Date: Fri, 22 Aug 1997 17:29:19 GMT From: qhartsla@shrike.depaul.edu (QSlater) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: 3.0-970502-SNAP now on ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/ Message-ID: <199708221718.MAA23902@shrike.depaul.edu>
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I'm mainframe with some UNIX and FreeBSD what can I do ? qslater@wppost.depaul.edu >>Yes indeed, it's finally time for our first 3.0 SNAPshot, available >>now from ftp.freebsd.org and its mirrors. I will also be putting this >>snapshot on CDROM, where it will be shipped to subscribers of Walnut >>Creek CDROM's SNAP CD release program. >> >>I've probably also stated this more than enough times in previous >>announcements but what the heck, since people forget (and a price >>increase is an important issue to many people), I'll say it again: >> >> The retail price of the SNAP CDs has now increased to $39.95 >> due to the fact that it's now a 2 CD set (the 2nd CD >> containing the complete, unpacked FreeBSD CVS repository and >> other resources). The subscription price of $14.95 remains >> unchanged and you can also quit a subscription at any time (no >> "minimum purchase" is required). Since this CD was always >> targetted primarily at subscription people, I'm hoping that >> this will not result in any undue hardship. >> >> >>And now to the release notes for this 3.0 SNAP... >> >>I should note that the release notes don't really do this SNAPshot >>justice - a LOT of things have changed and only some of them are noted >>in the "What's New" section. Sorry, but keeping up with this for >>SNAPs is a bit of a job, and when the final 3.0 release rolls around, >>we'll go through the CVS change history in more detail to determine a >>better "what's new" list. >> >> >> >> RELEASE NOTES >> FreeBSD Release 3.0-SNAPSHOT >> >>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 >>freebsd-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 FreeBSD and the layout of the 3.0-SNAPSHOT release >>directory, see ABOUT.TXT. For installation instructions, see the >>INSTALL.TXT and HARDWARE.TXT files. >> >> >>1. What's new since 2.2.X-RELEASE >>------------------------------------ >> >>top(1) is now part of the base system. It was too system-dependant yet >>considered generally useful enough to be maintained in ports. >> >>The kernel code from 4.4BSD-Lite2 has been (finally) merged. >> >>The SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) branch has been merged into >>-current. >> >>Use the new if_multiaddrs list for multicast addresses rather than the >>previous hackery involving struct in_ifaddr and arpcom. Get rid of the >>abominable multi_kludge. >> >>2. 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 peripherals currently known to work with >>FreeBSD. Other configurations may also work, we have simply not as yet >>received confirmation of this. >> >> >>2.1. Disk Controllers >>--------------------- >> >>WD1003 (any generic MFM/RLL) >>WD1007 (any generic IDE/ESDI) >>IDE >>ATA >> >>Adaptec 1510 series ISA SCSI controllers (not for bootable devices) >>Adaptec 152x series ISA SCSI controllers >>Adaptec 1535 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 AIC7850 on-board 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. >> >>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 >> >>SymBios (formerly NCR) 53C810, 53C825, 53c860 and 53c875 PCI SCSI >>controllers: >> ASUS SC-200 >> Data Technology DTC3130 (all variants) >> NCR cards (all) >> Symbios cards (all) >> Tekram DC390W, 390U and 390F >> Tyan S1365 >> >>Tekram DC390 and DC390T controllers (maybe other cards based on the >>AMD 53c974 as well). >> >>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 8mm Exabyte) 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!). >> >> >>2.2. Ethernet cards >>------------------- >> >>Allied-Telesis AT1700 and RE2000 cards >> >>AMD PCnet/PCI (79c970 & 53c974 or 79c974) >> >>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 DC21040, DC21041, or DC21140 based NICs (SMC Etherpower 8432T, DE245, etc) >>DEC FDDI (DEFPA/DEFEA) NICs >> >>Fujitsu MB86960A/MB86965A >> >>HP PC Lan+ cards (model numbers: 27247B and 27252A). >> >>Intel EtherExpress (not recommended due to driver instability) >>Intel EtherExpress Pro/10 >>Intel EtherExpress Pro/100B PCI Fast Ethernet >> >>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), 3C590/592/595/900/905 PCI and EISA >>(Fast) Etherlink III / (Fast) Etherlink XL >> >>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? >> >> >>2.3. Misc >>--------- >> >>AST 4 port serial card using shared IRQ. >> >>ARNET 8 port serial card using shared IRQ. >>ARNET (now Digiboard) Sync 570/i high-speed serial. >> >>Boca BB1004 4-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) >>Boca IOAT66 6-Port serial card (Modems supported) >>Boca BB1008 8-Port serial card (Modems NOT supported) >>Boca BB2016 16-Port serial card (Modems supported) >> >>Cyclades Cyclom-y Serial Board. >> >>STB 4 port card using shared IRQ. >> >>SDL Communications Riscom/8 Serial Board. >>SDL Communications RISCom/N2 and N2pci high-speed sync serial boards. >> >>Stallion multiport serial boards: EasyIO, EasyConnection 8/32 & 8/64, >>ONboard 4/16 and Brumby. >> >>Adlib, SoundBlaster, SoundBlaster Pro, ProAudioSpectrum, Gravis UltraSound >>and Roland MPU-401 sound cards. >> >>Connectix QuickCam >>Matrox Meteor Video frame grabber >>Creative Labs Video Spigot frame grabber >>Cortex1 frame grabber >> >>HP4020i, Philips CDD2000 and PLASMON WORM (CDR) drives. >> >>PS/2 mice >> >>Standard PC Joystick >> >>X-10 power controllers >> >>GPIB and Transputer drivers. >> >>Genius and Mustek hand scanners. >> >> >>FreeBSD currently does NOT support IBM's microchannel (MCA) bus. >> >> >>3. Obtaining FreeBSD >>-------------------- >> >>You may obtain FreeBSD in a variety of ways: >> >>3.1. FTP/Mail >>------------- >> >>You can ftp FreeBSD and any or all of its optional packages from >>`ftp.freebsd.org' - the official FreeBSD release site. >> >>For other locations that mirror the FreeBSD software see the file >>MIRROR.SITES. Please ftp the distribution from the site closest (in >>networking terms) to you. Additional mirror sites are always welcome! >>Contact freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org for more details if you'd like to >>become an official mirror site. >> >>If you do not have access to the Internet and electronic mail is your >>only recourse, then you may still fetch the files by sending mail to >>`ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com' - putting the keyword "help" in your message >>to get more information on how to fetch files using this mechanism. >>Please do note, however, that this will end up sending many *tens of >>megabytes* through the mail and should only be employed as an absolute >>LAST resort! >> >> >>3.2. CDROM >>---------- >> >>FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE and 2.2-RELEASE CDs may be ordered on CDROM from: >> >> Walnut Creek CDROM >> 4041 Pike Lane, Suite D >> Concord CA 94520 >> 1-800-786-9907, +1-510-674-0783, +1-510-674-0821 (fax) >> >>Or via the Internet from orders@cdrom.com or http://www.cdrom.com. >>Their current catalog can be obtained via ftp from: >> ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/cdrom/catalog. >> >>Cost per -RELEASE CD is $39.95 or $24.95 with a FreeBSD subscription. >>FreeBSD 3.0-SNAP CDs are $39.95 or $14.95 with a FreeBSD-SNAP subscription >>(-RELEASE and -SNAP subscriptions are entirely separate). With a >>subscription, you will automatically receive updates as they are released. >>Your credit card will be billed when each disk is shipped and you may cancel >>your subscription at any time without further obligation. >> >>Shipping (per order not per disc) is $5 in the US, Canada or Mexico >>and $9.00 overseas. They accept Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American >>Express or checks in U.S. Dollars and ship COD within the United >>States. California residents please add 8.25% sales tax. >> >>Should you be dissatisfied for any reason, the CD comes with an >>unconditional return policy. >> >> >>4. Reporting problems, making suggestions, 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 or use the CGI >>script at http://www.freebsd.org/send-pr.html. 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: >> >> freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org >> >>Note that send-pr itself is a shell script that should be easy to move >>even onto a totally different system. We much prefer if you could use >>this interface, since it make it easier to keep track of the problem >>reports. However, before submitting, please try to make sure whether >>the problem might have already been fixed since. >> >> >>Otherwise, for any questions or suggestions, please send mail to: >> >> freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org >> >> >>Additionally, being a volunteer effort, we are always happy to have >>extra hands willing to help - there are already far more desired >>enhancements than we'll ever be able to manage by ourselves! To >>contact us on technical matters, or with offers of help, please send >>mail to: >> >> freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org >> >> >>Please note that these mailing lists can experience *significant* >>amounts of traffic and if you have slow or expensive mail access and >>are only interested in keeping up with significant FreeBSD events, you >>may find it preferable to subscribe instead to: >> >> freebsd-announce@FreeBSD.org >> >> >>All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone wishing >>to do so. Send mail to MajorDomo@FreeBSD.org and include the keyword >>`help' on a line by itself somewhere in the body of the message. This >>will give you more information on joining the various lists, accessing >>archives, etc. There are a number of mailing lists targeted at >>special interest groups not mentioned here, so send mail to majordomo >>and ask about them! >> >> >>5. Acknowledgements >>------------------- >> >>FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many dozens, if not >>hundreds, of individuals from around the world who have worked very >>hard to bring you this release. For a complete list of FreeBSD >>project staffers, please see: >> >> http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/staff.html >> >>or, if you've loaded the doc distribution: >> >> file:/usr/share/doc/handbook/staff.html >> >>Additional FreeBSD helpers and beta testers: >> >> Coranth Gryphon Dave Rivers >> Kaleb S. Keithley Terry Lambert >> David Dawes Don Lewis >> >>Special mention to: >> >> Walnut Creek CDROM, without whose help (and continuing support) >> this release would never have been possible. >> >> Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM >> drive. >> >> Chuck Robey for his donation of a floppy tape streamer for >> testing. >> >> Larry Altneu and Wilko Bulte for providing us with Wangtek >> and Archive QIC-02 tape drives for testing and driver hacking. >> >> CalWeb Internet Services for the loan of a P6/200 machine for >> speedy package building. >> >> Everyone at Montana State University for their initial support. >> >> And to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and testers all over the >> world, without whom this release simply would not have been possible. >> >>We sincerely hope you enjoy this release of FreeBSD! >> >> The FreeBSD Project >> >>
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