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ardware Documentation Guide: $FreeBSD$
Contents last changed: July 4th, 1996
Contents last changed: Jan 14th, 1997
Table of Contents
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@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ ahb0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 174x SCSI controller
ahc0 dyn dyn dyn dyn Adaptec 274x/284x/294x SCSI controller
aic0 340 11 dyn dyn Adaptec 152x/AIC-6360 SCSI
controller
amd0 n/a n/a n/a n/a Tekram DC-390(T) / AMD 53c974 PCI SCSI
nca0 1f88 10 dyn dyn ProAudioSpectrum cards
sea0 dyn 5 dyn c8000 Seagate ST01/02 8 bit controller
@ -266,7 +267,6 @@ meteor: Matrox Meteor frame-grabber card
mpu: Roland MPU-401 stand-alone card
mse: Logitech & ATI InPort bus mouse ports
mss: Microsoft Sound System
nic: Dr Neuhaus NICCY 3008, 3009 & 5000 ISDN cards
opl: Yamaha OPL-2 and OPL-3 FM - SB, SB Pro, SB 16, ProAudioSpectrum
pas: ProAudioSpectrum PCM and MIDI
pca: PCM audio ("/dev/audio") through your PC speaker

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QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR FREEBSD 2.2
QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR FREEBSD 2.x - 3.0
This manual documents the process of installing FreeBSD on your
machine. Please also see the Hardware Guide (HARDWARE.TXT, or

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-----------------------------------------
FreeBSD 2.2 --- BETA Version , ,
FreeBSD 3.0 --- SNAPSHOT Version , ,
----------------------------------------- /( )`
\ \___ / |
Welcome to the 2.2 BETA release of FreeBSD! /- _ `-/ '
This release precedes our first full 2.2 release, (/\/ \ \ /\
which is scheduled for an early January release. / / | ` \
Your testing of this BETA will greatly help to O O ) / |
ensure that 2.2-RELEASE is of the highest possible `-^--'`< '
quality, and it is much appreciated. (_.) _ ) /
Welcome to the latest 3.0 SNAPSHOT release of /- _ `-/ '
FreeBSD. This is the latest in an ongoing series (/\/ \ \ /\
of code snapshots provided as a service to the / / | ` \
FreeBSD development community. O O ) / |
`-^--'`< '
(_.) _ ) /
`.___/` /
`-----' /
Feedback or offers to help with anything <----. __ / __ \
@ -15,20 +15,23 @@ you see in this release are most welcome <----|====O)))==) \) /====
and should be sent to one of the approp- <----' `--' `.__,' \
riate mailing lists (see notes below). | |
\ / /\
Please also note that BETA releases, as much ______( (_ / \______/
Please note that SNAPSHOT releases, as much ______( (_ / \______/
as we enjoy seeing them tested in serious ,' ,-----' |
situations, are not recommended for production `--{__________)
environments!
situations, are NOT recommended for production `--{__________)
environments! They are first and foremost test
vehicles used by the project to periodically give testers or developers
access to the latest -current technology. They are not put through the
same quality assurance mechanisms that full releases are!
***** Final note: PLEASE also read the Hardware guide, which you will
find in the root directory of your distribution as HARDWARE.TXT. It
is also available in the Documentation submenu of the boot floppy, but
it's probably a good idea to read it before even getting that far. It
contains important checklist information on configuring your hardware
before starting the installation process. ****
before starting the installation process. ****
What is FreeBSD? FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite
for Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen "x86" based PC hardware. It works
with a very wide variety of PC peripherals and configurations and can

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RELEASE NOTES
FreeBSD Release 2.2-BETA
FreeBSD Release 3.0-SNAPSHOT
This is an BETA release of FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE and is aimed primarily
This is a SNAPSHOT release of FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT and is aimed primarily
at release testers. Some parts of the documentation may not be updated
yet and should be reported if and when seen. Naturally, any installation
failures or crashes should also be reported ASAP by sending mail to
bugs@freebsd.org or using the send-pr command (those preferring a WEB based
interface can also see http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html).
For information about the layout of the 2.2-BETA release directory,
For information about the layout of the 3.0-SNAPSHOT release directory,
see ABOUT.TXT. For general information about FreeBSD, see README.TXT.
For installation instructions, see the INSTALL.TXT and HARDWARE.TXT
files.
0. What's new since 2.1.X-RELEASE
0. What's new since 2.2.X-RELEASE
------------------------------------
Support for the SDL RISCom N2pci sync serial card.
Support for Cyclades Cyclom-Y (multi-port async serial) PCI adaptors
as well as multiple controllers and the 32-Y (if you are currently using
the Cyclades serial adapter, you should re-make your /dev entries and
remove the old ones).
Updated support for ethernet adaptors which use the DEC DC21X4X chipset.
Support for HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A)
The 3COM 3c590 / 3c595 drivers have improved considerably, and also
includes support for EISA and 3c90x devices now.
You need only change your kernel settings *once* now, on initial startup
from the floppy. They will be preserved on the subsequently installed
kernel.
Update to gcc 2.7.2.1 & add support for weak symbols.
Many things moved/brought into /usr/src/contrib, updating and
cleaning up the source tree accordingly.
Support for compiled-in shared library ld paths.
Update sgmlfmt to `instant'.
Protection against the widely reported SYN attack.
Support for SNMP-style interface MIBs, including full RFC
1650-compliant MIBs for the `de' (DEC 21x4x) and `ed' (SMC/WD/Novell)
drivers.
/stand/sysinstall moved even more towards a system management tool.
The syscons and psm drivers now have a new underlying shared keyboard
driver, eliminating many of the previously existing problems with
their mutual interaction.
2.2 is the first release that includes full CD-R support for the
Plasmon RF41xx, HP4020i, and Philips CDD2000 drives. The driver is
still under development (in particular to extend its usability for
other devices), but it has been proved to be stable by now.
Support for NFSv3 clients and servers went into the 2.2 sources
shortly after branching off the 2.0.5/2.1.X tree. There are also
other options available with NFS, like the ability to turn an NFSv2
server into asynchronous write mode (which is in violation of the
specs, but has precedents e.g. in SGI Irix).
The mount option `async' allows asynchronous metadata updates on UFS
file systems, something that is the default e.g. on Linux' ext2fs.
This speeds up many i-node intensive filesystem operations (like
rm -r) at the cost of an increased risk in case of a system crash.
The installation itself makes use of this feature, and could be
drastically accelerated by this. (A bindist-only installation from a
SCSI CD-ROM can now complete in less than 5 minutes on a fast
machine!)
The ATAPI CD-ROM support is now reported to work for quite an
impressive number of drives. In other words, all the drives that
basically adhere to the ATAPI standard are likely to work.
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primarily on software from U.C. Berkeley's CSRG group, with some
enhancements from NetBSD, 386BSD, and the Free Software Foundation.
Since our release of FreeBSD 2.0 almost 2 years ago, the performance,
Since our release of FreeBSD 2.0 over 2 years ago, the performance,
feature set and stability of FreeBSD has improved dramatically. The
largest change is a revamped VM system with a merged VM/file buffer
cache that not only increases performance but reduces FreeBSD's memory

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Welcome to the 2.1.5 (or 2.0.5) -> 2.2 upgrade procedure!
Welcome to the 2.x.x -> 3.0 upgrade procedure!
It must first be said that this upgrade DOES NOT take a particularly
sophisticated approach to the upgrade problem, it being more a
question of providing what seemed "good enough" at the time. A truly
polished upgrade that deals properly with the broad spectrum of
installed 2.0.5 / 2.1 systems would be nice to have, but until that
gets written what you get is this - the brute-force approach!
installed 2.0.5 / 2.1 / 2.2 systems would be nice to have, but until
that gets written what you get is this - the brute-force approach!
What this upgrade will attempt to do is best summarized thusly: