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&header;
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<h2>On this site</h2>
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<p>All the documentation on this site can be downloaded in a variety of
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different formats (HTML, Postscript, PDF, and more) and compression
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schemes (BZip2, Zip) from the <a
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href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/doc/">FreeBSD FTP site</a>.</p>
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<p>This documentation is provided and maintained by the <a
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href="&base;/docproj/docproj.html">FreeBSD Documentation Project</a>, and we are
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always looking for people to contribute new documentation and maintain
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existing documentation.</p>
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<h3>Books</h3>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/faq/index.html">The FreeBSD FAQ</a>
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(faq)<br>
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Frequently Asked Questions, and answers, covering all
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aspects of FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/handbook/index.html">The FreeBSD Handbook</a>
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(handbook)<br>
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A constantly evolving, comprehensive resource for FreeBSD
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users.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/developers-handbook/index.html">The
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FreeBSD Developer's Handbook</a> (developers-handbook)<br>
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For people who want to develop software for FreeBSD (and not
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just people who are developing FreeBSD itself).</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/arch-handbook/index.html">The
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FreeBSD Architecture Handbook</a> (arch-handbook)<br>
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For FreeBSD system developers. This book covers the
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architectural details of many important FreeBSD kernel
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subsystems.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/porters-handbook/index.html">The Porter's
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Handbook</a> (porters-handbook)<br>
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Essential reading if you plan on providing a port of a third
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party piece of software.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/pmake/index.html">The PMake Tutorial</a>
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(pmake)<br>
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A tutorial for the <em>make</em> utility. This book is essential
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reading for anyone who wants to understand all the details of using
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<em>make</em> of reading and writing makefiles.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/design-44bsd/index.html">Chapter 2
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of "The Design and Implementation of the 4.4BSD Operating
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System"</a> (design-44bsd)<br>
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Donated by Addison-Wesley, provides a design overview of 4.4BSD,
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from which FreeBSD was originally derived.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/corp-net-guide/index.html">Chapter
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8 of "The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide"</a>
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(corp-net-guide)<br>
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Donated by Addison-Wesley, provides an in-depth look at using
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FreeBSD to provide printing services to Windows, NT, and Novell
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hosts.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.books;/fdp-primer/index.html">The FreeBSD
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Documentation Project Primer for New Contributors</a>
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(fdp-primer)<br>
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Everything you need to know in order to start contributing to the
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FreeBSD Documentation Project.</p>
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<h3>Articles</h3>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/5-roadmap/index.html">The
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Roadmap for 5-STABLE</a> (5-roadmap)<br>
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Describes medium-term development and release engineering
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plans leading to the 5-STABLE branch point.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/casestudy-argentina.com/index.html">Argentina.com : A Case Study</a> (casestudy-argentina.com)<br>
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How FreeBSD helped a large ISP in Latin America.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/checkpoint/index.html">Integration
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of Checkpoint VPN-1/Firewall-1 and FreeBSD IPsec</a>
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(checkpoint)<br>
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How to configure Checkpoint VPN-1/Firewall-1 and FreeBSD
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IPsec.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/committers-guide/index.html">The
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Committer's Guide</a> (committers-guide)<br>
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Introductory information for FreeBSD committers.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/console-server/index.html">Console
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Server Tutorial</a> (console-server)<br>
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How to setup a FreeBSD based console server with a cheap
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multi-port serial card.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/contributing/index.html">Contributing
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to FreeBSD</a> (contributing)<br>
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How to contribute to the FreeBSD Project.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/contributing-ports/index.html">
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Contributing to the FreeBSD Ports Collection</a>
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(contributing-ports)<br>
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How to help maintain the FreeBSD Ports Collection.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/contributors/index.html">The
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List of FreeBSD Contributors</a> (contributors)<br>
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A list of organizations and individuals who have helped
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enhance FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/cvs-freebsd/index.html">Setting up a
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CVS repository - The FreeBSD way</a> (cvs-freebsd)<br>
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How to set up a CVS repository that uses the same CVSROOT
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infrastructure as the FreeBSD project.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/cvsup-advanced/index.html">CVSup
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Advanced Points</a> (cvsup-advanced)<br>
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An article with some tips about the subtleties of
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CVSup.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/dialup-firewall/index.html">Dialup
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firewalling with FreeBSD</a> (dialup-firewall)<br>
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How to set up a firewall using PPP and ipfw over a dialup link
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with dynamically assigned IP addresses.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/diskless-x/index.html">Creating
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a diskless X server</a> (diskless-x)<br>
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How to create a diskless X server.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/euro/article.html">The Euro symbol
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on FreeBSD</a> (euro)<br>
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How to configure FreeBSD and related applications to display the
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Euro symbol.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/explaining-bsd/index.html">Explaining
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BSD</a> (explaining-bsd)<br>
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An answer to the question ``What is BSD?''</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/fbsd-from-scratch/index.html">FreeBSD
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From Scratch</a> (fbsd-from-scratch)<br>
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How to automatically compile, install and configure a system from
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scratch (i.e. to an empty file system), including your favorite
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ports.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/filtering-bridges/index.html">Filtering
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Bridges</a> (filtering-bridges)<br>
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Configuring firewalls and filtering on FreeBSD hosts acting as
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bridges rather than routers.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/fonts/index.html">Fonts and
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FreeBSD</a> (fonts)<br>
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A description of the various font technologies in FreeBSD, and
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how to use them with different programs.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/formatting-media/index.html">Formatting
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media on FreeBSD</a> (formatting-media)<br>
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How to slice, partition, and format fixed and removable media on
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FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/freebsd-questions/index.html">How
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to get the best results from the FreeBSD-questions mailing list</a>
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(freebsd-questions)<br>
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Tips and tricks to help you maximize the chances of getting
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useful information from the -questions mailing list.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/hats/index.html">Working with Hats</a>
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(hats)<br>
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A committer's guide to working with ``hats'' (other
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committers with authority over specific areas of
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FreeBSD).</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/hubs/index.html">Mirroring FreeBSD</a>
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(hubs)
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<br>The all in one guide for mirroring the FreeBSD website,
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CVSup servers, FTP servers, and more.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/ipsec-must/index.html">Independent
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Verification of IPsec Functionality in FreeBSD</a>
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(ipsec-must)<br>
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A method for experimentally verifying IPsec
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functionality.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/java-tomcat/index.html">Java, and
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Jakarta Tomcat</a> (java-tomcat)<br>
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Information on setting up Java and Jakarta Tomcat on a FreeBSD
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system.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/laptop/article.html">FreeBSD on Laptops</a>
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(laptop)<br>
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Information about running FreeBSD on a laptop.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/linux-comparison/article.html">FreeBSD: An Open Source Alternative to Linux</a>
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(linux-comparison)<br>
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A white paper explaining the differences between Linux
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and FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/mailing-list-faq/article.html">Frequently
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Asked Questions About The FreeBSD Mailing Lists</a>
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(mailing-list-faq)<br>
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How to best use the mailing lists, such as how to help
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avoid frequently-repeated discussions.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/mh/index.html">An MH Primer</a>
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(mh)<br>
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An introduction to using the MH mail reader on
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FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/multi-os/index.html">Using
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FreeBSD with other operating systems</a> (multi-os)<br>
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How to install FreeBSD alongside one or more different operating
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systems on the same computer.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/new-users/index.html">FreeBSD
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First Steps</a> (new-users)<br>
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For people coming to FreeBSD and &unix; for the first
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time.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/pam/index.html">Pluggable
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Authentication Modules</a> (pam)<br>
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A guide to the PAM system and modules under
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FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/portbuild/index.html">Package
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building procedures</a> (portbuild)<br>
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Describes the approach used by the FreeBSD port
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manager team to regularly build ports into packages.
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It describes the portbuild cluster, as well as the tools
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needed to do incremental, experimental, and official release
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package builds.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/pr-guidelines/index.html">FreeBSD
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Problem Report Handling Guidelines</a> (pr-guidelines)<br>
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Recommended practices for handling FreeBSD problem
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reports.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/problem-reports/index.html">Writing
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FreeBSD Problem Reports</a> (problem-reports)<br>
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How to best formulate and submit a problem report to the
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FreeBSD Project.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/pxe/index.html">PXE booting
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FreeBSD</a> (pxe)<br>
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How to create an Intel PXE server using FreeBSD, and how to
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configure a FreeBSD client to boot from a PXE server.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/relaydelay/article.html">FreeBSD as
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a greylist mail server</a> (relaydelay)<br>
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Implementing a greylist mail server on FreeBSD
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using Sendmail, MySQL, Perl and the relaydelay
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software. This is an excellent method to use in the
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fight against spam.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/releng/index.html">FreeBSD
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Release Engineering</a> (releng)<br>
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Describes the approach used by the FreeBSD release
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engineering team to make production quality releases of the
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FreeBSD Operating System. It describes the tools available
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for those interested in producing customized FreeBSD releases
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for corporate rollouts or commercial productization.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/releng-packages/index.html">FreeBSD
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Release Engineering for Third Party Packages</a>
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(releng-packages)<br>
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Describes the approach used by the FreeBSD
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release engineering team to produce a high quality package set
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suitable for official FreeBSD release media. This document is
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a work in progress, but eventually it will cover the process
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used to build a clean package set on the FreeBSD.org "Ports
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Cluster", how to configure any other set of machines as a
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ports cluster, how to split up the packages for the release
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media, and how to verify that a package set is
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consistent.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/serial-uart/index.html">Serial
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and UART devices</a> (serial-uart)<br>
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Detailed information about the use of serial ports on FreeBSD,
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including several multi-port serial cards.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/solid-state/index.html">FreeBSD
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and Solid State Devices</a> (solid-state)<br>
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The use of solid state disk devices in FreeBSD.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/storage-devices/index.html">Storage Devices</a>
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(storage-devices)<br>
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Detailed information about using storage devices with FreeBSD,
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including ESDI disks, and SCSI disks, tape drives, and CDROM
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drives.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/version-guide/index.html">Choosing the
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FreeBSD Version That Is Right For You</a> (version-guide)<br>
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How to decide which version of FreeBSD is right for your
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needs. Topics include the releases, branches, the difference
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between -CURRENT and -STABLE, and the current scheduling goals
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of the project.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/vinum/index.html">Bootstrapping
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Vinum: A Foundation for Reliable Servers</a> (vinum)<br>
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A gentle introduction to failure-resilient servers and
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step-by-step instructions for building one with Vinum.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/vm-design/index.html">Design
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elements of the FreeBSD VM system</a> (vm-design)<br>
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An easy to follow description of the design of the FreeBSD
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virtual memory system.</p>
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<p><a href="&url.articles;/zip-drive/index.html">Zip-drives
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and FreeBSD</a> (zip-drive)<br>
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How to format, mount, and use an Iomega Zip (SCSI, IDE, or
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parallel) Drive on FreeBSD.</p>
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<h2>On other web sites</h2>
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<p>Various independent efforts have also produced a great deal of useful
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information about FreeBSD.</p>
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<h3>Books</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.vmunix.com/fbsd-book/">A Comprehensive Guide
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to FreeBSD</a> - an attempt at a more readable, "book-like"
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tutorial explaining the FreeBSD Operating System. Intended for
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people new to both FreeBSD and UNIX. Currently a work in
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progress.</p>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<h3>Articles</h3>
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<ul>
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<li>
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<p>Niels Jorgensen has authored an academic study on the
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dynamics of the FreeBSD development process: <a
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href="http://www.ruc.dk/~nielsj/research/papers/freebsd.pdf">
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``Putting it All in the Trunk, Incremental Software
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Development in the FreeBSD Open Source Project''</a>
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[Information Systems Journal (2001) 11, 321-336].</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.computerbits.com/">Computer Bits</a>, an
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Internet online magazine, has, since March 1996, been running an
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excellent series of FreeBSD related articles in their column titled
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<strong>The Network Community</strong>, by
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<a href="mailto:tedm@agora.rdrop.com">Ted Mittelstaedt</a>.</p>
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<p>Some of the more popular articles include: <em><a
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href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1996/0300/lan9603.html">
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Setting up a FreeBSD-based mail server</a></em>, <em><a
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href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1997/0800/lan9708.html">
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Network Address Translation</a></em>, and <em><a
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href="http://www.computerbits.com/archive/1996/1100/lan9611.html">
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Building a fax server</a></em>.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="mailto:mckusick@mckusick.com">Kirk McKusick</a>, one
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of the original architects of BSD at U.C. Berkeley, teaches two <a
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href="http://www.mckusick.com/courses/">4.4BSD Kernel
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Internals</a> courses using FreeBSD. For those unable to attend
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the courses in person, a video tape series is also now
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available.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://flag.blackened.net/freebsd/">FreeBSD How-To's for
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the Lazy and Hopeless</a> is another somewhat more light-hearted
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attempt to provide more readable "how-to" style information on
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setting up and configuring FreeBSD.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+FreeBSD.html">The
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Linux+FreeBSD mini-HOWTO</a> describes how to use
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Linux and FreeBSD on the same system. It introduces FreeBSD and
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discusses how the two operating systems can cooperate, e.g. by
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sharing swap space.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.nber.org/amd.html">Getting started with AMD on
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FreeBSD</a></p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><em>FreeBSD Installation Details for Newbies</em>. This
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document has been imported into <a
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href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install.html">The
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FreeBSD Handbook</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200010/blueprints.html">Dynamic
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Kernel Linker (KLD) Facility Programming Tutorial</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.daemonnews.org/200007/newbus-intro.html">How to
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Write Kernel Drivers with Newbus</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><em>Writing an ISA device driver</em>. This document has been
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imported into <a
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href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook">The
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Developers Handbook</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><em>FreeBSD Assembly Language Programming Tutorial</em>. This
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document has been imported into <a
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href="doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook">The
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Developers Handbook</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://www.cfcl.com/rdm/split_DNS.html">Setting up
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Split DNS on FreeBSD</a></p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p><a href="http://people.FreeBSD.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html">The
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SMP support page</a> contains information on the SMP support
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in FreeBSD 4.X and earlier.</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>Appendix A from the college textbook
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<i>Operating Systems Concepts</i> by Silberschatz, Galvin and
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Gagne has been made available online in
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<a href="http://www.wiley.com/college/silberschatz6e/0471417432/pdf/bsd.pdf">PDF format</a>.
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The appendix is dedicated to FreeBSD and offers a good
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