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16 <title>&os; &release.current; README</title>
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18 <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor>
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18 <title>&os; &release.current; README</title>
19
20 <corpauthor>The &os; Project</corpauthor>
21
20 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml 114787 2003-05-06 20:01:07Z bmah $</pubdate>
22 <pubdate>$FreeBSD: head/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml 119884 2003-09-08 14:53:02Z simon $</pubdate>
21
22 <copyright>
23 <year>2000</year>
24 <year>2001</year>
25 <year>2002</year>
26 <year>2003</year>
27 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder>
28 </copyright>
23
24 <copyright>
25 <year>2000</year>
26 <year>2001</year>
27 <year>2002</year>
28 <year>2003</year>
29 <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The FreeBSD Documentation Project</holder>
30 </copyright>
31
32 <legalnotice id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
33 &tm-attrib.freebsd;
34 &tm-attrib.intel;
35 &tm-attrib.opengroup;
36 &tm-attrib.sparc;
37 &tm-attrib.general;
38 </legalnotice>
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31 <abstract>
32 <para>This document gives a brief introduction to &os;
33 &release.current;. It includes some information on how to
34 obtain &os;, a listing of various ways to contact the &os;
35 Project, and pointers to some other sources of
36 information.</para>

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42 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the
43 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para>
44
45 <sect2>
46 <title>About &os;</title>
47
48 <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for
49 Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC
39 </articleinfo>
40
41 <abstract>
42 <para>This document gives a brief introduction to &os;
43 &release.current;. It includes some information on how to
44 obtain &os;, a listing of various ways to contact the &os;
45 Project, and pointers to some other sources of
46 information.</para>

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52 <para>This distribution is a &release.type; of &os; &release.current;, the
53 latest point along the &release.branch; branch.</para>
54
55 <sect2>
56 <title>About &os;</title>
57
58 <para>&os; is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for
59 Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen <quote>x86</quote> based PC
50 hardware (i386), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles
60 hardware (&i386;), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles
51 (pc98), DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha computers (alpha),
61 (pc98), DEC/Compaq/HP Alpha computers (alpha),
52 and UltraSPARC machines (sparc64). Versions
53 for the IA64 (ia64), PowerPC (powerpc), and AMD
62 and &ultrasparc; machines (&sparc64;). Versions
63 for the IA64 (ia64), &powerpc; (&powerpc;), and AMD
54 <quote>Hammer</quote> (amd64) architectures are currently under
55 development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of
56 peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything
57 from software development to games to Internet Service
58 Provision.</para>
59
60 <para>This release of &os; contains everything you need to run
61 such a system, including full source code for the kernel and

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318
319 <note>
320 <para>Several of these documents (in particular,
321 <filename>RELNOTES.TXT</filename>,
322 <filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>, and
323 <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename>) contain information that
324 is specific to a particular hardware architecture. For
325 example, the alpha release notes contain information not
64 <quote>Hammer</quote> (amd64) architectures are currently under
65 development as well. &os; works with a wide variety of
66 peripherals and configurations and can be used for everything
67 from software development to games to Internet Service
68 Provision.</para>
69
70 <para>This release of &os; contains everything you need to run
71 such a system, including full source code for the kernel and

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328
329 <note>
330 <para>Several of these documents (in particular,
331 <filename>RELNOTES.TXT</filename>,
332 <filename>HARDWARE.TXT</filename>, and
333 <filename>INSTALL.TXT</filename>) contain information that
334 is specific to a particular hardware architecture. For
335 example, the alpha release notes contain information not
326 applicable to the i386, and vice versa. The architecture
336 applicable to the &i386;, and vice versa. The architecture
327 for which each document applies will be listed in that
328 document's title.</para>
329 </note>
330
331 </para>
332
333 <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently
337 for which each document applies will be listed in that
338 document's title.</para>
339 </note>
340
341 </para>
342
343 <para>On platforms that support &man.sysinstall.8; (currently
334 alpha, i386, ia64, pc98, and sparc64), these documents are generally available via the
344 alpha, &i386;, ia64, pc98, and &sparc64;), these documents are generally available via the
335 Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
336 installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the
337 &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
338
339 <note>
340 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any
341 given release before installing it, to learn about any
342 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems.

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349 well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this
350 location).</para>
351 </note>
352 </sect2>
353
354 <sect2>
355 <title>Manual Pages</title>
356
345 Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
346 installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the
347 &man.sysinstall.8; utility.</para>
348
349 <note>
350 <para>It is extremely important to read the errata for any
351 given release before installing it, to learn about any
352 <quote>late-breaking news</quote> or post-release problems.

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359 well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this
360 location).</para>
361 </note>
362 </sect2>
363
364 <sect2>
365 <title>Manual Pages</title>
366
357 <para>As with almost all &unix;-like operating systems, &os; comes
367 <para>As with almost all &unix; like operating systems, &os; comes
358 with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the
359 &man.man.1; command or through the <ulink
360 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext manual
361 pages gateway</ulink> on the &os; Web site. In general, the
362 manual pages provide information on the different commands and
363 APIs available to the &os; user.</para>
364
365 <para>In some cases, manual pages are written to give

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368 with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the
369 &man.man.1; command or through the <ulink
370 url="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi">hypertext manual
371 pages gateway</ulink> on the &os; Web site. In general, the
372 manual pages provide information on the different commands and
373 APIs available to the &os; user.</para>
374
375 <para>In some cases, manual pages are written to give

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