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FreeBSD 4.2

FreeBSD 4.2

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FreeBSD 4.2 is a full, professional quality, UNIX-compatible operatingsystem. It includes over 4,000 third-party software packages, all standardTCP/IP networking services, and a wide selection of Web servers, browsers,and e-mail software. FreeBSD is based on Berkeley 4.4 BSD, developed by theUniversity of California, Berkeley, and its contributors. This version includes many new features:

  • ATA100 and ATA tagged queuing support for highest IDE performance
  • Support for ATA pseudo RAID controllers such as the PromiseFasttrak and HighPoint HPT370 controllers
  • Alteon AceNIC and Netgear GA620T 1000Base-T gigabit Ethernet cardsupport
  • New sound card support for ESS Solo 1, Maestro-1, ESS Maestro-2/2e,Forte Media FM801, and VIA Technologies VT82C686A card/chipsets
  • Updated support for AMI MegaRAID, Mylex AccelRAID, and eXtremeRAID SCSIcontrollers
  • Support for 3ware IDE RAID controllers
  • Support for USB scanners (HP ScanJet 4100C, 5200C, 6300C, and others)and USB modems (3Com 5605)
  • OpenSSL and OpenSSH bundled by default and upgraded to 0.9.5a/2.2.0(now includes RSA)
  • Sendmail upgraded to version 8.11.1
  • Support for AMD PCnet/FAST, PCnet/FAST+, PCnet/FAST III, PCnet/PRO,PCnet/Home, and HomePNA adapters
  • accept_filters, a kernel feature to reduce overheads when accepting andreading new connections on listening sockets
  • CVS upgraded to version 1.11
  • Hardware watchpoint support in GDB
  • USB modems (includes Ricochet, 128 Kbps)
  • Support for AMD network cards
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