Date: Mon, 20 Nov 95 12:10:38 GMT From: tsk@q8.dk (Thomas S. Kristensen) To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: unsubscribe Message-ID: <9511201210.AA28992@q8.dk> In-Reply-To: <3584.816821326@time.cdrom.com>; from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Nov 19, 95 2:48 pm
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> only enough disk space to build the ports you want. (Almost) every > port is also provided as a pre-compiled "package" which can be > installed with a simple command (pkg_add). See also the new Packages > option in the Configuration menu for an especially convenient interface > to the package collection. > > > A number of additional documents which you may find helpful in the > process of installing and using FreeBSD may now also be found in the > /usr/share/doc directory. You may view the manuals with any HTML > capable browser by saying: > > To read the handbook: > <browser> file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.html > > To read the FAQ: > <browser> file:/usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html > > You can also visit the master (and most frequently updated) copies at > http://www.freebsd.org. > > The core of FreeBSD does not contain DES code which would inhibit its > being exported outside the United States. There is an add-on package > to the core distribution, for use only in the United States, that > contains the programs that normally use DES. The auxiliary packages > provided separately can be used by anyone. A freely (from outside the > U.S.) exportable distribution of DES for our non-U.S. users also > exists at ftp://ftp.internat.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD. > > If password security for FreeBSD is all you need and you have no > requirement for copying encrypted passwords from different hosts > (Suns, DEC machines, etc) into FreeBSD password entries, then > FreeBSD's MD5 based security may be all you require! We feel that our > default security model is more than a match for DES, and without any > messy export issues to deal with. If you're outside (or even inside) > the U.S., give it a try! > > > Supported Configurations > ------------------------ > > FreeBSD currently runs on a wide variety of ISA, VLB, EISA and PCI bus > based PC's, ranging from 386sx to Pentium class machines (though the > 386sx is not recommended). Support for generic IDE or ESDI drive > configurations, various SCSI controller, network and serial cards is > also provided. > > What follows is a list of all disk controllers and ethernet cards > currently known to work with FreeBSD. Other configurations may also > work, but we have simply not received any confirmation of this. > > > Disk Controllers > ---------------- > > WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) > WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) > IDE > ATA > > Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers > Adaptec 154x series ISA SCSI controllers > Adaptec 174x series EISA SCSI controller in standard and enhanced mode. > Adaptec 274X/284X/2940/3940 (Narrow/Wide/Twin) series ISA/EISA/PCI SCSI > controllers. > Adaptec AIC-6260 and AIC-6360 based boards, which includes > the AHA-152x and SoundBlaster SCSI cards. > > ** Note: You cannot boot from the SoundBlaster cards as they have no > on-board BIOS, such being necessary for mapping the boot device into the > system BIOS I/O vectors. They're perfectly usable for external tapes, > CDROMs, etc, however. The same goes for any other AIC-6x60 based card > without a boot ROM. Some systems DO have a boot ROM, which is generally > indicated by some sort of message when the system is first powered up > or reset, and in such cases you *will* also be able to boot from them. > Check your system/board documentation for more details. > > [Note that Buslogic was formerly known as "Bustek"] > Buslogic 545S & 545c > Buslogic 445S/445c VLB SCSI controller > Buslogic 742A, 747S, 747c EISA SCSI controller. > Buslogic 946c PCI SCSI controller > Buslogic 956c PCI SCSI controller > > NCR 53C810/15/25/60/75 PCI SCSI controller. > NCR5380/NCR53400 ("ProAudio Spectrum") SCSI controller. > > DTC 3290 EISA SCSI controller in 1542 emulation mode. > > UltraStor 14F, 24F and 34F SCSI controllers. > > Seagate ST01/02 SCSI controllers. > > Future Domain 8xx/950 series SCSI controllers. > > WD7000 SCSI controller. > > With all supported SCSI controllers, full support is provided for > SCSI-I & SCSI-II peripherals, including Disks, tape drives (including > DAT) and CD ROM drives. > > The following CD-ROM type systems are supported at this time: > (cd) SCSI interface (also includes ProAudio Spectrum and > SoundBlaster SCSI) > (mcd) Mitsumi proprietary interface (all models) > (matcd) Matsushita/Panasonic (Creative SoundBlaster) proprietary > interface (562/563 models) > (scd) Sony proprietary interface (all models) > (wcd) ATAPI IDE interface (experimental and should be considered ALPHA > quality!). > > > Ethernet cards > -------------- > > Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards > SMC Elite 16 WD8013 ethernet interface, and most other WD8003E, > WD8003EBT, WD8003W, WD8013W, WD8003S, WD8003SBT and WD8013EBT > based clones. SMC Elite Ultra is also supported. > > DEC EtherWORKS III NICs (DE203, DE204, and DE205) > DEC EtherWORKS II NICs (DE200, DE201, DE202, and DE422) > DEC DC21140 based NICs (SMC???? DE???) > DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs > > Fujitsu FMV-181 and FMV-182 > > Intel EtherExpress > > Isolan AT 4141-0 (16 bit) > Isolink 4110 (8 bit) > > Novell NE1000, NE2000, and NE2100 ethernet interface. > > 3Com 3C501 cards > > 3Com 3C503 Etherlink II > > 3Com 3c505 Etherlink/+ > > 3Com 3C507 Etherlink 16/TP > > 3Com 3C509, 3C579, 3C589 (PCMCIA) Etherlink III > > Toshiba ethernet cards > > PCMCIA ethernet cards from IBM and National Semiconductor are also > supported. > > Note that NO token ring cards are supported at this time as we're > still waiting for someone to donate a driver for one of them. Any > takers? > > > Misc Hardware > ------------- > > AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. > > ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. > > BOCA ATIO66 6 port serial card using shared IRQ. > > Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. > > STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. > > SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. > > Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound > and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. > > FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. > > --- > > > Reporting problems, making suggestions and submitting code: > =========================================================== > > Your suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always > valued - please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find > (preferably with a fix attached, if you can!). > > The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine with > internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr command. Bug reports > will be dutifully filed by our faithful bugfiler program and you can > be sure that we'll do our best to respond to all reported bugs as soon > as possible. Bugs filed in this way are also visible on our WEB site > in the support section and are therefore valuable both as bug reports > and as "signposts" for other users concerning potential problems to > watch out for. > > If, for some reason, you are unable to use the send-pr command to > submit a bug report, you can try to send it to: > > bugs@FreeBSD.org > > > Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: > > questions@FreeBSD.org > >
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