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authorjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1999-04-08 06:00:01 +0000
committerjkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org>1999-04-08 06:00:01 +0000
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State the need to read errata more, um, strongly.
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@@ -35,6 +35,21 @@ documentation sets for FreeBSD. You can also use the browser to visit
other WEB sites on the net (such as http://www.freebsd.org) if you
have an Internet connection.
+NOTE: If you read no other documentation before installing a given
+version of FreeBSD, you should at least by all means *READ THE ERRATA*
+for that release so that you don't stumble over problems which have
+already been found and fixed. The ERRATA.TXT file accompanying your
+release (it should be right next to this file) is obviously already
+out of date by definition, but other copies are kept updated on the
+net and should be consulted as the "current errata" for your release
+(this is also what your ERRATA.TXT file says, by the way). These
+other copies of the errata are located at:
+
+ 1. http://www.freebsd.org/releases/
+
+ 2. ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/releases/<your-release>/ERRATA.TXT
+ (and any sites which keep up-to-date mirrors of this location).
+
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