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! 4: <title>OpenBSD 2.3 Release</title>
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! 10: <meta name="copyright" content="This document copyright 1996 by OpenBSD.">
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! 16:
! 17: <p>
! 18: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.3 Release:</font></h2>
! 19: <p>
! 20:
! 21: Released sometime around December 1, 1997.<br>
! 22: Copyright 1997, Theo de Raadt.
! 23: <p>
! 24:
! 25: <h3><font color=#e00000>
! 26: To get the files for this release:
! 27: <ul>
! 28: <li>See the information on the <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
! 29: a list of mirror machines
! 30: <li>Go to the <font color=#0000e0>pub/OpenBSD/2.3/</font> directory on
! 31: one of the mirror sites
! 32: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
! 33: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata22.html>The 2.2 Errata page</a> for a list
! 34: of bugs and workarounds.
! 35: </ul>
! 36: </font></h3>
! 37:
! 38: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
! 39: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz and srcsys.tar.gz.
! 40: <p>
! 41: Following this are the instructions if you had purchased a CDROM set
! 42: from <a href=orders.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html</a>,
! 43: instead of attempting to do
! 44: an alternate form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or
! 45: other style of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are
! 46: left intact so that you can see how much easier it would have been if
! 47: you had purchased a CDROM instead.
! 48: <p>
! 49: <hr>
! 50: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive
! 51: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.3 on your machine:
! 52: <p>
! 53: <dl>
! 54: <li> CD1:2.3/i386/INSTALL.i386
! 55: <li> CD1:2.3/arc/INSTALL.arc
! 56: <li> CD1:2.3/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
! 57: <li> CD1:2.3/pmax/INSTALL.pmax
! 58: <li> CD1:2.3/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
! 59: <li> CD1:2.3/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
! 60: <p>
! 61: <li> CD2:2.3/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
! 62: <li> CD2:2.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
! 63: <li> CD2:2.3/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
! 64: <li> CD2:2.3/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
! 65: </dl>
! 66: <hr>
! 67: <p>
! 68: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
! 69: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
! 70: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
! 71: <p>
! 72: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
! 73: <p>
! 74: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
! 75: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.3/i386/floppy22.fs to a
! 76: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
! 77: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
! 78: document.
! 79: <p>
! 80: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.3/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
! 81: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
! 82: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
! 83: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
! 84: <p>
! 85: <h3><font color=#e00000>ARC:</font></h3>
! 86: <p>
! 87: Using CD1, tell the BOOT ROM to load the file CD1:\2.3\arc\bsd.rd. If
! 88: that does not work, create a MS-DOS filesystem using your vendor's arc
! 89: setup program, copy CD1:2.3/arc/bsd.rd to there and attempt to boot
! 90: it.
! 91: <p>
! 92: <h3><font color=#e00000>SPARC:</font></h3>
! 93: <p>
! 94: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.3/sparc/bsd.rd", or
! 95: "b sd(0,6,0)2.3/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
! 96: Alternatively, write CD1:2.3/sparc/floppy22.fs to a floppy and boot it
! 97: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
! 98: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.3/sparc/kc.fs and
! 99: CD1:2.3/sparc/inst.fs to two seperate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
! 100: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
! 101: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
! 102: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
! 103: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
! 104: <p>
! 105: <h3><font color=#e00000>PMAX:</font></h3>
! 106: <p>
! 107: Write the simpleroot22.fs onto the start of the disk using dd on another
! 108: machine. After moving the disk drive, use "boot -f rz(0,0,0)/bsd"
! 109: (2100/3100) or "boot 5/rz0a/bsd" (5000). Alternatively, install via
! 110: network as described in detail in INSTALL.pmax.
! 111: <p>
! 112: <h3><font color=#e00000>AMIGA:</font></h3>
! 113: <p>
! 114: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
! 115: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
! 116: CLI command: "CD0:2.3/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.3/amiga/bsd.rd".
! 117: <p>
! 118: <h3><font color=#e00000>HP300:</font></h3>
! 119: <p>
! 120: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
! 121: INSTALL.hp300.
! 122: <p>
! 123: <h3><font color=#e00000>ALPHA:</font></h3>
! 124: <p>
! 125: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
! 126: can try "boot -fi 2.3/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
! 127: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.3/alpha/floppy.fs to a
! 128: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
! 129: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
! 130: <p>
! 131: <h3><font color=#e00000>MAC68K:</font></h3>
! 132: <p>
! 133: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
! 134: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
! 135: CD1:2.3/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
! 136: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
! 137: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.3/mac68k/ onto your
! 138: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
! 139: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
! 140: <p>
! 141: <h3><font color=#e00000>MVME68K:</font></h3>
! 142: <p>
! 143: Theo has no real idea. In the rush to get everything else done, the
! 144: install stuff for the mvme68k was never completed. Enough pieces are
! 145: included so that a really skilled person could find a way to install
! 146: it; perhaps using netbooting. Good luck!
! 147: <hr>
! 148: <p>
! 149: <h3><font color=#e00000>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</font></h3>
! 150: <p>
! 151: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
! 152: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
! 153: in a seperate archive. To extract:
! 154: <p>
! 155: <pre>
! 156: # mkdir -p /usr/src
! 157: # cd /usr/src
! 158: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
! 159: </pre>
! 160: <p>
! 161: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
! 162: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
! 163: To extract:
! 164: <p>
! 165: <pre>
! 166: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
! 167: # cd /usr/src/sys
! 168: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
! 169: </pre>
! 170: <p>
! 171: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
! 172: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
! 173: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
! 174: Using these files
! 175: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
! 176: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
! 177: <p>
! 178: <hr>
! 179: <p>
! 180: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
! 181: <p>
! 182: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
! 183: <p>
! 184: <pre>
! 185: # cd /usr
! 186: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
! 187: # cd ports
! 188: # ls
! 189: ...
! 190: </pre>
! 191: <p>
! 192: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
! 193: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
! 194: if you know nothing about ports
! 195: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
! 196: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
! 197: OpenBSD ports system.
! 198: <p>
! 199: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
! 200: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is a very
! 201: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
! 202: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
! 203: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionallity in the
! 204: future.
! 205: <p>
! 206: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
! 207: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
! 208: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
! 209: tree, we will soon be making ports available via anoncvs. So, in
! 210: order to keep current with the, you must make the ports/ tree
! 211: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
! 212: like:
! 213: <p>
! 214: <pre>
! 215: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -PAd
! 216: </pre>
! 217: <p>
! 218: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
! 219: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
! 220: server.]
! 221: <p>
! 222: Again, it's important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
! 223: this is a very new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
! 224: completely.
! 225: <p>
! 226: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
! 227: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
! 228: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
! 229: place to know.