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| | 3 | <div class="ARTICLE"> |
| | 4 | <div class="TITLEPAGE"> |
| | 5 | <h1 class="TITLE"><a id="AEN2" name="AEN2">FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT README</a></h1> |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | <h3 class="CORPAUTHOR">The FreeBSD Project</h3> |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | <p class="COPYRIGHT">Copyright © 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, |
| | 10 | 2008 The FreeBSD Documentation Project</p> |
| | 11 | |
| | 12 | <p class="PUBDATE">$FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml,v |
| | 13 | 1.41.2.1.2.1 2009/10/25 01:10:29 kensmith Exp $<br /> |
| | 14 | </p> |
| | 15 | |
| | 16 | <div class="LEGALNOTICE"><a id="TRADEMARKS" name="TRADEMARKS"></a> |
| | 17 | <p>FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.</p> |
| | 18 | |
| | 19 | <p>Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or |
| | 20 | registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and |
| | 21 | other countries.</p> |
| | 22 | |
| | 23 | <p>Motif, OSF/1, and UNIX are registered trademarks and IT DialTone and The Open Group |
| | 24 | are trademarks of The Open Group in the United States and other countries.</p> |
| | 25 | |
| | 26 | <p>Sparc, Sparc64, SPARCEngine, and UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc |
| | 27 | in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based |
| | 28 | upon architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.</p> |
| | 29 | |
| | 30 | <p>Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their |
| | 31 | products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and |
| | 32 | the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed |
| | 33 | by the “™” or the “®” symbol.</p> |
| | 34 | </div> |
| | 35 | |
| | 36 | <hr /> |
| | 37 | </div> |
| | 38 | |
| | 39 | <blockquote class="ABSTRACT"> |
| | 40 | <div class="ABSTRACT"><a id="AEN25" name="AEN25"></a> |
| | 41 | <p>This document gives a brief introduction to FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT. It includes some |
| | 42 | information on how to obtain FreeBSD, a listing of various ways to contact the FreeBSD |
| | 43 | Project, and pointers to some other sources of information.</p> |
| | 44 | </div> |
| | 45 | </blockquote> |
| | 46 | |
| | 47 | <div class="SECT1"> |
| | 48 | <hr /> |
| | 49 | <h2 class="SECT1"><a id="INTRO" name="INTRO">1 Introduction</a></h2> |
| | 50 | |
| | 51 | <p>This distribution is a snapshot of FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT, the latest point along the |
| | 52 | 8-CURRENT branch.</p> |
| | 53 | |
| | 54 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 55 | <hr /> |
| | 56 | |
| | 57 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN30" name="AEN30">1.1 About FreeBSD</a></h3> |
| | 58 | |
| | 59 | <p>FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for AMD64 and Intel EM64T based |
| | 60 | PC hardware (amd64), Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen “x86” based PC hardware |
| | 61 | (i386), Intel Itanium Processor based computers (ia64), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and |
| | 62 | compatibles (pc98), and <span class="TRADEMARK">UltraSPARC</span>® machines |
| | 63 | (sparc64). Versions for the <span class="TRADEMARK">ARM</span>® (arm), <span |
| | 64 | class="TRADEMARK">MIPS</span>® (mips), and <span |
| | 65 | class="TRADEMARK">PowerPC</span>® (powerpc) architectures are currently under |
| | 66 | development as well. FreeBSD works with a wide variety of peripherals and configurations |
| | 67 | and can be used for everything from software development to games to Internet Service |
| | 68 | Provision.</p> |
| | 69 | |
| | 70 | <p>This release of FreeBSD contains everything you need to run such a system, including |
| | 71 | full source code for the kernel and all utilities in the base distribution. With the |
| | 72 | source distribution installed, you can literally recompile the entire system from scratch |
| | 73 | with one command, making it ideal for students, researchers, or users who simply want to |
| | 74 | see how it all works.</p> |
| | 75 | |
| | 76 | <p>A large collection of third-party ported software (the “Ports Collection”) |
| | 77 | is also provided to make it easy to obtain and install all your favorite traditional |
| | 78 | <span class="TRADEMARK">UNIX</span>® utilities for FreeBSD. Each “port” |
| | 79 | consists of a set of scripts to retrieve, configure, build, and install a piece of |
| | 80 | software, with a single command. Over 20,000 ports, from editors to programming languages |
| | 81 | to graphical applications, make FreeBSD a powerful and comprehensive operating |
| | 82 | environment that extends far beyond what's provided by many commercial versions of <span |
| | 83 | class="TRADEMARK">UNIX</span>. Most ports are also available as pre-compiled |
| | 84 | “packages”, which can be quickly installed from the installation program.</p> |
| | 85 | |
| | 86 | </div> |
| | 87 | |
| | 88 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 89 | <hr /> |
| | 90 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN45" name="AEN45">1.2 Target Audience</a></h3> |
| | 91 | |
| | 92 | <p>This snapshot is aimed primarily at early adopters and various other users who want to |
| | 93 | get involved with the ongoing development of FreeBSD. While the FreeBSD development team |
| | 94 | tries its best to ensure that each snapshot works as advertised, 8-CURRENT is very much a |
| | 95 | work-in-progress.</p> |
| | 96 | |
| | 97 | <p>The basic requirements for using this snapshot are technical proficiency with FreeBSD |
| | 98 | and an understanding of the ongoing development process of FreeBSD 8-CURRENT (as |
| | 99 | discussed on the <a href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current" |
| | 100 | target="_top">FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing list</a>).</p> |
| | 101 | |
| | 102 | <p>For those more interested in doing business with FreeBSD than in experimenting with |
| | 103 | new FreeBSD technology, formal releases (such as 7.0-RELEASE) are frequently more |
| | 104 | appropriate. Releases undergo a period of testing and quality assurance checking to |
| | 105 | ensure high reliability and dependability.</p> |
| | 106 | |
| | 107 | </div> |
| | 108 | </div> |
| | 109 | |
| | 110 | <div class="SECT1"> |
| | 111 | <hr /> |
| | 112 | <h2 class="SECT1"><a id="OBTAIN" name="OBTAIN">2 Obtaining FreeBSD</a></h2> |
| | 113 | |
| | 114 | <p>FreeBSD may be obtained in a variety of ways. This section focuses on those ways that |
| | 115 | are primarily useful for obtaining a complete FreeBSD distribution, rather than updating |
| | 116 | an existing installation.</p> |
| | 117 | |
| | 118 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 119 | <hr /> |
| | 120 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN54" name="AEN54">2.1 CDROM and DVD</a></h3> |
| | 121 | |
| | 122 | <p>FreeBSD -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD from several publishers. |
| | 123 | This is frequently the most convenient way to obtain FreeBSD for new installations, as it |
| | 124 | provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if necessary. Some |
| | 125 | distributions include some of the optional, precompiled “packages” from the |
| | 126 | FreeBSD Ports Collection, or other extra material.</p> |
| | 127 | |
| | 128 | <p>A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the project are listed in the <a |
| | 129 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors.html" |
| | 130 | target="_top">“Obtaining FreeBSD”</a> appendix to the Handbook.</p> |
| | 131 | </div> |
| | 132 | |
| | 133 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 134 | <hr /> |
| | 135 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN61" name="AEN61">2.2 FTP</a></h3> |
| | 136 | |
| | 137 | <p>You can use FTP to retrieve FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from <a |
| | 138 | href="ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/</a>, which is the |
| | 139 | official FreeBSD release site, or any of its “mirrors”.</p> |
| | 140 | |
| | 141 | <p>Lists of locations that mirror FreeBSD can be found in the <a |
| | 142 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/mirrors-ftp.html" |
| | 143 | target="_top">FTP Sites</a> section of the Handbook, or on the <a |
| | 144 | href="http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/" target="_top">http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/</a> |
| | 145 | Web pages. Finding a close (in networking terms) mirror from which to download the |
| | 146 | distribution is highly recommended.</p> |
| | 147 | |
| | 148 | <p>Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact <code class="EMAIL"><<a |
| | 149 | href="mailto:freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org">freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org</a>></code> for |
| | 150 | more details on becoming an official mirror site. You can also find useful information |
| | 151 | for mirror sites at the <a |
| | 152 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/hubs/" target="_top">Mirroring |
| | 153 | FreeBSD</a> article.</p> |
| | 154 | |
| | 155 | <p>Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to create a CDROM of a FreeBSD |
| | 156 | release. They usually also contain floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well |
| | 157 | as the files necessary to do an installation over the network. Finally mirrors sites |
| | 158 | usually contain a set of packages for the most current release.</p> |
| | 159 | </div> |
| | 160 | </div> |
| | 161 | |
| | 162 | <div class="SECT1"> |
| | 163 | <hr /> |
| | 164 | <h2 class="SECT1"><a id="CONTACTING" name="CONTACTING">3 Contacting the FreeBSD |
| | 165 | Project</a></h2> |
| | 166 | |
| | 167 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 168 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN75" name="AEN75">3.1 Email and Mailing Lists</a></h3> |
| | 169 | |
| | 170 | <p>For any questions or general technical support issues, please send mail to the <a |
| | 171 | href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions" target="_top">FreeBSD |
| | 172 | general questions mailing list</a>.</p> |
| | 173 | |
| | 174 | <p>If you're tracking the 8-CURRENT development efforts, you <span class="emphasis"><i |
| | 175 | class="EMPHASIS">must</i></span> join the <a |
| | 176 | href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-current" |
| | 177 | target="_top">FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing list</a>, in order to keep abreast of recent |
| | 178 | developments and changes that may affect the way you use and maintain the system.</p> |
| | 179 | |
| | 180 | <p>Being a largely-volunteer effort, the FreeBSD Project is always happy to have extra |
| | 181 | hands willing to help--there are already far more desired enhancements than there is time |
| | 182 | to implement them. To contact the developers on technical matters, or with offers of |
| | 183 | help, please send mail to the <a |
| | 184 | href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers" target="_top">FreeBSD |
| | 185 | technical discussions mailing list</a>.</p> |
| | 186 | |
| | 187 | <p>Please note that these mailing lists can experience <span class="emphasis"><i |
| | 188 | class="EMPHASIS">significant</i></span> amounts of traffic. If you have slow or expensive |
| | 189 | mail access, or are only interested in keeping up with major FreeBSD events, you may find |
| | 190 | it preferable to subscribe instead to the <a |
| | 191 | href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-announce" target="_top">FreeBSD |
| | 192 | announcements mailing list</a>.</p> |
| | 193 | |
| | 194 | <p>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone wishing to do so. Visit the <a |
| | 195 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo" target="_top">FreeBSD Mailman Info |
| | 196 | Page</a>. This will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing |
| | 197 | archives, etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at special interest groups |
| | 198 | not mentioned here; more information can be obtained either from the Mailman pages or the |
| | 199 | <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/support.html#mailing-list" target="_top">mailing lists |
| | 200 | section</a> of the FreeBSD Web site.</p> |
| | 201 | |
| | 202 | <div class="IMPORTANT"> |
| | 203 | <blockquote class="IMPORTANT"> |
| | 204 | <p><b>Important:</b> Do <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">not</i></span> send |
| | 205 | email to the lists asking to be subscribed. Use the Mailman interface instead.</p> |
| | 206 | |
| | 207 | </blockquote> |
| | 208 | </div> |
| | 209 | </div> |
| | 210 | |
| | 211 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 212 | <hr /> |
| | 213 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN93" name="AEN93">3.2 Submitting Problem Reports</a></h3> |
| | 214 | |
| | 215 | <p>Suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always valued--please do not |
| | 216 | hesitate to report any problems you may find. Bug reports with attached fixes are of |
| | 217 | course even more welcome.</p> |
| | 218 | |
| | 219 | <p>The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with Internet mail |
| | 220 | connectivity is to use the <a |
| | 221 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 222 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a> |
| | 223 | |
| | 224 | command. “Problem Reports” (PRs) submitted in this way will be filed and |
| | 225 | their progress tracked; the FreeBSD developers will do their best to respond to all |
| | 226 | reported bugs as soon as possible. <a |
| | 227 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/query-pr-summary.cgi" target="_top">A list of all active |
| | 228 | PRs</a> is available on the FreeBSD Web site; this list is useful to see what potential |
| | 229 | problems other users have encountered.</p> |
| | 230 | |
| | 231 | <p>Note that <a |
| | 232 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 233 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a> |
| | 234 | itself is a shell script that should be easy to move even onto a non-FreeBSD system. |
| | 235 | Using this interface is highly preferred. If, for some reason, you are unable to use <a |
| | 236 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=send-pr&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 237 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">send-pr</span>(1)</span></a> to |
| | 238 | submit a bug report, you can try to send it to the <a |
| | 239 | href="http://lists.FreeBSD.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-bugs" target="_top">FreeBSD |
| | 240 | problem reports mailing list</a>.</p> |
| | 241 | |
| | 242 | <p>For more information, <a |
| | 243 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/problem-reports/" |
| | 244 | target="_top">“Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports”</a>, available on the FreeBSD |
| | 245 | Web site, has a number of helpful hints on writing and submitting effective problem |
| | 246 | reports.</p> |
| | 247 | </div> |
| | 248 | </div> |
| | 249 | |
| | 250 | <div class="SECT1"> |
| | 251 | <hr /> |
| | 252 | <h2 class="SECT1"><a id="SEEALSO" name="SEEALSO">4 Further Reading</a></h2> |
| | 253 | |
| | 254 | <p>There are many sources of information about FreeBSD; some are included with this |
| | 255 | distribution, while others are available on-line or in print versions.</p> |
| | 256 | |
| | 257 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 258 | |
| | 259 | <hr /> |
| | 260 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="RELEASE-DOCS" name="RELEASE-DOCS">4.1 Release |
| | 261 | Documentation</a></h3> |
| | 262 | |
| | 263 | <p>A number of other files provide more specific information about this snapshot |
| | 264 | distribution. These files are provided in various formats. Most distributions will |
| | 265 | include both ASCII text (<tt class="FILENAME">.TXT</tt>) and HTML (<tt |
| | 266 | class="FILENAME">.HTM</tt>) renditions. Some distributions may also include other formats |
| | 267 | such as Portable Document Format (<tt class="FILENAME">.PDF</tt>).</p> |
| | 268 | |
| | 269 | <ul> |
| | 270 | <li> |
| | 271 | <p><tt class="FILENAME">README.TXT</tt>: This file, which gives some general information |
| | 272 | about FreeBSD as well as some cursory notes about obtaining a distribution.</p> |
| | 273 | |
| | 274 | </li> |
| | 275 | |
| | 276 | <li> |
| | 277 | <p><tt class="FILENAME">RELNOTES.TXT</tt>: The release notes, showing what's new and |
| | 278 | different in FreeBSD 8.0-CURRENT compared to the previous release (FreeBSD |
| | 279 | 7.0-RELEASE).</p> |
| | 280 | </li> |
| | 281 | |
| | 282 | <li> |
| | 283 | <p><tt class="FILENAME">HARDWARE.TXT</tt>: The hardware compatibility list, showing |
| | 284 | devices with which FreeBSD has been tested and is known to work.</p> |
| | 285 | </li> |
| | 286 | |
| | 287 | <li> |
| | 288 | <p><tt class="FILENAME">ERRATA.TXT</tt>: Release errata. Late-breaking, post-release |
| | 289 | information can be found in this file, which is principally applicable to releases (as |
| | 290 | opposed to snapshots). It is important to consult this file before installing a release |
| | 291 | of FreeBSD, as it contains the latest information on problems which have been found and |
| | 292 | fixed since the release was created.</p> |
| | 293 | |
| | 294 | </li> |
| | 295 | </ul> |
| | 296 | |
| | 297 | <br /> |
| | 298 | <br /> |
| | 299 | <p>On platforms that support <a |
| | 300 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 301 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> |
| | 302 | (currently amd64, i386, ia64, pc98, and sparc64), these documents are generally available |
| | 303 | via the Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is installed, you can |
| | 304 | revisit this menu by re-running the <a |
| | 305 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=sysinstall&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 306 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">sysinstall</span>(8)</span></a> |
| | 307 | utility.</p> |
| | 308 | |
| | 309 | <div class="NOTE"> |
| | 310 | <blockquote class="NOTE"> |
| | 311 | <p><b>Note:</b> It is extremely important to read the errata for any given release before |
| | 312 | installing it, to learn about any “late-breaking news” or post-release |
| | 313 | problems. The errata file accompanying each release (most likely right next to this file) |
| | 314 | is already out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on the Internet |
| | 315 | and should be consulted as the “current errata” for this release. These other |
| | 316 | copies of the errata are located at <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/" |
| | 317 | target="_top">http://www.FreeBSD.org/releases/</a> (as well as any sites which keep |
| | 318 | up-to-date mirrors of this location).</p> |
| | 319 | </blockquote> |
| | 320 | |
| | 321 | </div> |
| | 322 | </div> |
| | 323 | |
| | 324 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 325 | <hr /> |
| | 326 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN147" name="AEN147">4.2 Manual Pages</a></h3> |
| | 327 | |
| | 328 | <p>As with almost all <span class="TRADEMARK">UNIX</span> like operating systems, FreeBSD |
| | 329 | comes with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the <a |
| | 330 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=man&sektion=1&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"><span |
| | 331 | class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">man</span>(1)</span></a> command or |
| | 332 | through the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi" target="_top">hypertext manual |
| | 333 | pages gateway</a> on the FreeBSD Web site. In general, the manual pages provide |
| | 334 | information on the different commands and APIs available to the FreeBSD user.</p> |
| | 335 | |
| | 336 | <p>In some cases, manual pages are written to give information on particular topics. |
| | 337 | Notable examples of such manual pages are <a |
| | 338 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=tuning&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 339 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">tuning</span>(7)</span></a> (a |
| | 340 | guide to performance tuning), <a |
| | 341 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=security&sektion=7&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 342 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">security</span>(7)</span></a> (an |
| | 343 | introduction to FreeBSD security), and <a |
| | 344 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=style&sektion=9&manpath=FreeBSD+8-current"> |
| | 345 | <span class="CITEREFENTRY"><span class="REFENTRYTITLE">style</span>(9)</span></a> (a |
| | 346 | style guide to kernel coding).</p> |
| | 347 | |
| | 348 | </div> |
| | 349 | |
| | 350 | <div class="SECT2"> |
| | 351 | <hr /> |
| | 352 | <h3 class="SECT2"><a id="AEN165" name="AEN165">4.3 Books and Articles</a></h3> |
| | 353 | |
| | 354 | <p>Two highly-useful collections of FreeBSD-related information, maintained by the |
| | 355 | FreeBSD Project, are the FreeBSD Handbook and FreeBSD FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions |
| | 356 | document). On-line versions of the <a |
| | 357 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/" |
| | 358 | target="_top">Handbook</a> and <a |
| | 359 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/" target="_top">FAQ</a> are |
| | 360 | always available from the <a href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html" |
| | 361 | target="_top">FreeBSD Documentation page</a> or its mirrors. If you install the <tt |
| | 362 | class="FILENAME">doc</tt> distribution set, you can use a Web browser to read the |
| | 363 | Handbook and FAQ locally. In particular, note that the Handbook contains a step-by-step |
| | 364 | guide to installing FreeBSD.</p> |
| | 365 | |
| | 366 | <p>A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by the FreeBSD Project, cover |
| | 367 | more-specialized, FreeBSD-related topics. This material spans a wide range of topics, |
| | 368 | from effective use of the mailing lists, to dual-booting FreeBSD with other operating |
| | 369 | systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the Handbook and FAQ, these documents are |
| | 370 | available from the FreeBSD Documentation Page or in the <tt class="FILENAME">doc</tt> |
| | 371 | distribution set.</p> |
| | 372 | |
| | 373 | <p>A listing of other books and documents about FreeBSD can be found in the <a |
| | 374 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/bibliography.html" |
| | 375 | target="_top">bibliography</a> of the FreeBSD Handbook. Because of FreeBSD's strong <span |
| | 376 | class="TRADEMARK">UNIX</span> heritage, many other articles and books written for <span |
| | 377 | class="TRADEMARK">UNIX</span> systems are applicable as well, some of which are also |
| | 378 | listed in the bibliography.</p> |
| | 379 | |
| | 380 | </div> |
| | 381 | </div> |
| | 382 | |
| | 383 | <div class="SECT1"> |
| | 384 | <hr /> |
| | 385 | <h2 class="SECT1"><a id="ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" name="ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS">5 |
| | 386 | Acknowledgments</a></h2> |
| | 387 | |
| | 388 | <p>FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many hundreds, if not thousands, of |
| | 389 | individuals from around the world who have worked countless hours to bring about this |
| | 390 | snapshot. For a complete list of FreeBSD developers and contributors, please see <a |
| | 391 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/contributors/" |
| | 392 | target="_top">“Contributors to FreeBSD”</a> on the FreeBSD Web site or any of |
| | 393 | its mirrors.</p> |
| | 394 | |
| | 395 | <p>Special thanks also go to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the |
| | 396 | world, without whom this snapshot simply would not have been possible.</p> |
| | 397 | </div> |
| | 398 | |
| | 399 | </div> |
| | 400 | |
| | 401 | <hr /> |
| | 402 | <p align="center"><small>This file, and other release-related documents, can be |
| | 403 | downloaded from <a |
| | 404 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/">http://www.FreeBSD.org/snapshots/</a>.</small></p> |
| | 405 | |
| | 406 | <p align="center"><small>For questions about FreeBSD, read the <a |
| | 407 | href="http://www.FreeBSD.org/docs.html">documentation</a> before contacting <<a |
| | 408 | href="mailto:questions@FreeBSD.org">questions@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p> |
| | 409 | |
| | 410 | <p align="center"><small>All users of FreeBSD 8-CURRENT should subscribe to the <<a |
| | 411 | href="mailto:current@FreeBSD.org">current@FreeBSD.org</a>> mailing list.</small></p> |
| | 412 | |
| | 413 | <p align="center"><small>For questions about this documentation, e-mail <<a |
| | 414 | href="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">doc@FreeBSD.org</a>>.</small></p> |
| | 415 | }}} |
