FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Hardware Notes

The FreeBSD Documentation Project

FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Hardware Notes

The FreeBSD Documentation Project

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

AMD, AMD Athlon, AMD Opteron, AMD Phenom, AMD Sempron, AMD Turion, Athlon, Élan, Opteron, and PCnet are Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/installation.html ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/installation.html Mon Mar 14 13:58:31 2016 (r48410) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/installation.html Mon Mar 14 14:16:04 2016 (r48411) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Installation Instructions

FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Installation Instructions

The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of +FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Installation Instructions

FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Installation Instructions

The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

Intel, Celeron, Centrino, Core, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ designations have been followed by the “™” or the “®” symbol.

Last modified on 2016-03-14 by gjb.

Abstract

This article gives some brief instructions on installing FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE and upgrading the systems running earlier - releases.

Table of Contents

1. Installing FreeBSD

2. Upgrading FreeBSD

2.1. Upgrading from Source
2.2. Upgrading Using “FreeBSD Update”

1. Installing FreeBSD

The Installing + releases.

Table of Contents

1. Installing FreeBSD

2. Upgrading FreeBSD

2.1. Upgrading from Source
2.2. Upgrading Using “FreeBSD Update”

`1. Installing FreeBSD`

The Installin g FreeBSD chapter of the FreeBSD Handbook provides more in-depth information about the @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ screenshots.

`2. Upgrading FreeBSD`

If you are upgrading from a previous release of FreeBSD, please read upgrading section in the Release Notes for notable - incompatibilities carefully.

`2.1. Upgrading from Source`

The procedure for doing a source code based update is + incompatibilities carefully.

`2.1. Upgrading from Source`

The procedure for doing a source code based update is described in and .

For SVN use the releng/10.3 branch which will be where any upcoming Security Advisories or Errata - Notices will be applied.

`2.2. Upgrading Using “FreeBSD Update”`

The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary + Notices will be applied.

`2.2. Upgrading Using “FreeBSD Update”`

The freebsd-update(8) utility supports binary upgrades of i386 and amd64 systems running earlier FreeBSD releases. Systems running 9.3-RELEASE, Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/readme.html ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/readme.html Mon Mar 14 13:58:31 2016 (r48410) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/readme.html Mon Mar 14 14:16:04 2016 (r48411) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE README

`FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE README`

`The FreeBSD Project`

`FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE README`

The FreeBSD Project

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of
   the FreeBSD Foundation. 
Intel, Celeron, Centrino, Core, EtherExpress, i386,
   i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 	10.3-RELEASE.  It includes some information on how to
 	obtain FreeBSD, a listing of various ways to contact the FreeBSD
 	Project, and pointers to some other sources of
-	information.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. About FreeBSD
1.2. Target Audience

2. Obtaining FreeBSD

2.1. CDROM and DVD
2.2. FTP

3. Contacting the FreeBSD Project

3.1. Email and Mailing Lists
3.2. Submitting Problem Reports

4. Further Reading

4.1. Release Documentation
4.2. Manual Pages
4.3. Books and Articles

5. Acknowledgments

`1. Introduction`

This distribution is a snapshot of FreeBSD + information.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

1.1. About FreeBSD
1.2. Target Audience

2. Obtaining FreeBSD

2.1. CDROM and DVD
2.2. FTP

3. Contacting the FreeBSD Project

3.1. Email and Mailing Lists
3.2. Submitting Problem Reports

4. Furth er Reading

4.1. Release Documentation
4.2. Manual Pages
4.3. Books and Articles

5. Acknowledgments

`1. Introduction`

This distribution is a snapshot of FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE, the latest point along the 10.3-STABLE - branch.

`1.1. About FreeBSD`

FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for + branch.

`1.1. About FreeBSD`

FreeBSD is an operating system based on 4.4 BSD Lite for AMD64 and Intel EM64T based PC hardware (amd64), Intel, AMD, Cyrix or NexGen “x86” based PC hardware (i386), Intel Itanium Processor based computers @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ operating environment that extends far beyond what's provided by many commercial versions of UNIX®. Most ports are also available as pre-compiled “packages”, which can - be quickly installed from the installation program.

`1.2. Target Audience`

This snapshot is aimed + be quickly installed from the installation program.

`1.2. Target Audience`

This snapshot is aimed primarily at early adopters and various other users who want to get involved with the ongoing development of FreeBSD. While the FreeBSD development team tries its best to ensure that each @@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ reliability and dependability.

`2. Obtaining FreeBSD`

FreeBSD may be obtained in a variety of ways. This section focuses on those ways that are primarily useful for obtaining a complete FreeBSD distribution, rather than updating an existing - installation.

`2.1. CDROM and DVD`

FreeBSD -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD + installation.

`2.1. CDROM and DVD`

FreeBSD -RELEASE distributions may be ordered on CDROM or DVD from several publishers. This is frequently the most convenient way to obtain FreeBSD for new installations, as it provides a convenient way to quickly reinstall the system if @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ precompiled “packages” from the FreeBSD Ports Collection, or other extra material.

A list of the CDROM and DVD publishers known to the project are listed in the “Obtaining - FreeBSD” appendix to the Handbook.

`2.2. FTP`

You can use FTP to retrieve FreeBSD and any or all of its + FreeBSD” appendix to the Handbook.

`2.2. FTP`

You can use FTP to retrieve FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/, which is the official FreeBSD release site, or any of its “mirrors”.

Lists of locations that mirror FreeBSD can be found in the @@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ floppy disk images (for applicable platforms), as well as the files necessary to do an installation over the network. Finally mirrors sites usually contain a set of packages for - the most current release.

`3. Contacting the FreeBSD Project`

`3.1. Email and Mailing Lists`

For any questions or general technical support issues, + the most current release.

`3. Contacting the FreeBSD Project`

`3.1. Email and Mailing Lists`

For any questions or general technical support issues, please send mail to the FreeBSD general questions mailing list.

If tracking the 10.3-STABLE development efforts, you must join the FreeBSD-STABLE mailing list, in order to keep abreast of recent developments and changes that may @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ from the Mailman pages or the mailing lists section of the FreeBSD Web site.

`Important:`

Do not send email to the lists asking to be subscribed. Use the Mailman interface - instead.

`3.2. Submitting Problem Reports`

Suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are + instead.

`3.2. Submitting Problem Reports`

Suggestions, bug reports and contributions of code are always valued—please do not hesitate to report any problems you may find. Bug reports with attached fixes are of course even more welcome.

The preferred method to submit bug reports from a machine @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ release. These other copies of the errata are located at ../../../../releases/ (as well as any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this - location).

`4.2. Manual Pages`

As with almost all UNIX® like operating systems, FreeBSD + location).

`4.2. Manual Pages`

As with almost all UNIX® like operating systems, FreeBSD comes with a set of on-line manual pages, accessed through the man(1) command or through the hypertext manual pages gateway on the FreeBSD Web site. In @@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ information on particular topics. Notable examples of such manual pages are tuning(7) (a guide to performance tuning), security(7) (an introduction to FreeBSD security), - and style(9) (a style guide to kernel coding).

`4.3. Books and Articles`

Two highly-useful collections of FreeBSD-related information, + and style(9) (a style guide to kernel coding).

`4.3. Books and Articles`

Two highly-useful collections of FreeBSD-related information, maintained by the FreeBSD Project, are the FreeBSD Handbook and FreeBSD FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions document). On-line versions of the Handbook and FAQ are always Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/relnotes.html ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/relnotes.html Mon Mar 14 13:58:31 2016 (r48410) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/releases/10.3R/relnotes.html Mon Mar 14 14:16:04 2016 (r48411) @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Release Notes

`FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Release Notes`

`The FreeBSD Project`

`FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE Release Notes`

`The FreeBSD Project`

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of
   the FreeBSD Foundation. 
IBM, AIX, OS/2,
   PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are