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INSTALLATION NOTES for NetBSD/MACHINE 1.0
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Be sure to read _ALL_ of this document before you try to install
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NetBSD/MACHINE.
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What is NetBSD?
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---- -- ------
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NetBSD is a Berkeley Networking Release 2 (Net/2) and 4.4BSD-Lite
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-derived system. It is a fully functional UN*X-like system which runs
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on several architectures and is being ported to more. NetBSD, as the
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name implies, is a creation of the members of the network community
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and without the net it's likely that this release wouldn't have come
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about.
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NetBSD 1.0 is a milestone release. The hardest part of the 4.4BSD-Lite
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integration, the kernel, has been completed and has been running in
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"production use" for quite some time. Also, NetBSD 1.0 is the first
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true multi-architecture release of NetBSD. At the time of NetBSD 0.9,
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the i386 port was considered 'production quality' and the hp300 port was
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barely working. The NetBSD 1.0 source supports nine architectures, and
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complete binary releases for most of them will be made available.
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NetBSD 1.0 supports many new and improved features, the most important
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relating to file systems. New and improved versions of both the
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Berkeley Fast File System and the free implementation of the NFS
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protocol were provided, as part of the 4.4-Lite release. The new
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versions include such improvements as support for 64-bit file sizes,
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for local files, and "lease" support for NFS, to improve performance.
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In addition to the file system improvements, many other parts of the
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system have been improved considerably. For instance, the virtual
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memory code has substantially improved performance, and many of the
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kernel's interfaces have been cleaned up.
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Many new user programs have been added in NetBSD 1.0, as well,
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bringing it closer to our goal of supplying a complete UN*X-like
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environment. Additionally, support for shared libraries has been
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added, for most architectures, allowing a significant savings in both
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RAM consumption and disk space.
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#include "whatis"
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The Future of NetBSD:
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--- ------ -- ------
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We hope to have regular releases of the full binary and source trees,
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but these are difficult to coordinate, especially with all of the
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architectures which we now support! We hope to support even _more_
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hardware in the future, and have a rather large number of other ideas
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about what can be done to improve NetBSD. We intend to continue our
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current practice of making the NetBSD-current development source
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available on a daily or nearly-daily basis.
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We intend to integrate free, positive changes from whatever sources
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will provide them, providing that they are well thought-out and increase
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the usability of the system. This includes integrating the remainder of
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the 4.4BSD-Lite tape, as quickly as we can ensure that everything works
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properly.
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Above all, we hope to create a stable and accessible system, and to be
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responsive to the needs and desires of NetBSD users, because it is for
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and because of them that NetBSD exists.
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Sources of NetBSD:
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------- -- ------
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#include "mirrors"
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NetBSD 1.0 Release Contents:
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------ --- ------- --------
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The NetBSD 1.0 release is organized in the following way:
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.../NetBSD-1.0/
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BUGS Known bugs list (incomplete
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and out of date).
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CHANGES Changes since NetBSD's last
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release (and before).
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LAST_MINUTE Last minute changes.
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MIRRORS A list of sites that mirror
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the NetBSD 1.0 distribution.
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README.files README describing the
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distribution's contents.
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TODO NetBSD's todo list (incomplete
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and out of date).
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patches/ Post-release source code
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patches.
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source/ Source distribution sets; see
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below.
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In addition to the files and directories listed above, there is one
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directory per architecture, for each of the architectures that NetBSD
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1.0 has a binary distribution for. There are also
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'README.export-control' files sprinkled liberally throughout the
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distribution tree, which point out that there are some portions of the
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distribution (e.g. those containing crypt(3)) that should not be
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exported from the United States, and that if you do export them, it's
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your fault, not ours.
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The source distribution sets can be found in subdirectories of the
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"source" subdirectory of the distribution tree. They contain the
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complete sources to the system, excluding those portions which should
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not be exported from the U.S. (Those are contained in each
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architecture's "security" binary distribution set.) The source
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distribution sets are as follows:
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gsrc10 This set contains the "gnu" sources, including
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the source for the compiler, assembler, groff,
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and the other GNU utilities in the binary distribution
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sets.
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[ 7.7M gzipped, 32.0M uncompressed ]
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ksrc10 This set contains the sources to the NetBSD 1.0
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kernel, config(8), config.new(8) and dbsym(8).
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[ 4.5M gzipped, 20.8M uncompressed ]
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ssrc10 This set contains the "share" sources, which include
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the sources for the man pages not associated with
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any particular program, the sources for the
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typesettable document set, the dictionaries, and more.
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[ 2.3M gzipped, 8.5M uncompressed ]
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src10 This set contains all of the NetBSD 1.0 sources which
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are not mentioned above.
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[ 7.1M gzipped, 33.4M uncompressed ]
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It is worth noting that unless all of the source distribution sets
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are installed, you can't rebuild and install the system from scratch,
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straight out of the box. However, all that is required to rebuild the
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system in that case is a trivial modification to one Makefile.
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The source distribution sets are distributed as groups of files named
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"set_name.xx" where "set_name" is the distribution set name, and "xx"
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is the sequence number of the file, starting with "aa" for the first
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file in the distribution set, then "ab" for the next, and so on. All
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of these files except the last one of each set should be exactly
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240,640 bytes long. (The last file is just long enough to contain the
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remainder of the data for that distribution set.)
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Catted together, the files belonging to a source distribution set
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comprise a gzipped tar file. If you want to look at list of the files
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contained in the set, you could use the command:
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cat set_name.?? | gunzip | tar tvf -
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or to actually extract the files contained in the set:
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cat set_name.?? | gunzip | tar xfp -
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In each of the source distribution set directories, there is a file
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named "CKSUMS" which contains the checksums of the files in that
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directory, as generated by the cksum(1) command. You can use cksum to
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check the integrity of the archives, if you suspect that one of the
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files is corrupt and have access to a cksum binary.
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#include "contents"
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NetBSD System Requirements and Supported Devices:
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#include "hardware"
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Getting the NetBSD System on to Useful Media:
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------- --- ------ ------ -- -- ------ -----
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#include "xfer"
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Preparing your System for NetBSD Installation:
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--------- ---- ------ --- ------ ------------
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#include "prep"
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Installing the NetBSD System:
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---------- --- ------ ------
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#include "install"
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Upgrading a previously-installed NetBSD System:
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--------- - ---------- --------- ------ ------
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#include "upgrade"
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Administrivia:
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-------------
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Registration? What's that?
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If you've got something to say, do so! We'd like your input.
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There are various mailing lists available via the mailing list
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server at <majordomo@NetBSD.ORG>. To get help on using the mailing
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list server, send mail to that address with an empty body, and it will
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reply with instructions.
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There are various mailing lists set up to deal with comments and
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questions about this release. Please send comments to:
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netbsd-comments@NetBSD.ORG
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To report bugs, use the 'send-pr' command shipped with NetBSD,
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and fill in as much information about the problem as you can. Good
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bug reports include lots of details. Additionally, bug reports can
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be sent by mail to:
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netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.ORG
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Use of 'send-pr' is encouraged, however, because bugs reported with it
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are entered into the NetBSD bugs database, and thus can't slip through
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the cracks.
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There are also port-specific mailing lists, to discuss aspects of
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each port of NetBSD. Use majordomo to find their addresses. If
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you're interested in doing a serious amount of work on a specific
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port, you probably should contact the "owner" of that port (listed
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below).
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If you'd like to help with this effort, and have an idea as to how
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you could be useful, send mail and/or subscribe to:
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netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG
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As a favor, please avoid mailing huge documents or files to these
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mailing lists. Instead, put the material you would have sent up
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for FTP somewhere, then mail the appropriate list about it, or, if
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you'd rather not do that, mail the list saying you'll send the data
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to those who want it.
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Thanks go to:
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Members and former members of UCB's Computer Systems Research Group,
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including (but not limited to):
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Keith Bostic
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Ralph Campbell
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Mike Karels
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Marshall Kirk McKusick
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for their ongoing work on BSD systems, support, and encouragement.
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Also, our thanks go to:
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Mike Hibler
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Rick Macklem
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Jan-Simon Pendry
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Chris Torek
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for answering lots of questions, fixing bugs, and doing the various work
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they've done.
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UC Berkeley's Experimental Computing Facility has provided a home for
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sun-lamp, people to look after it, and a sense of humor. Rob
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Robertson, too, has added his unique sense of humor to things, and for
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a long time provided the primary FTP site for NetBSD.
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Without CVS, this project would be impossible to manage, so our hats
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go off to Brian Berliner, Jeff Polk, and the various other people
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who've had a hand in making CVS a useful tool.
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The following people (in alphabetical order) have made donations or
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loans of hardware and/or money, to support NetBSD development, and
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deserve credit for it:
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#include "donations"
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(If you're not on that list and should be, tell us! We probably were
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not able to get in touch with you, to verify that you wanted to be
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listed.)
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Dave Burgess <burgess@cynjut.infonet.net> has been maintaining the
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386BSD/NetBSD/FreeBSD FAQ for quite some time, and deserves to be
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recognized for it.
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Finally, we thank all of the people who've put sweat and tears into
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developing NetBSD since its inception in January, 1993. (Obviously,
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there are a lot more people who deserve thanks here. If you're one of
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them, and would like to mentioned, tell us!)
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We are:
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(in alphabetical order)
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The NetBSD core team:
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Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Theo de Raadt <deraadt@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Adam Glass <glass@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Charles Hannum <mycroft@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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The port-masters (and their ports):
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Allen Briggs <briggs@mail.vt.edu> (mac68k)
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(and the rest of the 'Alice' group)
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Theo de Raadt <deraadt@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (sparc)
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Charles Hannum <mycroft@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (i386, hp300)
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Chris Hopps <chopps@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (amiga)
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Adam Glass <glass@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (pmax)
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Paul Mackerras <paulus@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (da30)
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Anders Magnusson <ragge@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (vax)
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Phil Nelson <phil@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (pc532)
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Gordon Ross <gwr@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu> (sun3)
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Supporting cast:
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Steve Allen <wormey@eskimo.com>
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John Brezak <brezak@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Dave Burgess <burgess@cynjut.infonet.net>
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J.T. Conklin <jtc@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Hubert Feyrer <hubert.feyrer@rz.uni-regensburg.de>
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Brad Grantham <grantham@tenon.com>
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Lawrence Kesteloot <kesteloo@cs.unc.edu>
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Paul Kranenburg <pk@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
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Matthias Pfaller <leo@marco.de>
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Chris Provenzano <proven@sun-lamp.cs.berkeley.edu>
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Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@tools.de>
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Legal Mumbo-jumbo:
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The following notices are required to satisfy the license terms of
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the software that we have mentioned in this document:
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#include "legal.common"
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#include "legal"
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