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| 1<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN" [ 2<!ENTITY % articles.ent PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook FreeBSD Articles Entity Set//EN"> 3%articles.ent; 4 5<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN"> 6%release; 7]> 8 9<article> 10 <articleinfo> 11 <title>&os; &release.current; README</title> 12 13 <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> 14 | 1<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//DTD DocBook V4.1-Based Extension//EN" [ 2<!ENTITY % articles.ent PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES DocBook FreeBSD Articles Entity Set//EN"> 3%articles.ent; 4 5<!ENTITY % release PUBLIC "-//FreeBSD//ENTITIES Release Specification//EN"> 6%release; 7]> 8 9<article> 10 <articleinfo> 11 <title>&os; &release.current; README</title> 12 13 <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor> 14 |
| 15 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml 166784 2007-02-16 04:07:31Z bmah $</pubdate> | 15 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml 171891 2007-08-18 17:11:14Z bmah $</pubdate> |
| 16 17 <copyright> 18 <year>2000</year> 19 <year>2001</year> 20 <year>2002</year> 21 <year>2003</year> 22 <year>2004</year> 23 <year>2005</year> 24 <year>2006</year> | 16 17 <copyright> 18 <year>2000</year> 19 <year>2001</year> 20 <year>2002</year> 21 <year>2003</year> 22 <year>2004</year> 23 <year>2005</year> 24 <year>2006</year> |
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| 25 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> 26 </copyright> 27 28 <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> 29 &tm-attrib.freebsd; 30 &tm-attrib.intel; 31 &tm-attrib.opengroup; 32 &tm-attrib.sparc; --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 47 48 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the 49 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para> 50 51 <sect2> 52 <title>About &os;</title> 53 54 <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for | 26 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation Project</holder> 27 </copyright> 28 29 <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks"> 30 &tm-attrib.freebsd; 31 &tm-attrib.intel; 32 &tm-attrib.opengroup; 33 &tm-attrib.sparc; --- 14 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 48 49 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the 50 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para> 51 52 <sect2> 53 <title>About &os;</title> 54 55 <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for |
| 55 DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha/AXP computers (alpha), 56 AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (amd64), 57 Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC hardware (i386), 58 Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64), 59 NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (pc98), 60 and &ultrasparc; machines (sparc64). Versions 61 for the &powerpc; (powerpc), and &mips; (mips) | 56 AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (&arch.amd64;), 57 Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC hardware (&arch.i386;), 58 Intel Itanium Processor based computers (&arch.ia64;), 59 NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles (&arch.pc98;), 60 and &ultrasparc; machines (&arch.sparc64;). Versions 61 for the &powerpc; (&arch.powerpc;), and &mips; (mips) |
| 62 architectures are currently under 63 development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of 64 peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything 65 from software development to games to Internet Service 66 Provision.</para> 67 68 <para>This release of &os; contains everything you need to run 69 such a system, including full source code for the kernel and --- 88 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 158 <title>CDROM and DVD</title> 159 160 <para>&os; -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD 161 from several publishers. This is frequently the most 162 convenient way to obtain &os; for new installations, as it 163 provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if 164 necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, 165 precompiled <quote>packages</quote> from the &os; Ports | 62 architectures are currently under 63 development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of 64 peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything 65 from software development to games to Internet Service 66 Provision.</para> 67 68 <para>This release of &os; contains everything you need to run 69 such a system, including full source code for the kernel and --- 88 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 158 <title>CDROM and DVD</title> 159 160 <para>&os; -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD 161 from several publishers. This is frequently the most 162 convenient way to obtain &os; for new installations, as it 163 provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if 164 necessary. Some distributions include some of the optional, 165 precompiled <quote>packages</quote> from the &os; Ports |
| 166 Collection. | 166 Collection, or other extra material.</para> |
| 167 168 <para>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the 169 project are listed in the <ulink 170 url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining 171 &os;</quote></ulink> appendix to the Handbook.</para> 172 </sect2> 173 174 <sect2> --- 15 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 190 191 <para>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact 192 <email>freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</email> for more details on 193 becoming an official mirror site. You can also find useful 194 information for mirror sites at the <ulink 195 URL="&url.articles.hubs;/">Mirroring 196 &os;</ulink> article.</para> 197 | 167 168 <para>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the 169 project are listed in the <ulink 170 url="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining 171 &os;</quote></ulink> appendix to the Handbook.</para> 172 </sect2> 173 174 <sect2> --- 15 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 190 191 <para>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact 192 <email>freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</email> for more details on 193 becoming an official mirror site. You can also find useful 194 information for mirror sites at the <ulink 195 URL="&url.articles.hubs;/">Mirroring 196 &os;</ulink> article.</para> 197 |
| 198 <para>Mirrors generally contain the floppy disk images necessary 199 to begin an installation, as well as the distribution files 200 needed for the install process itself. Many mirrors also 201 contain the ISO images necessary to create a CDROM of 202 a &os; release.</para> 203 | 198 <para>Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to 199 create a CDROM of a &os; release. They usually also contain 200 floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well as the 201 files necessary to do an installation over the network. 202 Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for 203 the most current release.</para> |
| 204 </sect2> 205 </sect1> 206 207 <sect1 id="contacting"> 208 <title>Contacting the &os; Project</title> 209 210 <sect2> 211 <title>Email and Mailing Lists</title> --- 79 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 291 <sect2 id="release-docs"> 292 <title>Release Documentation</title> 293 294 <para>A number of other files provide more specific information 295 about this &release.type; distribution. These files are 296 provided in various formats. Most distributions will include 297 both ASCII text (<filename>.TXT</filename>) and HTML 298 (<filename>.HTM</filename>) renditions. Some distributions | 204 </sect2> 205 </sect1> 206 207 <sect1 id="contacting"> 208 <title>Contacting the &os; Project</title> 209 210 <sect2> 211 <title>Email and Mailing Lists</title> --- 79 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 291 <sect2 id="release-docs"> 292 <title>Release Documentation</title> 293 294 <para>A number of other files provide more specific information 295 about this &release.type; distribution. These files are 296 provided in various formats. Most distributions will include 297 both ASCII text (<filename>.TXT</filename>) and HTML 298 (<filename>.HTM</filename>) renditions. Some distributions |
| 299 may also include other formats such as PostScript 300 (<filename>.PS</filename>) or Portable Document Format | 299 may also include other formats such as Portable Document Format |
| 301 (<filename>.PDF</filename>). 302 303 <itemizedlist> 304 <listitem> 305 <para><filename>README.TXT</filename>: This file, which 306 gives some general information about &os; as well as 307 some cursory notes about obtaining a 308 distribution.</para> --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 317 318 <listitem> 319 <para><filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>: The hardware 320 compatibility list, showing devices with which &os; has 321 been tested and is known to work.</para> 322 </listitem> 323 324 <listitem> | 300 (<filename>.PDF</filename>). 301 302 <itemizedlist> 303 <listitem> 304 <para><filename>README.TXT</filename>: This file, which 305 gives some general information about &os; as well as 306 some cursory notes about obtaining a 307 distribution.</para> --- 8 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 316 317 <listitem> 318 <para><filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>: The hardware 319 compatibility list, showing devices with which &os; has 320 been tested and is known to work.</para> 321 </listitem> 322 323 <listitem> |
| 325 <para><filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename>: Installation 326 instructions for installing &os; from its distribution 327 media.</para> 328 </listitem> 329 330 <listitem> | |
| 331 <para><filename>ERRATA.TXT</filename>: Release errata. 332 Late-breaking, post-release information can be found in 333 this file, which is principally applicable to releases 334 (as opposed to snapshots). It is important to consult 335 this file before installing a release of &os;, as it 336 contains the latest information on problems which have 337 been found and fixed since the release was 338 created.</para> 339 </listitem> 340 </itemizedlist> | 324 <para><filename>ERRATA.TXT</filename>: Release errata. 325 Late-breaking, post-release information can be found in 326 this file, which is principally applicable to releases 327 (as opposed to snapshots). It is important to consult 328 this file before installing a release of &os;, as it 329 contains the latest information on problems which have 330 been found and fixed since the release was 331 created.</para> 332 </listitem> 333 </itemizedlist> |
| 341 342 <note> 343 <para>There are various versions of 344 <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename>, each containing information 345 specific to a particular hardware architecture. 346 The architecture 347 to which each document applies will be listed in that 348 document's title.</para> 349 </note> 350 | |
| 351 </para> 352 353 <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently | 334 </para> 335 336 <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently |
| 354 alpha, &i386;, ia64, pc98, and &sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the | 337 &arch.amd64;, &arch.i386;, &arch.ia64;, &arch.pc98;, and &arch.sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the |
| 355 Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is 356 installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the 357 &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para> 358 359 <note> 360 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any 361 given release before installing it, to learn about any 362 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems. --- 35 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 398 Questions document). On-line versions of the <ulink 399 url="&url.books.handbook;/">Handbook</ulink> 400 and <ulink 401 url="&url.books.faq;/">FAQ</ulink> 402 are always available from the <ulink 403 url="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation 404 page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the 405 <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web | 338 Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is 339 installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the 340 &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para> 341 342 <note> 343 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any 344 given release before installing it, to learn about any 345 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems. --- 35 unchanged lines hidden (view full) --- 381 Questions document). On-line versions of the <ulink 382 url="&url.books.handbook;/">Handbook</ulink> 383 and <ulink 384 url="&url.books.faq;/">FAQ</ulink> 385 are always available from the <ulink 386 url="&url.base;/docs.html">&os; Documentation 387 page</ulink> or its mirrors. If you install the 388 <filename>doc</filename> distribution set, you can use a Web |
| 406 browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally.</para> | 389 browser to read the Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular, 390 note that the Handbook contains a step-by-step guide to 391 installing &os;.</para> |
| 407 408 <para>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by 409 the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics. 410 This material spans a wide range of topics, from effective use 411 of the mailing lists, to dual-booting &os; with other 412 operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the 413 Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os; 414 Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename> --- 38 unchanged lines hidden --- | 392 393 <para>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by 394 the &os; Project, cover more-specialized, &os;-related topics. 395 This material spans a wide range of topics, from effective use 396 of the mailing lists, to dual-booting &os; with other 397 operating systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the 398 Handbook and FAQ, these documents are available from the &os; 399 Documentation Page or in the <filename>doc</filename> --- 38 unchanged lines hidden --- |