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QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR FREEBSD 2.2
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QUICK INSTALLATION GUIDE FOR FREEBSD 2.1.5
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This manual documents the process of installing FreeBSD on your
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machine. Please also see the Hardware Guide for hardware-specific
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@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Table of Contents:
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3.1 Repairing an existing FreeBSD installation.
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3.2 Upgrading from FreeBSD 2.1
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3.2 Upgrading from FreeBSD 2.1 or 2.0.5
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1.0 DOS user's Question and Answer section
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@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ mount -t msdos /dev/sd0s5 /dos_d
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Not yet! We'd like to add support for this someday, but are still
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lacking anyone to actually do the work. Ongoing work with Linux's
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DOSEMU utility may bring this much closer to being a reality sometime
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soon. Send mail to [email protected] if you're interested in
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joining this effort!
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soon, as perhaps will the BSDI `rundos' emulator which BSDI has been
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kind enough to donate to the BSD community. Send mail to
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[email protected] if you're interested in joining this effort!
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There is, however, a neat utility called "pcemu" in the ports
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For now there is, however, a neat utility called "pcemu" in the ports
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collection which emulates an 8088 and enough BIOS services to run DOS
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text mode applications. It requires the X Window System (provided as
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XFree86 3.1.2) to operate.
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@@ -111,8 +112,7 @@ CDROM distributions may work as well, though we cannot say for certain
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as we have no hand or say in how they're created). You can either
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boot into the CD installation directly from DOS using Walnut Creek's
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supplied ``install.bat'' batch file or you can make a boot floppy with
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the ``makeflp.bat'' command [NOTE: If you're using an IDE CDROM, use
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the inst_ide.bat or atapiflp.bat batch files instead].
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the ``makeflp.bat'' command.
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For the easiest interface of all (from DOS), type "view". This will
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bring up a DOS menu utility that leads you through all the available
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@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ that ``dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/rfd0'' or
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``dd if=floppies/boot.flp of=/dev/floppy'' works well, depending on
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your hardware and operating system environment.
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IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have a 4MB machine then you will need to use
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the ``boot4.flp'' image and use dd or rawrite directly in creating
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it since the supplied batch files assume the default boot.flp (which
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requires at least 5MB to run).
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Once you've booted from DOS or floppy, you should then be able to
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select CDROM as the media type in the Media menu and load the entire
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distribution from CDROM. No other types of installation media should
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@@ -133,7 +139,7 @@ hard disk, you can mount the cdrom at any time by typing: ``mount /cdrom''
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Before removing the CD again, also note that it's necessary to first
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type ``umount /cdrom''. Don't just remove it from the drive!
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SPECIAL NOTE: Before invoking the installation, be sure that the CDROM
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IMPORTANT NOTE: Before invoking the installation, be sure that the CDROM
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is in the drive so that the "probe" can find it! This is also true if
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you wish the CDROM to be added to the default system configuration
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automatically during the install (whether or not you actually use it
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@@ -230,7 +236,7 @@ installation requires quite a bit of temporary storage! You should
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expect to require as much temporary storage as you have stuff written
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on tape.
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SPECIAL NOTE: When going to do the installation, the tape must be in
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IMPORTANT NOTE: When going to do the installation, the tape must be in
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the drive *before* booting from the boot floppy. The installation
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"probe" may otherwise fail to find it.
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@@ -309,7 +315,7 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
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Options flag.
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In order for NFS installation to work, the server must also support
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"subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD 2.1 distribution directory
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"subdir mounts", e.g. if your FreeBSD 2.1.5 distribution directory
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lives on: ziggy:/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD
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Then ziggy will have to allow the direct mounting of
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/usr/archive/stuff/FreeBSD, not just /usr or /usr/archive/stuff.
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@@ -324,7 +330,7 @@ installation can continue over NFS or FTP.
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2.5.2 Preparing for FTP Installation
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FTP installation may be done from any mirror site containing a
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reasonably up-to-date version of FreeBSD 2.1. A full menu of
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reasonably up-to-date version of FreeBSD 2.1.5. A full menu of
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reasonable choices for almost any location in the world is
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provided in the FTP site menu.
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contain a hostname or an IP address, so the following would
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work in the absence of a name server:
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ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.0-RELEASE
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ftp://192.216.191.11/pub/FreeBSD/2.1.5-RELEASE
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There are two FTP installation modes you can use:
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@@ -514,7 +520,7 @@ mailing list - [email protected]. We'll do our best to help you!
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3.1 Repairing an existing FreeBSD installation.
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--- -------------------------------------------
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FreeBSD 2.1 now features a "Fixit" option in the top menu of the boot
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FreeBSD 2.1.5 features a "Fixit" option in the top menu of the boot
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floppy. To use it, you will also need a fixit.flp image floppy,
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generated in the same fashion as the boot floppy.
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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-----------------------------------------
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FreeBSD 2.2 --- SNAPSNOT Version , ,
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FreeBSD 2.1.5 --- BETA Version , ,
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----------------------------------------- /( )`
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\ \___ / |
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Welcome to the latest 2.2 SNAPSHOT release of /- _ `-/ '
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RELEASE NOTES
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FreeBSD Release 2.2 SNAPSHOT
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0. What's new since 2.2-960501-SNAP?
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------------------------------------
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A considerable number of changes to the VM system have been made
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to increase the stability under certain types of load. If you
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had panics under the last snapshot, try this one and see if they
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persist.
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The AHC driver now does considerably more in the way of handling errors
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gracefully.
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More cosmetic work on the installation, /stand/sysinstall now genuinely
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useful after installation time (though still missing a man page - urk!).
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Basically, lots-o-fixes.
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FreeBSD Release 2.1.5
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1. What's New since 2.1.0-RELEASE?
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----------------------------------
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Early support for APM (automated power management) and PCCARD
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(formerly PCMCIA) features of laptops. Many PCCARD devices
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are supported, from modems to ethernet cards to SCSI adaptors.
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Adaptec AIC7850 support has been added.
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The Yellow Pages (NIS) support has had many optimizations made
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and no longer has portions copyright under the GPL.
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Various VM system enhancements and more than a few bugs fixed.
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Various VM system enhancements and a few bugs fixed (gzip'd binaries
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now work again, for example).
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A concatenated disk driver for simple types of RAID applications.
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See the man page for ccd(4) for more inforamation.
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The system installation tool has been revamped with slightly different
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menu behavior and a number of bugs have been fixed. It's hoped that
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this installation will be more intuitive for new users than previous
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ones (feedback welcomed, of course).
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ones (feedback welcomed, of course) as well as more useful in the
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post-install scenario (I know, I keep saying this :-).
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The Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI ethernet card is now supported.
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@@ -50,23 +30,14 @@ utilities).
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The Matrox Meteor frame grabber card is better supported.
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The Connectix Quickcam is now supported.
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It is now possible to burn CDROMs using the Plasmon or HP 4080i
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CDR drives (see `wormcontrol(1)').
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The pipe code has been substantially sped up, as have some components
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of the VM system.
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A /dev/random device (and associated "pool of entropy") has been added
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for applications which require more unpredicatable sequences of random
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numbers for security. See the random(4) man page for more info.
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Early NFS v3 support (not enabled by default).
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An early implementation of the Device Filesystem (devfs) is available
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(see mount_devfs). Device switch tables are now also dynamically built.
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Early IPX routing support.
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2. Technical overview
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---------------------
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The FreeBSD Core Team
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$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.1.2.14 1996/05/24 06:09:44 jkh Exp $
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$Id: relnotes.hlp,v 1.1.2.15 1996/06/14 18:36:28 jkh Exp $
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