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1.30 bentley 16: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
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1.30 bentley 18: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
19: 2.4
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1.30 bentley 22: <table>
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1.30 bentley 26: <img src=images/cd24-s.gif alt="CD 2.4"></a>
27: <td>
1.1 deraadt 28: Released December 1, 1998.<br>
1.19 deraadt 29: Copyright 1997-1998, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.30 bentley 30: <cite class=isbn>ISBN - 0-9683637-2-5</cite>.
1.32 bentley 31:
1.1 deraadt 32: <ul>
1.34 deraadt 33: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
34: a list of mirror machines.
1.30 bentley 35: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.4/</code> directory on
1.34 deraadt 36: one of the mirror sites.
1.32 bentley 37: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata24.html">The 2.4 Errata page</a> for a list
1.34 deraadt 38: of bugs and workarounds.
1.1 deraadt 39: </ul>
1.28 tb 40: <p>
1.27 tb 41: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
42: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
1.33 deraadt 43: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
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1.27 tb 46: <hr>
1.30 bentley 47:
48: <section id=install>
49: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 deraadt 50: <p>
51: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.19 deraadt 52: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
53: form of install. The instructions for doing an FTP (or other style
54: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
55: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
56: purchased a CDROM instead.
57:
1.1 deraadt 58: <hr>
1.11 jsyn 59: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 60: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.4 on your machine:
1.32 bentley 61:
1.30 bentley 62: <ul>
1.31 deraadt 63: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/i386/INSTALL.i386">
64: .../OpenBSD/2.4/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
65: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
66: .../OpenBSD/2.4/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD1)</a>
67: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc">
68: .../OpenBSD/2.4/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc (on CD1)</a>
69: <p>
70: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
71: .../OpenBSD/2.4/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD2)</a>
72: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/amiga/INSTALL.amiga">
73: .../OpenBSD/2.4/amiga/INSTALL.amiga (on CD2)</a>
74: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
75: .../OpenBSD/2.4/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k (on CD2)</a>
76: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
77: .../OpenBSD/2.4/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 (on CD2)</a>
78: <p>
79: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.4/pmax/INSTALL.pmax">
80: .../OpenBSD/2.4/pmax/INSTALL.pmax</a>
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1.31 deraadt 82: </section>
1.30 bentley 83:
1.1 deraadt 84: <hr>
1.30 bentley 85:
86: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 87: <p>
88: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
89: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
90: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
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1.31 deraadt 92: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 93: <p>
94: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
95: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.4/i386/floppy24.fs to a
96: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
97: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
98: document.
99: <p>
100: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.4/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.9 wvdputte 101: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 102: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
103: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
1.32 bentley 104:
1.31 deraadt 105: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 106: <p>
107: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.4/sparc/bsd.rd", or
108: "b sd(0,6,0)2.4/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
109: Alternatively, write CD1:2.4/sparc/floppy24.fs to a floppy and boot it
110: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
111: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.4/sparc/kc.fs and
112: CD1:2.4/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
113: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
114: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
115: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
116: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
1.32 bentley 117:
1.31 deraadt 118: <h3>OpenBSD/amiga:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 119: <p>
120: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
121: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
122: CLI command: "CD0:2.4/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.4/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.32 bentley 123:
1.31 deraadt 124: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 125: <p>
126: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
127: INSTALL.hp300.
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1.31 deraadt 129: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 130: <p>
131: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
132: can try "boot -fi 2.4/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
133: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.4/alpha/floppy.fs to a
134: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
135: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
1.32 bentley 136:
1.31 deraadt 137: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 138: <p>
139: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
140: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
141: CD1:2.4/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
142: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
143: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.4/mac68k/ onto your
144: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
145: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
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1.31 deraadt 148: <hr>
149:
1.30 bentley 150: <section id=sourcecode>
1.31 deraadt 151: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 deraadt 152: <p>
1.33 deraadt 153: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
154: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1.1 deraadt 155: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.31 deraadt 156: <blockquote><pre>
157: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
158: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
159: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
160: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 161: <p>
1.33 deraadt 162: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1 deraadt 163: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
164: To extract:
1.31 deraadt 165: <blockquote><pre>
166: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
167: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
168: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</kbd>
169: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 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
1.31 deraadt 173: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1.1 deraadt 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.
1.30 bentley 177: </section>
178:
1.1 deraadt 179: <hr>
1.30 bentley 180:
181: <section id=ports>
1.31 deraadt 182: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 183: <p>
184: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.31 deraadt 185: <blockquote><pre>
186: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
187: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
188: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 189: <p>
190: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.32 bentley 191: read <a href="faq/faq15.html">https://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 192: if you know nothing about ports
193: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
194: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
195: OpenBSD ports system.
196: <p>
197: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
1.4 espie 198: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
1.1 deraadt 199: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
200: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
201: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
202: future.
203: <p>
204: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
205: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
206: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
1.4 espie 207: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
208: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
1.1 deraadt 209: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
210: like:
1.31 deraadt 211: <blockquote><pre>
212: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd</kbd>
213: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 214: <p>
215: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
216: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
217: server.]
218: <p>
1.4 espie 219: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
220: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
1.1 deraadt 221: completely.
222: <p>
223: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
224: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.31 deraadt 225: would like to know more, the mailing list
226: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.30 bentley 227: </section>
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