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2.5

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Released May 19, 1999.<br>

<font color=#e00000>ISBN - 0-9683637-3-3</font>.

<cite class=isbn>ISBN - 0-9683637-3-3</cite>.

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<li><strong>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.</strong>

<li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for

a list of mirror machines

<li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.5/</font> directory on

<li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.5/</code> directory on

one of the mirror sites

<li>Have a look at <a href=errata25.html>The 2.5 Errata page</a> for a list

of bugs and workarounds.

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All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,

sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the

files fetched via ports.tar.gz.

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<h3>How to install</h3>

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<h3><font color="#0000e0">How to install</font></h3>

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Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of

paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate

form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style

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Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive

details on how to install OpenBSD 2.5 on your machine:

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<li> CD1:2.5/i386/INSTALL.i386

<li> CD1:2.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc

<li> CD1:2.5/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc

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<li> CD2:2.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha

<li> CD2:2.5/amiga/INSTALL.amiga

<li> CD2:2.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k

<li> CD2:2.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300

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<li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.

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Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the

use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when

installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!

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Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a

CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.5/i386/floppy25.fs to a

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be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect

floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.

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<h3><font color=#e00000>SPARC:</font></h3>

<h3>SPARC:</h3>

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To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.5/sparc/bsd.rd", or

"b sd(0,6,0)2.5/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.

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the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply

re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.

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<h3><font color=#e00000>AMIGA:</font></h3>

<h3>AMIGA:</h3>

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Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.

Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following

CLI command: "CD0:2.5/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.5/amiga/bsd.rd".

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You can boot over the network by following the instructions in

INSTALL.hp300.

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<h3><font color=#e00000>ALPHA:</font></h3>

<h3>ALPHA:</h3>

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Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you

can try "boot -fi 2.5/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your

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floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place

bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.

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Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX

configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from

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BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.5/mac68k/ onto your

partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k

Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.

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<h3>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</h3>

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<h3><font color=#e00000>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</font></h3>

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src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file

contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are

in a separate archive. To extract:

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Using these files

results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from

a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.

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<h3>PORTS TREE</h3>

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<h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>

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A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:

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interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just

would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good

place to know.

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