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FreeBSD/i386 runs on a wide variety of "IBM PC compatible"
   machines. Due to the wide range of hardware available for this
   architecture, it is impossible to exhaustively list all
   combinations of equipment supported by FreeBSD. Nevertheless, some
   general guidelines are presented here.

   Almost all i386(TM)-compatible processors with a floating point
   unit are supported. All Intel processors beginning with the 80486
   are supported, including the 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro, Pentium
   II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, and variants thereof, such as the Xeon
   and Celeron(R) processors. All i386-compatible AMD processors are
   also supported, including the Am486(R), Am5x86(R), K5, AMD-K6(R)
   (and variants), AMD Athlon (including Athlon-MP, Athlon-XP,
   Athlon-4, and Athlon Thunderbird), and AMD Duron(TM) processors.
   The AMD Elan SC520 embedded processor is supported. The Transmeta
   Crusoe is recognized and supported, as are i386-compatible
   processors from Cyrix and NexGen.

   There is a wide variety of motherboards available for this
   architecture. Motherboards using the ISA, VLB, EISA, AGP, and PCI
   expansion busses are well-supported. There is some limited support
   for the MCA ("MicroChannel") expansion bus used in the IBM PS/2
   line of PCs.

   Symmetric multi-processor (SMP) systems are generally supported by
   FreeBSD, although in some cases, BIOS or motherboard bugs may
   generate some problems. Perusal of the archives of the FreeBSD
   symmetric multiprocessing mailing list may yield some clues.

   FreeBSD will take advantage of HyperThreading (HTT) support on
   Intel CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the
   options SMP feature enabled will automatically detect the
   additional logical processors. The default FreeBSD scheduler
   treats the logical processors the same as additional physical
   processors; in other words, no attempt is made to optimize
   scheduling decisions given the shared resources between logical
   processors within the same CPU. Because this naive scheduling can
   result in suboptimal performance, under certain circumstances it
   may be useful to disable the logical processors with the the
   machdep.hlt_logical_cpus sysctl variable. It is also possible to
   halt any CPU in the idle loop with the machdep.hlt_cpus sysctl
   variable. The smp(4) manual page has more details.

   FreeBSD will take advantage of Physical Address Extensions (PAE)
   support on CPUs that support this feature. A kernel with the PAE
   feature enabled will detect memory above 4 gigabytes and allow it
   to be used by the system. This feature places constraints on the
   device drivers and other features of FreeBSD which may be used;
   consult the pae(4) manpage for more details.

   FreeBSD will generally run on i386-based laptops, albeit with
   varying levels of support for certain hardware features such as
   sound, graphics, power management, and PCCARD expansion slots.
   These features tend to vary in idiosyncratic ways between
   machines, and frequently require special-case support in FreeBSD
   to work around hardware bugs or other oddities. When in doubt, a
   search of the archives of the FreeBSD laptop computer mailing list
   may be useful.

   Most modern laptops (as well as many desktops) use the Advanced
   Configuration and Power Management (ACPI) standard. FreeBSD
   supports ACPI via the ACPI Component Architecture reference
   implementation from Intel, as described in the acpi(4) manual
   page. The use of ACPI causes instabilities on some machines and it
   may be necessary to disable the ACPI driver, which is normally
   loaded via a kernel module. This may be accomplished by adding the
   following line to /boot/device.hints:

hint.acpi.0.disabled="1"

   Users debugging ACPI-related problems may find it useful to
   disable portions of the ACPI functionality. The acpi(4) manual
   page has more information on how to do this via loader tunables.

   ACPI depends on a Differentiated System Descriptor Table (DSDT)
   provided by each machine's BIOS. Some machines have bad or
   incomplete DSDTs, which prevents ACPI from functioning correctly.
   Replacement DSDTs for some machines can be found at the DSDT
   section of the ACPI4Linux project Web site. FreeBSD can use these
   DSDTs to override the DSDT provided by the BIOS; see the acpi(4)
   manual page for more information.

[FreeBSD 7.2]FreeBSD 7.2 releases i386 ISO-IMAGES 7.2-BETA1-i386-dvd1.iso.gz

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[FreeBSD 7.2]FreeBSD 7.2 releases i386 ISO-IMAGES 7.2-BETA1-i386-docs.iso

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[FreeBSD 7.2]FreeBSD 7.2 releases amd64 ISO-IMAGES 7.2-BETA1-amd64-livefs.iso

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Supported Processors and System Boards

   This section provides some architecture-specific information about
   the specific processors and systems that are supported by each
   architecture.

     --------------------------------------------------------------

2.1 amd64

   Since mid-2003 FreeBSD/amd64 has supported the AMD64 ("Hammer")
   and Intel(R) EM64T architecture, and is now one of the Tier-1
   platforms (fully supported architecture), which are expected to be
   Production Quality with respects to all aspects of the FreeBSD
   operating system, including installation and development
   environments.

   Note that there are two names for this architecture, AMD64 (AMD)
   and Intel EM64T (Extended Memory 64-bit Technology). 64-bit mode
   of the two architectures are almost compatible with each other,
   and FreeBSD/amd64 should support them both.

   As of this writing, the following processors are supported:

     * AMD Athlon(TM)64 ("Clawhammer").

     * AMD Opteron(TM) ("Sledgehammer").

     * All multi-core Intel Xeon(TM) processors except Sossaman have
       EM64T support.

     * The single-core Intel Xeon processors "Nocona", "Irwindale",
       "Potomac", and "Cranford" have EM64T support.

     * All Intel Core 2 (not Core Duo) and later processors

     * All Intel Pentium(R) D processors

     * Intel Pentium 4s and Celeron Ds using the "Cedar Mill" core
       have EM64T support.

     * Some Intel Pentium 4s and Celeron Ds using the "Prescott" core
       have EM64T support. See the Intel Processor Spec Finder for
       the definitive answer about EM64T support in Intel processors.

   Intel EM64T is an extended version of IA-32 (x86) and different
   from Intel IA-64 (Itanium) architecture, which FreeBSD/ia64
   supports. Some Intel's old documentation refers to Intel EM64T as
   "64-bit extension technology" or "IA-32e".

   The largest tested memory configuration to date is 32GB. SMP
   support has been recently completed and is reasonably robust.

   In many respects, FreeBSD/amd64 is similar to FreeBSD/i386, in
   terms of drivers supported. There may be some issues with 64-bit
   cleanliness in some (particularly older) drivers. Generally,
   drivers that already function correctly on other 64-bit platforms
   should work.

   FreeBSD/amd64 is a very young platform on FreeBSD. While the core
   FreeBSD kernel and base system components are generally fairly
   robust, there are likely to still be rough edges, particularly
   with third party packages.

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[FreeBSD 7.2]FreeBSD 7.2 releases amd64 ISO-IMAGES 7.2-BETA1-amd64-docs.iso

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[FreeBSD 7.2]FreeBSD 7.2 releases amd64 ISO-IMAGES 7.2-BETA1-amd64-disc3.iso

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[FreeBSD 7.2]FreeBSD 7.2 releases amd64 ISO-IMAGES 7.2-BETA1-amd64-disc1.iso

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[FreeBSD 7.2]FreeBSD 7.2 releases amd64 ISO-IMAGES 7.2-BETA1-amd64-bootonly.iso

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[FreeBSD 7.1]FreeBSD 7.1 releases ia64 ISO-IMAGES 7.1-RELEASE-ia64-livefs.iso

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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

$FreeBSD: release/7.1.0/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 186643 2008-12-31 08:07:10Z hrs $

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

IBM, AIX, EtherJet, Netfinity, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

IEEE, POSIX, and 802 are registered trademarks of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. in the United States.

Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

Sparc, Sparc64, SPARCEngine, and UltraSPARC are trademarks of SPARC International, Inc in the United States and other countries. Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon architecture developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this document, and the FreeBSD Project was aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed by the ��™�� or the ��®�� symbol.

The release notes for FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE contain a summary of the changes made to the FreeBSD base system on the 7.1-STABLE development line. This document lists applicable security advisories that were issued since the last release, as well as significant changes to the FreeBSD kernel and userland. Some brief remarks on upgrading are also presented.

[FreeBSD 7.1]FreeBSD 7.1 releases ia64 ISO-IMAGES 7.1-RELEASE-ia64-docs.iso

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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

$FreeBSD: release/7.1.0/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 186643 2008-12-31 08:07:10Z hrs $

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

IBM, AIX, EtherJet, Netfinity, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

IEEE, POSIX, and 802 are registered trademarks of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. in the United States.

Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

$FreeBSD: release/7.1.0/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 186643 2008-12-31 08:07:10Z hrs $

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

IBM, AIX, EtherJet, Netfinity, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

IEEE, POSIX, and 802 are registered trademarks of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. in the United States.

Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

$FreeBSD: release/7.1.0/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 186643 2008-12-31 08:07:10Z hrs $

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

IBM, AIX, EtherJet, Netfinity, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

IEEE, POSIX, and 802 are registered trademarks of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. in the United States.

Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

$FreeBSD: release/7.1.0/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 186643 2008-12-31 08:07:10Z hrs $

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

IBM, AIX, EtherJet, Netfinity, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

IEEE, POSIX, and 802 are registered trademarks of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. in the United States.

Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

[FreeBSD 7.1]FreeBSD 7.1 releases ia64 ISO-IMAGES 7.1-RELEASE-ia64-bootonly.iso

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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE Release Notes

The FreeBSD Project

$FreeBSD: release/7.1.0/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/relnotes/article.sgml 186643 2008-12-31 08:07:10Z hrs $

FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

IBM, AIX, EtherJet, Netfinity, OS/2, PowerPC, PS/2, S/390, and ThinkPad are trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation in the United States, other countries, or both.

IEEE, POSIX, and 802 are registered trademarks of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. in the United States.

Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

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FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE README

The FreeBSD Project

   Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 The
   FreeBSD Documentation Project

   $FreeBSD: src/release/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/readme/article.sgml,v
   1.40.6.1 2008/11/25 02:59:29 kensmith Exp $

   FreeBSD is a registered trademark of the FreeBSD Foundation.

   Intel, Celeron, EtherExpress, i386, i486, Itanium, Pentium, and
   Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation
   or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries.

   Motif, OSF/1, and UNIX are registered trademarks and IT DialTone
   and The Open Group are trademarks of The Open Group in the United
   States and other countries.

   Sparc, Sparc64, SPARCEngine, and UltraSPARC are trademarks of
   SPARC International, Inc in the United States and other countries.
   Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon architecture
   developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

   Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to
   distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those
   designations appear in this document, and the FreeBSD Project was
   aware of the trademark claim, the designations have been followed
   by the "(TM)" or the "(R)" symbol.

     --------------------------------------------------------------

     This document gives a brief introduction to FreeBSD 7.1-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.

     --------------------------------------------------------------

1 Introduction

   This distribution is a release of FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE, the latest
   point along the 7.1-STABLE 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 (ia64), NEC PC-9801/9821 series PCs and compatibles
   (pc98), and UltraSPARC(R) machines (sparc64). Versions for the
   PowerPC(R) (powerpc), and MIPS(R) (mips) architectures are
   currently under development as well. FreeBSD works with a wide
   variety of peripherals and configurations and can be used for
   everything from software development to games to Internet Service
   Provision.

   This release of FreeBSD contains everything you need to run such a
   system, including full source code for the kernel and all
   utilities in the base distribution. With the source distribution
   installed, you can literally recompile the entire system from
   scratch with one command, making it ideal for students,
   researchers, or users who simply want to see how it all works.

   A large collection of third-party ported software (the "Ports
   Collection") is also provided to make it easy to obtain and
   install all your favorite traditional UNIX(R) utilities for
   FreeBSD. Each "port" consists of a set of scripts to retrieve,
   configure, build, and install a piece of software, with a single
   command. Over 19,000 ports, from editors to programming languages
   to graphical applications, make FreeBSD a powerful and
   comprehensive 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 release of FreeBSD is suitable for all users. It has
   undergone a period of testing and quality assurance checking to
   ensure the highest 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 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 necessary. Some
   distributions include some of the optional, 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 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 FTP
   Sites section of the Handbook, or on the
   http://mirrorlist.FreeBSD.org/ Web pages. Finding a close (in
   networking terms) mirror from which to download the distribution
   is highly recommended.

   Additional mirror sites are always welcome. Contact
   <freebsd-admin@FreeBSD.org> for more details on becoming an
   official mirror site. You can also find useful information for
   mirror sites at the Mirroring FreeBSD article.

   Mirrors generally contain the ISO images generally used to create
   a CDROM of a FreeBSD release. They usually also contain 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, please send
   mail to the FreeBSD general questions mailing list.

   If you're tracking the 7.1-STABLE development efforts, you must
   join the FreeBSD-CURRENT mailing list, in order to keep abreast of
   recent developments and changes that may affect the way you use
   and maintain the system.

   Being a largely-volunteer effort, the FreeBSD Project is always
   happy to have extra hands willing to help--there are already far
   more desired enhancements than there is time to implement them. To
   contact the developers on technical matters, or with offers of
   help, please send mail to the FreeBSD technical discussions
   mailing list.

   Please note that these mailing lists can experience significant
   amounts of traffic. If you have slow or expensive mail access, or
   are only interested in keeping up with major FreeBSD events, you
   may find it preferable to subscribe instead to the FreeBSD
   announcements mailing list.

   All of the mailing lists can be freely joined by anyone wishing to
   do so. Visit the FreeBSD Mailman Info Page. 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; more information can be
   obtained either 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 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 with
   Internet mail connectivity is to use the send-pr(1) command.
   "Problem Reports" (PRs) submitted in this way will be filed and
   their progress tracked; the FreeBSD developers will do their best
   to respond to all reported bugs as soon as possible. A list of all
   active PRs is available on the FreeBSD Web site; this list is
   useful to see what potential problems other users have
   encountered.

   Note that send-pr(1) itself is a shell script that should be easy
   to move even onto a non-FreeBSD system. Using this interface is
   highly preferred. If, for some reason, you are unable to use
   send-pr(1) to submit a bug report, you can try to send it to the
   FreeBSD problem reports mailing list.

   For more information, "Writing FreeBSD Problem Reports", available
   on the FreeBSD Web site, has a number of helpful hints on writing
   and submitting effective problem reports.

     --------------------------------------------------------------

4 Further Reading

   There are many sources of information about FreeBSD; some are
   included with this distribution, while others are available
   on-line or in print versions.

     --------------------------------------------------------------

4.1 Release Documentation

   A number of other files provide more specific information about
   this release distribution. These files are provided in various
   formats. Most distributions will include both ASCII text (.TXT)
   and HTML (.HTM) renditions. Some distributions may also include
   other formats such as Portable Document Format (.PDF).

     * README.TXT: This file, which gives some general information
       about FreeBSD as well as some cursory notes about obtaining a
       distribution.

     * RELNOTES.TXT: The release notes, showing what's new and
       different in FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE compared to the previous
       release (FreeBSD 7.0-RELEASE).

     * HARDWARE.TXT: The hardware compatibility list, showing devices
       with which FreeBSD has been tested and is known to work.

     * ERRATA.TXT: Release errata. Late-breaking, post-release
       information can be found in this file, which is principally
       applicable to releases (as opposed to snapshots). It is
       important to consult this file before installing a release of
       FreeBSD, as it contains the latest information on problems
       which have been found and fixed since the release was created.

   On platforms that support sysinstall(8) (currently amd64, i386,
   ia64, pc98, and sparc64), these documents are generally available
   via the Documentation menu during installation. Once the system is
   installed, you can revisit this menu by re-running the
   sysinstall(8) utility.

     Note: It is extremely important to read the errata for any given
     release before installing it, to learn about any "late-breaking
     news" or post-release problems. The errata file accompanying
     each release (most likely right next to this file) is already
     out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on
     the Internet and should be consulted as the "current errata" for
     this release. These other copies of the errata are located at
     http://www.FreeBSD.org/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 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 general, the manual pages provide information on the
   different commands and APIs available to the FreeBSD user.

   In some cases, manual pages are written to give 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,
   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 available from the
   FreeBSD Documentation page or its mirrors. If you install the doc
   distribution set, you can use a Web browser to read the Handbook
   and FAQ locally. In particular, note that the Handbook contains a
   step-by-step guide to installing FreeBSD.

   A number of on-line books and articles, also maintained by the
   FreeBSD Project, cover more-specialized, FreeBSD-related topics.
   This material spans a wide range of topics, from effective use of
   the mailing lists, to dual-booting FreeBSD with other operating
   systems, to guidelines for new committers. Like the Handbook and
   FAQ, these documents are available from the FreeBSD Documentation
   Page or in the doc distribution set.

   A listing of other books and documents about FreeBSD can be found
   in the bibliography of the FreeBSD Handbook. Because of FreeBSD's
   strong UNIX heritage, many other articles and books written for
   UNIX systems are applicable as well, some of which are also listed
   in the bibliography.

     --------------------------------------------------------------

5 Acknowledgments

   FreeBSD represents the cumulative work of many hundreds, if not
   thousands, of individuals from around the world who have worked
   countless hours to bring about this release. For a complete list
   of FreeBSD developers and contributors, please see "Contributors
   to FreeBSD" on the FreeBSD Web site or any of its mirrors.

   Special thanks also go to the many thousands of FreeBSD users and
   testers all over the world, without whom this release simply would
   not have been possible.

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[FreeBSD 7.1]FreeBSD 7.1 releases i386 ISO-IMAGES 7.1-RELEASE-i386-livefs.iso

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Release Highlights

The highlights in the 6.4-RELEASE are the following:

New and much-improved NFS Lock Manager (NLM) client
Support for the Camellia cipher
Boot loader changes allow, among other things, booting from USB devices and booting from GPT-labeled devices with GPT-enabled BIOSes
DVD install ISO images for amd64/i386
KDE updated to 3.5.10, GNOME updated to 2.22.3
Updates for BIND, sendmail, OpenPAM, and others

For more details, please see the Release Notes below.

Detailed Release Notes

The release notes for FreeBSD are customized for different platforms, as some of the changes made to FreeBSD apply only to specific processor architectures.

[FreeBSD 7.0]FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE RELEASE-ia64-bootonly.iso

2008-3-31 15:24:55

FreeBSD® is an advanced operating system for x86 compatible (including Pentium® and Athlon™), amd64 compatible (including Opteron™, Athlon™64, and EM64T), UltraSPARC®, IA-64, PC-98 and ARM architectures. It is derived from BSD, the version of UNIX® developed at the University of California, Berkeley. It is developed and maintained by a large team of individuals. Additional platforms are in various stages of development.

[FreeBSD 7.0]FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE RELEASE-ia64-disc3.iso

2008-3-31 15:23:22

[FreeBSD 7.0]FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE RELEASE-ia64-disc2.iso

2008-3-31 15:22:05

[FreeBSD 7.0]FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE RELEASE-ia64-disc1.iso

2008-3-31 15:20:36

[FreeBSD 7.0]FreeBSD 7.0 RELEASE RELEASE-i386-bootonly.iso

2008-3-31 15:18:05