This software was originally derived from William F. Jolitz's 386BSD release 0.1, though almost none of the original 386BSD specific code remains. This software has been essentially reimplemented from the 4.4 BSD Lite release provided by the Computer Science Research Group (CSRG) at the University of California, Berkeley and associated academic contributors. There are also portions of NetBSD that have been integrated into FreeBSD as well, and we would therefore like to thank all the contributors to NetBSD for their work. Despite some occasionally rocky moments in relations between the two groups, we both want essentially the same thing: More BSD based operating systems on people's computers! We wish the NetBSD group every success in their endevors. Hardware contributors

A special thank-you to Walnut Creek CDROM for providing the Pentium P5-90 and 486/DX2-66 EISA/VL systems that are being used for our development work, to say nothing of the network access and other donations of hardware resources. It would have been impossible to do this release without their support. TRW Financial Systems, Inc. provided 130 PCs, three 68 GB fileservers, twelve ethernets, two routers and an ATM switch for debugging the diskless code. They also keep a couple of FreeBSD hackers alive and busy. Thanks! Thanks also to Dermot McDonnell for his donation of a Toshiba XM3401B CDROM drive. It's been most useful! Thanks to Chuck Robey <chuckr@eng.umd.edu> who's been contributing his floppy tape streamer for experimental work. The FreeBSD core team

(in alphabetical order by first name): Andrey A. Chernov <ache@FreeBSD.org> Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org> David Greenman <davidg@FreeBSD.org> Garrett A. Wollman <wollman@FreeBSD.org> Gary Palmer <gpalmer@FreeBSD.org> Jörg Wunsch <joerg@FreeBSD.org> John Dyson <dyson@FreeBSD.org> Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Justin Gibbs <gibbs@FreeBSD.org> Paul Richards <paul@FreeBSD.org> Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@FreeBSD.org> Rich Murphey <rich@FreeBSD.org> Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@FreeBSD.org> Satoshi Asami <asami@FreeBSD.org> Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.org> Who is responsible for what

Additional FreeBSD contributors

(in alphabetical order by first name): Adam David <adam@veda.is> Adam Glass <glass@postgres.berkeley.edu> Akito Fujita <fujita@zoo.ncl.omron.co.jp> Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.GUN.de> Andrew Herbert <andrew@werple.apana.org.au> Andrew Moore <alm@FreeBSD.org> Anthony Yee-Hang Chan <yeehang@netcom.com> Atsushi Murai <amurai@spec.co.jp> Bill Fenner <fenner@parc.xerox.com> Bill Paul <wpaul@FreeBSD.org> Bob Wilcox <bob@obiwan.uucp> Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Charles Hannum <mycroft@ai.mit.edu> Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@postgres.berkeley.edu> Chris Provenzano <proven@athena.mit.edu> Chris Stenton <jacs@gnome.co.uk> Chris Torek <torek@ee.lbl.gov> Christian Gusenbauer <cg@fimp01.fim.uni-linz.ac.at> Christoph Robitschko <chmr@edvz.tu-graz.ac.at> Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu> Cornelis van der Laan <nils@guru.ims.uni-stuttgart.de> Craig Struble <cstruble@vt.edu> Curt Mayer <curt@toad.com> Danny J. Zerkel <dzerkel@feephi.phofarm.com> Dave Burgess <burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> Dave Chapeskie <dchapes@ale.zeus.leitch.com> Dave Rivers <rivers@ponds.uucp> David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU> Dean Huxley <dean@fsa.ca> Don Whiteside <dwhite@anshar.shadow.net> Eric L. Hernes <erich@lodgenet.com> Frank Durda IV <bsdmail@nemesis.lonestar.org> Frank Maclachlan <fpm@crash.cts.com> Frank Nobis <fn@trinity.radio-do.de> Gary A. Browning <gab10@griffcd.amdahl.com> Gary Clark II <gclarkii@FreeBSD.ORG> Gary Jennejohn <gj%pcs.dec.com@inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com> Gene Stark <stark@cs.sunysb.edu> Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl> Havard Eidnes <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no> Holger Veit <Holger.Veit@gmd.de> Ishii Masahiro, R. Kym Horsell J.T. Conklin <jtc@winsey.com> James Clark <jjc@jclark.com> James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu> et al Janusz Kokot <janek@gaja.ipan.lublin.pl> Javier Martin Rueda <jmrueda@diatel.upm.es> Jim Wilson <wilson@moria.cygnus.com> Jonathan Bresler < jmb@FreeBSD.ORG> Josh MacDonald <jmacd@uclink.berkeley.edu> Julian Elischer <julian@dialix.oz.au> Julian Stacey <stacey@guug.de> (fallback: <julian@meepmeep.pcs.com>) Keith Bostic <bostic@toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Keith Moore <?> L Jonas Olsson <ljo@po.cwru.edu> Lars Fredriksen <fredriks@mcs.com> Lucas James <Lucas.James@ldjpc.apana.org.au> Marc Frajola <marc@escargot.rain.com> Marc Ramirez <mrami@mramirez.sy.yale.edu Marc van Kempen <wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl> Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu> <tinguely@hookie.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu> Martin Birgmeier Martin Renters <martin@innovus.com> Matt Thomas <thomas@lkg.dec.com> Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> NIIMI Satoshi <sa2c@and.or.jp> Nate Williams <nate@FreeBSD.org> Nobuhiro Yasutomi <nobu@psrc.isac.co.jp> Nobuyuki Koganemaru <kogane@kces.koganemaru.co.jp> Ollivier Robert <roberto@FreeBSD.org> Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl> Paul Mackerras <paulus@cs.anu.edu.au> Paul Traina <pst@cisco.com> Peter Dufault <dufault@hda.com> Peter Wemm <peter@haywire.DIALix.COM> Philippe Charnier <charnier@lirmm.fr> Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.ai.mit.edu> Rob Shady <rls@id.net> Rob Snow <rsnow@txdirect.net> Sascha Wildner <swildner@channelz.GUN.de> Scott Mace <smace@FreeBSD.org> Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> Serge V. Vakulenko <vak@zebub.msk.su> Stefan Esser <se@MI.Uni-Koeln.DE> Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au> Steve Gerakines <steve2@genesis.tiac.net> Steven Wallace <swallace@ece.uci.edu> Tatsumi Hosokawa <hosokawa@mt.cs.keio.ac.jp> Terry Lee <terry@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu> Theo Deraadt <deraadt@fsa.ca> Thomas Gellekum <thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de> Tom Samplonius <tom@misery.sdf.com> Torbjorn Granlund <tege@matematik.su.se> Torsten Blum <torstenb@FreeBSD.ORG> Ugen J.S.Antsilevich <ugen@NetVision.net.il> Werner Griessl <werner@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> Wolfgang Stanglmeier <wolf@kintaro.cologne.de> Wolfram Schneider <wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de> Yuval Yarom <yval@cs.huji.ac.il> Yves Fonk <yves@cpcoup5.tn.tudelft.nl> 386BSD Patch kit patch contributors

(in alphabetical order by first name): Adam Glass <glass@postgres.berkeley.edu> Adrian Hall <adrian@ibmpcug.co.uk> Andrey A. Chernov <ache@astral.msk.su> Andrew Herbert <andrew@werple.apana.org.au> Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com> Andy Valencia <ajv@csd.mot.com> <jtk@netcom.com> Arne Henrik Juul <arnej@Lise.Unit.NO> Bakul Shah <bvs@bitblocks.com> Barry Lustig <barry@ictv.com> Bob Wilcox <bob@obiwan.uucp> Branko Lankester Brett Lymn <blymn@mulga.awadi.com.AU> Charles Hannum <mycroft@ai.mit.edu> Chris G. Demetriou <cgd@postgres.berkeley.edu> Chris Torek <torek@ee.lbl.gov> Christoph Robitschko <chmr@edvz.tu-graz.ac.at> Daniel Poirot <poirot@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> Dave Burgess <burgess@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> Dave Rivers <rivers@ponds.uucp> David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU> David Greenman <davidg@Root.COM> Eric J. Haug <ejh@slustl.slu.edu> Felix Gaehtgens <felix@escape.vsse.in-berlin.de> Frank Maclachlan <fpm@crash.cts.com> Gary A. Browning <gab10@griffcd.amdahl.com> Geoff Rehmet <csgr@alpha.ru.ac.za> Goran Hammarback <goran@astro.uu.se> Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.win.tue.nl> Guy Harris <guy@auspex.com> Havard Eidnes <Havard.Eidnes@runit.sintef.no> Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@novatel.cuc.ab.ca Holger Veit <Holger.Veit@gmd.de> Ishii Masahiro, R. Kym Horsell J.T. Conklin <jtc@winsey.com> Jagane D Sundar < jagane@netcom.com > James Clark <jjc@jclark.com> James Jegers <jimj@miller.cs.uwm.edu> James W. Dolter James da Silva <jds@cs.umd.edu> et al Jay Fenlason <hack@datacube.com> Jim Wilson <wilson@moria.cygnus.com> Joerg Lohse <lohse@tech7.informatik.uni-hamburg.de> Jörg Wunsch <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de> John Dyson - <formerly dyson@ref.tfs.com> John Woods <jfw@eddie.mit.edu> Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@whisker.hubbard.ie> Julian Elischer <julian@dialix.oz.au> Julian Stacey <stacey@guug.de> (fallback: <julian@meepmeep.pcs.com>) Karl Lehenbauer <karl@NeoSoft.com> <karl@one.neosoft.com> Keith Bostic <bostic@toe.CS.Berkeley.EDU> Ken Hughes Kent Talarico <kent@shipwreck.tsoft.net> Kevin Lahey <kml%rokkaku.UUCP@mathcs.emory.edu> <kml@mosquito.cis.ufl.edu> Marc Frajola <marc@escargot.rain.com> Mark Tinguely <tinguely@plains.nodak.edu> <tinguely@hookie.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu> Martin Renters <martin@innovus.com> Michael Galassi <nerd@percival.rain.com> Mike Durkin <mdurkin@tsoft.sf-bay.org> Nate Williams <nate@bsd.coe.montana.edu> Nick Handel <nhandel@NeoSoft.com> <nick@madhouse.neosoft.com> Pace Willisson <pace@blitz.com> Paul Kranenburg <pk@cs.few.eur.nl> Paul Mackerras <paulus@cs.anu.edu.au> Paul Popelka <paulp@uts.amdahl.com> Peter da Silva <peter@NeoSoft.com> Phil Sutherland <philsuth@mycroft.dialix.oz.au> Ralf Friedl <friedl@informatik.uni-kl.de> Rick Macklem <root@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca> Robert D. Thrush <rd@phoenix.aii.com> Rodney W. Grimes <rgrimes@cdrom.com> Rog Egge <?> Sascha Wildner <swildner@channelz.GUN.de> Scott Burris <scott@pita.cns.ucla.edu> Scott Reynolds <scott@clmqt.marquette.mi.us> Sean Eric Fagan <sef@kithrup.com> Simon J Gerraty <sjg@melb.bull.oz.au> <sjg@zen.void.oz.au> Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au> Terry Lambert <terry@icarus.weber.edu> Terry Lee <terry@uivlsi.csl.uiuc.edu> Warren Toomey <wkt@csadfa.cs.adfa.oz.au> Wiljo Heinen <wiljo@freeside.ki.open.de> William Jolitz <withheld> Wolfgang Solfrank <ws@tools.de> Wolfgang Stanglmeier <wolf@dentaro.GUN.de> Yuval Yarom <yval@cs.huji.ac.il> Last, but not least, the release engineer would like to thank: His Wife, for chocolate chip cookies, and some other things. The DGB project @ TFS, for patience and tolerance.