Things everyone should read

Things everyone should read

This article talks about the most important FreeBSD documents you can read.

What’s this?

Everyone should be at least vaguely familiar with these documents.  They form the
foundation for everything that FreeBSD is.

These links point to 6.1-RELEASE.  There
may be a more recent release.  Check the following URL for the latest -RELEASE:

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/i386/

You should read man hier.

If the links below fail, please add your comments.  In the meantime, you can use the above URL to find the documents listed
below.

ERRATA.TXT

Problems which have already been found and
fixed.  Look here for stumbling blocks.

HARDWARE.TXT

Default configuration details, UserConfig, LINT,
and supported hardware.

INSTALL.TXT

How to install FreeBSD.

floppies/README.TXT

How to make install floppies for FreeBSD.

README.TXT

The roadmap for FreeBSD.

RELNOTES.TXT

Details of what’s new in this release.

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