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This is a full distribution kit for the fourth release of the Fourth Berkeley Software tape, known as 4.3BSD Tahoe. The package you received should have contained:

Three 2400' 1600 bpi magnetic tapes or one 2400' 6250 bpi magnetic tape containing the basic system software; this is the bootstrap distribution media. Documents entitled ``Design of a General Purpose Memory Allocator for the 4.3BSD UNIX Kernel'', ``Hints on Upgrading a 4.3BSD VAX System to 4.3BSD-Tahoe'' and ``Installing and Operating 4.3BSD-tahoe UNIX on the Tahoe'', as well as various manual pages related to disklabels.

To set up the tapes, follow the instructions in the ``Installing and Operating 4.3BSD-tahoe UNIX on the Tahoe'' document. It is a good idea to look through the whole document before you begin. If you are upgrading a VAX to the 4.3BSD-tahoe release, you should read the ``Hints on Upgrading a 4.3BSD VAX System to 4.3BSD-Tahoe''. If you have questions that are not answered in the documentation supplied, you can call us at (415) 642-7780.

Bug reports about this distribution can be submitted using the sendbug program on the tape, which will submit a formatted report to ``4bsd-bugs@BERKELEY.EDU'' on the Internet (on the uucp net, modify sendbug to send to ``ucbvax!4bsd-bugs'' by an appropriate path). Ideas for improvement of the system should be sent to ``4bsd-ideas'', in the same network context. Please let us know of problems you have with the distribution tape. If you bring up new devices or other software which you would be willing to share with others, let us know. Good Luck,

Mike Karels

karels@berkeley.edu

ucbvax!karels

Kirk McKusick

mckusick@berkeley.edu

ucbvax!mckusick

Keith Bostic

bostic@okeeffe.berkeley.edu

uunet!keith