Announcing FreeBSD 2.0.5 ALPHA!

[Jordan K. Hubbard]

It gives me great pleasure to announce the release of FreeBSD 2.0.5-ALPHA!

2.0.5A represents a significant improvement over FreeBSD 2.0R and is our
release-candidate for 2.0.5R later on this week.  We're doing a short ALPHA
release in order to shake out any glaring bugs before rolling 2.0.5R and
moving on to 2.1R, which is the bigger goal.  If you're looking for 2.1R,
then THIS ISN'T IT.  It's an interim release aimed at people who want
something newer and better than 2.0R to run and don't feel like waiting
for late July, which is when 2.1R is scheduled to go into BETA test.

That said, I think most people will enjoy 2.0.5 quite a bit, and while
it's not up to the "full release quality" we hope to have for 2.1R, it's
certainly more stable and generally nicer to use than 2.0R!

2.0.5A is currently available on the following sites:

	Primary:	ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA

	Secondary:	ftp://freefall.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/2.0.5-ALPHA

And should be up on the following MIRROR sites shortly:

Australia       ftp://ftp.physics.usyd.edu.au/FreeBSD
                <dawes at xfree86.org>

Finland         ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/unix/FreeBSD
                <ftp at nic.funet.fi>

France          ftp://ftp.ibp.fr/pub/FreeBSD
                <Remy.Card at ibp.fr>

Germany         ftp://ftp.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de/pub/unix/FreeBSD
                <ftp at ftp.fb9dv.uni-duisburg.de>

Germany         ftp://gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/FreeBSD
                <kuku at gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de>

Germany         ftp://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/freebsd
                <ftp at uni-paderborn.de>

Israel          ftp://orgchem.weizmann.ac.il/pub/FreeBSD
                <serg at klara.weizmann.ac.il>

Hong Kong       ftp://ftp.hk.super.net/pub/FreeBSD
                <ftp-admin at HK.Super.NET>

Korea           ftp://ftp.cau.ac.kr/pub/FreeBSD
                <ftpadm at ftp.cau.ac.kr>

Netherlands     ftp://ftp.nl.net/pub/os/FreeBSD
                <archive at nl.net>

Russia          ftp://ftp.kiae.su/FreeBSD
                <ftp at ftp.kiae.su>

Sweden          ftp://ftp.luth.se/pub/FreeBSD
                <ragge at ludd.luth.se>

Taiwan          ftp://netbsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw/pub/FreeBSD
                <ftp at netbsd.csie.nctu.edu.tw>

Thailand        ftp://ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/FreeBSD
                <ftpadmin at ftp.nectec.or.th>

USA             ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/BSD/FreeBSD
                <hubbard at gatekeeper.dec.com>

USA             ftp://ftp.cybernetics.net/pub/FreeBSD
                <michael at Cybernetics.NET>

USA             ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/systems/FreeBSD
                <smace at NeoSoft.COM>

USA             ftp://kryten.atinc.com/pub/FreeBSD
                <jmb at kryten.atinc.com>

USA             ftp://ftp.dataplex.net/pub/FreeBSD
                <rkw at dataplex.net>

Japan           ftp://ftp.tokyonet.ad.jp/pub/FreeBSD
                <ftpadmin at TokyoNet.AD.JP>

Japan           ftp://ftp.tut.ac.jp/FreeBSD
                Ashida Hiroyuki <ashida at ftp.tut.ac.jp>

Japan           ftp://ftp.sra.co.jp/pub/os/FreeBSD
                <ftp-admin at sra.co.jp>

Japan           ftp://ftp.ee.uec.ac.jp/pub/os/mirror/ftp.freebsd.org
                <ftp-admin at ftp.ee.uec.ac.jp>

Japan           ftp://ftp.mei.co.jp/free/PC-UNIX/FreeBSD
                TANIGUCHI Syuuhei <tanig at isl.mei.co.jp>

Japan           ftp://ftp.waseda.ac.jp/pub/FreeBSD
                <ftp-admin at waseda.ac.jp>

Japan           ftp://ftp.pu-toyama.ac.jp/pub/FreeBSD
                Yoshihiko USUI <usui at pu-toyama.ac.jp>

Japan           ftp://ftpsv1.u-aizu.ac.jp/pub/os/FreeBSD
                <ftp-admin at u-aizu.ac.jp>

UK              ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/packages/unix/FreeBSD
                <wizards at doc.ic.ac.uk>

UK              ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk/pub/walnut.creek/FreeBSD
                <archive-admin at unix.hensa.ac.uk>

UK              ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/BSD/FreeBSD
                <uploads at demon.net>
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NOTE:  If you're installing directly from ftp you can simply grab the
boot.flp image from the floppies directory, write it to a floppy
and go from there.  There is _no need_ to grab any of the other files;
the installation will perform this step automatically!

Please also read the various README and RELNOTES files in the release for
more information on 2.0.5 - no sense in repeating it all here if most
of you are simply going to download and read it anyway! :-)

I'd like to also extend special thanks to Poul-Henning Kamp & Gary Palmer
for exerting an especially large amount of effort this time in helping
me get the new installation together.  Thanks also to Rod Grimes for
playing "source tree pit bull" when I needed him to, thus keeping the
number of headaches I had to suffer in pulling in various last-minute
changes to an absolute minimum.  Thanks, guys!  This couldn't have
been done without you!

						Jordan
						for the FreeBSD Project.