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1.19 deraadt 5: <title>OpenBSD 2.4</title>
1.27 tb 6: <meta name="description" content="OpenBSD 2.4">
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1.1 deraadt 23:
1.30 ! bentley 24: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
1.27 tb 25: <a href="index.html">
1.30 ! bentley 26: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
! 27: 2.4
1.27 tb 28: </h2>
1.1 deraadt 29:
1.30 ! bentley 30: <table>
! 31: <tr>
! 32: <td>
1.19 deraadt 33: <a href=images/openbsd24_cover.gif>
1.30 ! bentley 34: <img src=images/cd24-s.gif alt="CD 2.4"></a>
! 35: <td>
1.1 deraadt 36: Released December 1, 1998.<br>
1.19 deraadt 37: Copyright 1997-1998, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.30 ! bentley 38: <cite class=isbn>ISBN - 0-9683637-2-5</cite>.
1.1 deraadt 39: <p>
40: <ul>
41: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.</strong>
1.4 espie 42: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
1.1 deraadt 43: a list of mirror machines
1.30 ! bentley 44: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.4/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 45: one of the mirror sites
1.6 deraadt 46: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata24.html>The 2.4 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 47: of bugs and workarounds.
48: </ul>
1.28 tb 49: <p>
1.27 tb 50: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
51: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
52: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
1.30 ! bentley 53: </table>
1.1 deraadt 54:
1.27 tb 55: <hr>
1.30 ! bentley 56:
! 57: <section id=install>
! 58: <h3>How to install</h3>
! 59:
1.1 deraadt 60: <p>
61: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.19 deraadt 62: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
63: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
64: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
65: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
66: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 67: <p>
1.19 deraadt 68:
1.1 deraadt 69: <hr>
1.11 jsyn 70: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 71: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.4 on your machine:
72: <p>
1.30 ! bentley 73: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 74: <li> CD1:2.4/i386/INSTALL.i386
75: <li> CD1:2.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
76: <li> CD1:2.4/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
1.30 ! bentley 77: </ul>
! 78: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 79: <li> CD2:2.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
80: <li> CD2:2.4/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
81: <li> CD2:2.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
82: <li> CD2:2.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
1.30 ! bentley 83: </ul>
! 84: <ul>
1.3 deraadt 85: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
1.30 ! bentley 86: </ul>
! 87:
1.1 deraadt 88: <hr>
1.30 ! bentley 89:
! 90: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 91: <p>
92: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
93: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
94: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
95: <p>
1.30 ! bentley 96: <h3>i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 97: <p>
98: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
99: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.4/i386/floppy24.fs to a
100: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
101: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
102: document.
103: <p>
104: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.4/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.9 wvdputte 105: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 106: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
107: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
108: <p>
1.30 ! bentley 109: <h3>SPARC:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 110: <p>
111: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.4/sparc/bsd.rd", or
112: "b sd(0,6,0)2.4/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
113: Alternatively, write CD1:2.4/sparc/floppy24.fs to a floppy and boot it
114: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
115: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.4/sparc/kc.fs and
116: CD1:2.4/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
117: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
118: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
119: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
120: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
121: <p>
1.30 ! bentley 122: <h3>AMIGA:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 123: <p>
124: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
125: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
126: CLI command: "CD0:2.4/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.4/amiga/bsd.rd".
127: <p>
1.30 ! bentley 128: <h3>HP300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 129: <p>
130: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
131: INSTALL.hp300.
132: <p>
1.30 ! bentley 133: <h3>ALPHA:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 134: <p>
135: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
136: can try "boot -fi 2.4/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
137: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.4/alpha/floppy.fs to a
138: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
139: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
140: <p>
1.30 ! bentley 141: <h3>MAC68K:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 142: <p>
143: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
144: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
145: CD1:2.4/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
146: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
147: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.4/mac68k/ onto your
148: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
149: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.30 ! bentley 150: </section>
! 151:
! 152: <section id=sourcecode>
! 153: <h3>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 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
157: in a separate archive. To extract:
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
1.5 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.
1.30 ! bentley 181: </section>
! 182: </section>
! 183:
1.1 deraadt 184: <hr>
1.30 ! bentley 185:
! 186: <section id=ports>
! 187: <h3>PORTS TREE</h3>
1.1 deraadt 188: <p>
189: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
190: <p>
191: <pre>
192: # cd /usr
193: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
194: # cd ports
195: # ls
196: ...
197: </pre>
198: <p>
199: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.17 jasper 200: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 201: if you know nothing about ports
202: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
203: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
204: OpenBSD ports system.
205: <p>
206: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
1.4 espie 207: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
1.1 deraadt 208: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
209: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
210: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
211: future.
212: <p>
213: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
214: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
215: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
1.4 espie 216: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
217: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
1.1 deraadt 218: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
219: like:
220: <p>
221: <pre>
1.16 deraadt 222: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 223: </pre>
224: <p>
225: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
226: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
227: server.]
228: <p>
1.4 espie 229: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
230: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
1.1 deraadt 231: completely.
232: <p>
233: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
234: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
235: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
236: place to know.
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