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diff --git a/etc/etc.i386/install_notes b/etc/etc.i386/install_notes
index 0cc86f6..e8ac5b5 100644
--- a/etc/etc.i386/install_notes
+++ b/etc/etc.i386/install_notes
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-FreeBSD 1.0
-INSTALLATION NOTES <2.00, 10 September 1993>
+ INSTALLATION NOTES
+ FreeBSD
+ Release 1.0
These notes have been prepared from those written originally for NetBSD
0.9. The conversion was done by someone who has had experience with
@@ -137,40 +138,55 @@ allow you to run X and/or compile, but it's extremely slow.)
Supported devices include:
Standard floppy controllers
+
Standard hard disk controllers:
MFM
ESDI
IDE
RLL
+
SCSI hard disk controllers:
- Adaptec AHA-1542{A,B,C}, -1742 [kcopy-ah-floppy]
- Bustek 742 (EISA) Ultrastor 14f and 34f [kcopy-bt-floppy]
+ Adaptec 154x series * [kcopy-ah-floppy]
+ Adaptec 174x series
+ Buslogic 545S
+ Bustek 742 (EISA) [kcopy-bt-floppy]
+ DTC 3290 in 1542 emulation mode *
+ Ultrastor 14f and 34f
+
+ * Your system can NOT have more than 16MB of memory with
+ these controllers.
+
Display Adaptors:
MDA
CGA
VGA (and SVGA)
HGC
+
Serial communications ports
8250
16450
16550A
[4-port multi-serial cards - require kernel built
with MULTI_PORT option]
+ [We do not support the Intel 82501 serial chip used
+ in some PC's at this time]
+
Ethernet controllers
SMC/WD 8003, 8013, and equivalents
(including the SMC "Elite" series)
Novell NE1000, NE2000
3COM 3c503
ISOLAN ISOLink
+
Tape drives:
QIC-02 format tape drives
most SCSI tape/DAT drives
[an early QIC-40 or QIC-80 tape driver exists,
but is not yet incorporated into FreeBSD]
+
CD-ROM drives:
- most SCSI CD-ROM drives
- [an early MITSUMI non-SCSI CD-ROM driver exists,
- but is not yet incorporated into FreeBSD]
+ Mitsumi CDROM drive with Mitsumi Controller
+ Most SCSI CD-ROM drives on a supported SCSI controller
To be detected by the distributed kernels, the devices must
be configured as follows: (Note: IRQ 9 is the same as IRQ 2
@@ -178,10 +194,10 @@ on ISA/EISA based machines)
Device Name Port IRQ DRQ Misc
------ ---- ---- --- --- ----
-Floppy Cntlr. fdc0 0x3f0 6 2
+Floppy Cntlr. fd0 0x3f0 6 2
Std. Hard Disk Cntlr.
- wdc0 0x1f0 14
+ wd0 0x1f0 14
AHA-154x SCSI Cntlr. 0x330 11 5 [kcopy-ah-floppy]
@@ -1036,4 +1052,4 @@ THANKS FOR USING THIS; that's what makes it all worthwhile.
as they will end up in our personal mail spools. We will be
happy to make other arrangements]
-This is $Id: install_notes,v 1.8 1993/10/01 04:43:56 rgrimes Exp $
+This is $Id: install_notes,v 1.9 1993/10/01 19:22:43 rgrimes Exp $
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