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! 4: <title>OpenBSD 2.4 Release</title>
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! 17: <p>
! 18: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.4 Release:</font></h2>
! 19: <p>
! 20:
! 21: Released December 1, 1998.<br>
! 22: Copyright 1997-1998, Theo de Raadt.
! 23: <p>
! 24:
! 25: <hr>
! 26: <a href=orders.html>To order a 2.4 CDROM, click here.</a>
! 27: <a href=openbsd24_cover.gif>To see a picture of the 2.4 CDROM, click here.</a>
! 28: <hr>
! 29:
! 30:
! 31: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
! 32: To get the files for this release:
! 33: <ul>
! 34: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.</strong>
! 35: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
! 36: have them order<br>
! 37: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-2-5</font>.
! 38: <li>See the information on the <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
! 39: a list of mirror machines
! 40: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.4/</font> directory on
! 41: one of the mirror sites
! 42: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
! 43: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata.html>The 2.4 Errata page</a> for a list
! 44: of bugs and workarounds.
! 45: </ul>
! 46: </font></h3>
! 47:
! 48: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
! 49: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz and srcsys.tar.gz.
! 50: <p>
! 51: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
! 52: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set
! 53: from <a href=orders.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html</a>,
! 54: instead of doing an alternate form of install. The instructions for
! 55: doing an ftp (or other style of) install are very similar; the CDROM
! 56: instructions are left intact so that you can see how much easier it
! 57: would have been if you had purchased a CDROM instead.
! 58: <p>
! 59: <hr>
! 60: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive
! 61: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.4 on your machine:
! 62: <p>
! 63: <dl>
! 64: <li> CD1:2.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
! 65: <li> CD1:2.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
! 66: <li> CD1:2.4/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
! 67: <p>
! 68: <li> CD2:2.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
! 69: <li> CD2:2.4/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
! 70: <li> CD2:2.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
! 71: <li> CD2:2.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
! 72: </dl>
! 73: <hr>
! 74: <p>
! 75: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
! 76: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
! 77: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
! 78: <p>
! 79: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
! 80: <p>
! 81: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
! 82: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.4/i386/floppy24.fs to a
! 83: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
! 84: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
! 85: document.
! 86: <p>
! 87: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.4/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
! 88: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
! 89: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
! 90: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
! 91: <p>
! 92: <h3><font color=#e00000>SPARC:</font></h3>
! 93: <p>
! 94: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.4/sparc/bsd.rd", or
! 95: "b sd(0,6,0)2.4/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
! 96: Alternatively, write CD1:2.4/sparc/floppy24.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 CD1:2.4/sparc/kc.fs and
! 99: CD1:2.4/sparc/inst.fs to two separate 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>AMIGA:</font></h3>
! 106: <p>
! 107: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
! 108: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
! 109: CLI command: "CD0:2.4/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.4/amiga/bsd.rd".
! 110: <p>
! 111: <h3><font color=#e00000>HP300:</font></h3>
! 112: <p>
! 113: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
! 114: INSTALL.hp300.
! 115: <p>
! 116: <h3><font color=#e00000>ALPHA:</font></h3>
! 117: <p>
! 118: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
! 119: can try "boot -fi 2.4/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
! 120: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.4/alpha/floppy.fs to a
! 121: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
! 122: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
! 123: <p>
! 124: <h3><font color=#e00000>MAC68K:</font></h3>
! 125: <p>
! 126: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
! 127: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
! 128: CD1:2.4/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
! 129: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
! 130: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.4/mac68k/ onto your
! 131: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
! 132: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
! 133: <p>
! 134: <h3><font color=#e00000>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</font></h3>
! 135: <p>
! 136: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
! 137: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
! 138: in a separate archive. To extract:
! 139: <p>
! 140: <pre>
! 141: # mkdir -p /usr/src
! 142: # cd /usr/src
! 143: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
! 144: </pre>
! 145: <p>
! 146: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
! 147: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
! 148: To extract:
! 149: <p>
! 150: <pre>
! 151: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
! 152: # cd /usr/src/sys
! 153: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
! 154: </pre>
! 155: <p>
! 156: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
! 157: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
! 158: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
! 159: Using these files
! 160: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
! 161: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
! 162: <p>
! 163: <hr>
! 164: <p>
! 165: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
! 166: <p>
! 167: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
! 168: <p>
! 169: <pre>
! 170: # cd /usr
! 171: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
! 172: # cd ports
! 173: # ls
! 174: ...
! 175: </pre>
! 176: <p>
! 177: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
! 178: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
! 179: if you know nothing about ports
! 180: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
! 181: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
! 182: OpenBSD ports system.
! 183: <p>
! 184: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
! 185: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is a very
! 186: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
! 187: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
! 188: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
! 189: future.
! 190: <p>
! 191: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
! 192: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
! 193: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
! 194: tree, we will soon be making ports available via anoncvs. So, in
! 195: order to keep current with the, you must make the ports/ tree
! 196: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
! 197: like:
! 198: <p>
! 199: <pre>
! 200: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -PAd
! 201: </pre>
! 202: <p>
! 203: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
! 204: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
! 205: server.]
! 206: <p>
! 207: Again, it's important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
! 208: this is a very new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
! 209: completely.
! 210: <p>
! 211: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
! 212: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
! 213: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
! 214: place to know.