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1.1 deraadt 20: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.3 Release:</font></h2>
21: <p>
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1.7 deraadt 23: Released May 19, 1998.<br>
1.3 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-1998, Theo de Raadt.
1.1 deraadt 25: <p>
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1.5 deraadt 27: <a href=orders.html>To order a 2.3 CDROM, click here.</a>
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1.8 deraadt 29: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
1.1 deraadt 30: To get the files for this release:
31: <ul>
1.8 deraadt 32: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.</strong>
1.6 deraadt 33: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
1.8 deraadt 34: have them order<br>
35: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-1-7</font>.
1.1 deraadt 36: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.16 deraadt 37: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata23.html>The 2.3 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 38: of bugs and workarounds.
39: </ul>
40: </font></h3>
41:
42: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
43: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz and srcsys.tar.gz.
44: <p>
1.9 deraadt 45: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
46: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set
1.1 deraadt 47: from <a href=orders.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html</a>,
1.14 ryker 48: instead of doing an alternate form of install. The instructions for
1.9 deraadt 49: doing an ftp (or other style of) install are very similar; the CDROM
50: instructions are left intact so that you can see how much easier it
51: would have been if you had purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 52: <p>
53: <hr>
1.25 jsyn 54: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 55: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.3 on your machine:
56: <p>
57: <dl>
58: <li> CD1:2.3/i386/INSTALL.i386
59: <li> CD1:2.3/arc/INSTALL.arc
60: <li> CD1:2.3/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
61: <li> CD1:2.3/pmax/INSTALL.pmax
62: <li> CD1:2.3/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
63: <li> CD1:2.3/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
64: <p>
65: <li> CD2:2.3/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
66: <li> CD2:2.3/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
67: <li> CD2:2.3/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
68: <li> CD2:2.3/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
69: </dl>
70: <hr>
71: <p>
72: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
73: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
74: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
75: <p>
76: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
77: <p>
78: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
1.4 deraadt 79: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.3/i386/floppy23.fs to a
1.1 deraadt 80: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
81: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
82: document.
83: <p>
84: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.3/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.22 wvdputte 85: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 86: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
87: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
88: <p>
89: <h3><font color=#e00000>ARC:</font></h3>
90: <p>
91: Using CD1, tell the BOOT ROM to load the file CD1:\2.3\arc\bsd.rd. If
92: that does not work, create a MS-DOS filesystem using your vendor's arc
93: setup program, copy CD1:2.3/arc/bsd.rd to there and attempt to boot
94: it.
95: <p>
96: <h3><font color=#e00000>SPARC:</font></h3>
97: <p>
98: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.3/sparc/bsd.rd", or
99: "b sd(0,6,0)2.3/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
1.4 deraadt 100: Alternatively, write CD1:2.3/sparc/floppy23.fs to a floppy and boot it
1.1 deraadt 101: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
102: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.3/sparc/kc.fs and
1.14 ryker 103: CD1:2.3/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
1.1 deraadt 104: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
105: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
106: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
107: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
108: <p>
109: <h3><font color=#e00000>PMAX:</font></h3>
110: <p>
1.4 deraadt 111: Write the simpleroot23.fs onto the start of the disk using dd on another
1.1 deraadt 112: machine. After moving the disk drive, use "boot -f rz(0,0,0)/bsd"
113: (2100/3100) or "boot 5/rz0a/bsd" (5000). Alternatively, install via
114: network as described in detail in INSTALL.pmax.
115: <p>
116: <h3><font color=#e00000>AMIGA:</font></h3>
117: <p>
118: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
119: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
120: CLI command: "CD0:2.3/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.3/amiga/bsd.rd".
121: <p>
122: <h3><font color=#e00000>HP300:</font></h3>
123: <p>
124: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
125: INSTALL.hp300.
126: <p>
127: <h3><font color=#e00000>ALPHA:</font></h3>
128: <p>
129: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
130: can try "boot -fi 2.3/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
131: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.3/alpha/floppy.fs to a
132: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
133: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
134: <p>
135: <h3><font color=#e00000>MAC68K:</font></h3>
136: <p>
137: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
138: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
139: CD1:2.3/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
140: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
141: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.3/mac68k/ onto your
142: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
143: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
144: <p>
145: <h3><font color=#e00000>MVME68K:</font></h3>
146: <p>
147: Theo has no real idea. In the rush to get everything else done, the
148: install stuff for the mvme68k was never completed. Enough pieces are
149: included so that a really skilled person could find a way to install
150: it; perhaps using netbooting. Good luck!
151: <hr>
152: <p>
153: <h3><font color=#e00000>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</font></h3>
154: <p>
155: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
156: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1.14 ryker 157: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.1 deraadt 158: <p>
159: <pre>
160: # mkdir -p /usr/src
161: # cd /usr/src
162: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
163: </pre>
164: <p>
165: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
166: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
167: To extract:
168: <p>
169: <pre>
170: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
1.18 deraadt 171: # cd /usr/src
1.1 deraadt 172: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
173: </pre>
174: <p>
175: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
176: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
177: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
178: Using these files
179: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
180: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
181: <p>
182: <hr>
183: <p>
184: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
185: <p>
186: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
187: <p>
188: <pre>
189: # cd /usr
190: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
191: # cd ports
192: # ls
193: ...
194: </pre>
195: <p>
196: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
197: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
198: if you know nothing about ports
199: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
200: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
201: OpenBSD ports system.
202: <p>
203: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
204: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is a very
205: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
206: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
1.14 ryker 207: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
1.1 deraadt 208: future.
209: <p>
210: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
211: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
212: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
213: tree, we will soon be making ports available via anoncvs. So, in
214: order to keep current with the, you must make the ports/ tree
215: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
216: like:
217: <p>
218: <pre>
1.27 chris 219: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 220: </pre>
221: <p>
222: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
223: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
224: server.]
225: <p>
226: Again, it's important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
227: this is a very new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
228: completely.
229: <p>
230: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
231: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
232: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
233: place to know.
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