <hr>
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN41">2.2 FTP</a></h2>
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          <p>You can use FTP to retrieve FreeBSD and any or all of
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          its optional packages from <a href=
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          "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/" target=
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          "_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>, which is the official
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          FreeBSD release site, or any of its ``mirrors''.</p>
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          <p>Lists of locations that mirror FreeBSD can be found in
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          the <a href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html"
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           target="_top">FTP Sites</a> section of the Handbook, or
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          on the <a href="http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/" target=
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          "_top">http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/</a> Web pages.
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          Finding a close (in networking terms) mirror from which
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          to download the distribution is highly recommended.</p>
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          <p>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact
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          <tt class="EMAIL"><<a href=
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          "mailto:freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>
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          for more details on becoming an official mirror site.</p>
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          <p>Mirrors generally contain the floppy disk images
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          necessary to begin an installation, as well as the
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          distribution files needed for the install process itself.
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          Many mirrors also contain the ISO images necessary to
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          create a CDROM of a FreeBSD release.</p>
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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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        <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="CONTACTING">3 Contacting the
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        FreeBSD Project</a></h1>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN54">3.1 Email and Mailing
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          Lists</a></h2>
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          <p>For any questions or general technical support issues,
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          please send mail to the FreeBSD general questions mailing
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          list <tt class="EMAIL"><<a href=
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          "mailto:freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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          <p>If you are tracking the -STABLE development efforts,
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          you <span class="emphasis"><i class=
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          "EMPHASIS">must</i></span> join the FreeBSD-STABLE
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          mailing list <tt class="EMAIL"><<a href=
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          "mailto:freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>,
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          in order to keep abreast of recent developments and
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          changes that may affect the way you use and maintain the
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          system.</p>
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          <p>Being a largely-volunteer effort, the FreeBSD Project
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          is always happy to have extra hands willing to
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          help--there are already far more desired enhancements
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          than there is time to implement them. To contact the
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          developers on technical matters, or with offers of help,
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          please send mail to the FreeBSD technical discussions
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          mailing list <tt class="EMAIL"><<a href=
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          "mailto:freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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          <p>Please note that these mailing lists can experience
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          <span class="emphasis"><i class=
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          "EMPHASIS">significant</i></span> amounts of traffic. If
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          you have slow or expensive mail access, or are only
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          interested in keeping up with major FreeBSD events, you
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          may find it preferable to subscribe instead to the
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          FreeBSD announcements mailing list <tt class=
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          "EMAIL"><<a href=
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          "mailto:freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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          <p>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by
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          anyone wishing to do so. Send mail to <tt class=
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          "EMAIL"><<a href=
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          "mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>
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          and include the keyword <tt class="LITERAL">help</tt> on
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          a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message.
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          This will give you more information on joining the
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          various lists, accessing archives, etc. There are a
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          number of mailing lists targeted at special interest
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          groups not mentioned here; more information can be
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          obtained either through majordomo or the <a href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html#mailing-list"
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          target="_top">mailing lists section</a> of the FreeBSD
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          Web site.</p>
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          <div class="IMPORTANT">
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            <blockquote class="IMPORTANT">
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              <p><b>Important:</b> Do <span class="emphasis"><i
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              class="EMPHASIS">not</i></span> send email to the
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              lists asking to be subscribed. Use the <tt class=
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              "EMAIL"><<a href=
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              "mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>
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              address instead.</p>
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            </blockquote>
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          </div>
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        </div>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <hr>
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN74">3.2 Submitting Problem
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          Reports</a></h2>
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          <p>Suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are
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          always valued--please do not hesitate to report any
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          problems you may find. Bug reports with attached fixes
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          are of course even more welcome.</p>
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          <p>The preferred method to submit bug reports from a
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          machine with Internet mail connectivity is to use the <a
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          href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE">
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          <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class=
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          "REFENTRYTITLE">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a> command or
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          use the Web form at <a href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html" target=
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          "_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/send-pr.html</a>. ``Problem
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          Reports'' (PRs) submitted in this way will be filed and
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          their progress tracked; the FreeBSD developers will do
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          their best to respond to all reported bugs as soon as
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          possible. <a href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi" target=
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          "_top">A list of all active PRs</a> is available on the
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          FreeBSD Web site; this list is useful to see what
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          potential problems other users have encountered.</p>
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          <p>Note that <a href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE">
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          <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class=
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          "REFENTRYTITLE">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a> itself is a
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          shell script that should be easy to move even onto a
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          non-FreeBSD system. Using this interface is highly
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          preferred. If, for some reason, you are unable to use <a
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          href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE">
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          <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class=
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          "REFENTRYTITLE">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a> to submit a
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          bug report, you can try to send it to the FreeBSD problem
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          reports mailing list <tt class="EMAIL"><<a href=
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          "mailto:freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org</a>></tt>.</p>
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          <p>For more information, <a href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/"
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           target="_top">``Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports''</a>,
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          available on the FreeBSD Web site, has a number of
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          helpful hints on writing and submitting effective problem
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          reports.</p>
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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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        <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN95">4 Further
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        Reading</a></h1>
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        <p>There are many sources of information about FreeBSD;
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        some are included with this distribution, while others are
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        available on-line or in print versions.</p>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <hr>
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="RELEASE-DOCS">4.1 Release
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          Documentation</a></h2>
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          <p>A number of other files provide more specific
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          information about this release distribution. These files
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          are provided in various formats. Most distributions will
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          include both ASCII text (<tt class="FILENAME">.TXT</tt>)
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          and HTML (<tt class="FILENAME">.HTM</tt>) renditions.
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          Some distributions may also include other formats such as
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          PostScript (<tt class="FILENAME">.PS</tt>) or Portable
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          Document Format (<tt class="FILENAME">.PDF</tt>).</p>
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          <ul>
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            <li>
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              <p><tt class="FILENAME">README.TXT</tt>: This file,
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              which gives some general information about FreeBSD as
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              well as some cursory notes about obtaining a
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              distribution.</p>
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            </li>
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            <li>
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              <p><tt class="FILENAME">RELNOTES.TXT</tt>: The
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              release notes, showing what's new and different in
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              FreeBSD 4.6.2-RELEASE compared to the previous
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              release (FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE).</p>
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            </li>
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            <li>
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              <p><tt class="FILENAME">HARDWARE.TXT</tt>: The
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              hardware compatability list, showing devices with
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              which FreeBSD has been tested and is known to
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              work.</p>
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            </li>
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            <li>
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              <p><tt class="FILENAME">INSTALL.TXT</tt>:
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              Installation instructions for installing FreeBSD from
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              its distribution media.</p>
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            </li>
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            <li>
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              <p><tt class="FILENAME">ERRATA.TXT</tt>: Release
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              errata. Late-breaking, post-release information can
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              be found in this file, which is principally
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              applicable to releases (as opposed to snapshots). It
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              is important to consult this file before installing a
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              release of FreeBSD, as it contains the latest
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              information on problems which have been found and
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              fixed since the release was created.</p>
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            </li>
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          </ul>
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          <div class="NOTE">
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            <blockquote class="NOTE">
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              <p><b>Note:</b> Several of these documents (in
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              particular, <tt class="FILENAME">RELNOTES.TXT</tt>,
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              <tt class="FILENAME">HARDWARE.TXT</tt>, and <tt
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              class="FILENAME">INSTALL.TXT</tt>) contain
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              information that is specific to a particular hardware
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              architecture. For example, the alpha release notes
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              contain information not applicable to the i386, and
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              vice versa. The architecture for which each document
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              applies will be listed in that document's title.</p>
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            </blockquote>
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          </div>
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          <br>
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          <br>
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          <p>These documents are generally available via the
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          Documentation menu during installation. Once the system
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          is installed, you can revisit this menu by running the <a
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          href=
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          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE">
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          <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class=
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          "REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a>
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          utility.</p>
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          <div class="NOTE">
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            <blockquote class="NOTE">
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              <p><b>Note:</b> It is extremely important to read the
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              errata for any given release before installing it, to
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              learn about any ``late-breaking news'' or
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						|
              post-release problems. The errata file accompanying
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						|
              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.
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						|
              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>
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            </blockquote>
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          </div>
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        </div>
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        <div class="SECT2">
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          <hr>
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          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN135">4.2 Manual
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						|
          Pages</a></h2>
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						|
          <p>As with almost all UNIX-like operating systems,
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						|
          FreeBSD comes with a set of on-line manual pages,
 | 
						|
          accessed through the <a href=
 | 
						|
          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=man&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE">
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          <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class=
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						|
          "REFENTRYTITLE">man</span>(1)</span></a> command or
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						|
          through the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi"
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						|
          target="_top">hypertext manual pages gateway</a> on the
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						|
          FreeBSD Web site. In general, the manual pages provide
 | 
						|
          information on the different commands and APIs available
 | 
						|
          to the FreeBSD user.</p>
 | 
						|
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						|
          <p>In some cases, manual pages are written to given
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						|
          information on particular topics. Notable examples of
 | 
						|
          such manual pages are <a href=
 | 
						|
          "http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tuning&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD+4.6-RELEASE">
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						|
          <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class=
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						|
          "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+4.6-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+4.6-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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						|
          <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN152">4.3 Books and
 | 
						|
          Articles</a></h2>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
          <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.</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 UNIX heritage, many other
 | 
						|
          articles and books written for UNIX systems are
 | 
						|
          applicable as well, some of which are also listed in the
 | 
						|
          bibliography.</p>
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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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        <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN163">5
 | 
						|
        Acknowledgments</a></h1>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
        <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>
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						|
    </div>
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						|
    <hr>
 | 
						|
 | 
						|
    <p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related
 | 
						|
    documents, can be downloaded from <a href=
 | 
						|
    "ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases</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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