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! 4: <title>OpenBSD 2.5 Release</title>
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! 16:
! 17: <p>
! 18: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.5 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 2.5 CDROM, click here.</a>
! 27: <a href=images/openbsd25_cover.gif>
! 28: To see a picture of the 2.5 CDROM, click here.</a>
! 29: <hr>
! 30:
! 31:
! 32: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
! 33: To get the files for this release:
! 34: <ul>
! 35: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.</strong>
! 36: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
! 37: have them order<br>
! 38: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-2-5</font>.
! 39: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
! 40: a list of mirror machines
! 41: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.5/</font> directory on
! 42: one of the mirror sites
! 43: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
! 44: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata.html>The 2.5 Errata page</a> for a list
! 45: of bugs and workarounds.
! 46: </ul>
! 47: </font></h3>
! 48:
! 49: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
! 50: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz and srcsys.tar.gz.
! 51: <p>
! 52: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
! 53: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set
! 54: from <a href=orders.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html</a>,
! 55: instead of doing an alternate form of install. The instructions for
! 56: doing an ftp (or other style of) install are very similar; the CDROM
! 57: instructions are left intact so that you can see how much easier it
! 58: would have been if you had purchased a CDROM instead.
! 59: <p>
! 60: <hr>
! 61: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive
! 62: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.5 on your machine:
! 63: <p>
! 64: <dl>
! 65: <li> CD1:2.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
! 66: <li> CD1:2.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
! 67: <li> CD1:2.5/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
! 68: <p>
! 69: <li> CD2:2.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
! 70: <li> CD2:2.5/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
! 71: <li> CD2:2.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
! 72: <li> CD2:2.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
! 73: <p>
! 74: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
! 75: </dl>
! 76: <hr>
! 77: <p>
! 78: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
! 79: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
! 80: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
! 81: <p>
! 82: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
! 83: <p>
! 84: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
! 85: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.5/i386/floppy25.fs to a
! 86: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
! 87: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
! 88: document.
! 89: <p>
! 90: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.5/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
! 91: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
! 92: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
! 93: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
! 94: <p>
! 95: <h3><font color=#e00000>SPARC:</font></h3>
! 96: <p>
! 97: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.5/sparc/bsd.rd", or
! 98: "b sd(0,6,0)2.5/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
! 99: Alternatively, write CD1:2.5/sparc/floppy25.fs to a floppy and boot it
! 100: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
! 101: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.5/sparc/kc.fs and
! 102: CD1:2.5/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
! 103: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
! 104: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
! 105: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
! 106: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
! 107: <p>
! 108: <h3><font color=#e00000>AMIGA:</font></h3>
! 109: <p>
! 110: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
! 111: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
! 112: CLI command: "CD0:2.5/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.5/amiga/bsd.rd".
! 113: <p>
! 114: <h3><font color=#e00000>HP300:</font></h3>
! 115: <p>
! 116: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
! 117: INSTALL.hp300.
! 118: <p>
! 119: <h3><font color=#e00000>ALPHA:</font></h3>
! 120: <p>
! 121: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
! 122: can try "boot -fi 2.5/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
! 123: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.5/alpha/floppy.fs to a
! 124: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
! 125: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
! 126: <p>
! 127: <h3><font color=#e00000>MAC68K:</font></h3>
! 128: <p>
! 129: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
! 130: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
! 131: CD1:2.5/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
! 132: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
! 133: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.5/mac68k/ onto your
! 134: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
! 135: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
! 136: <p>
! 137: <h3><font color=#e00000>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</font></h3>
! 138: <p>
! 139: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
! 140: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
! 141: in a separate archive. To extract:
! 142: <p>
! 143: <pre>
! 144: # mkdir -p /usr/src
! 145: # cd /usr/src
! 146: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
! 147: </pre>
! 148: <p>
! 149: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
! 150: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
! 151: To extract:
! 152: <p>
! 153: <pre>
! 154: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
! 155: # cd /usr/src
! 156: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
! 157: </pre>
! 158: <p>
! 159: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
! 160: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
! 161: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
! 162: Using these files
! 163: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
! 164: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
! 165: <p>
! 166: <hr>
! 167: <p>
! 168: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
! 169: <p>
! 170: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
! 171: <p>
! 172: <pre>
! 173: # cd /usr
! 174: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
! 175: # cd ports
! 176: # ls
! 177: ...
! 178: </pre>
! 179: <p>
! 180: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
! 181: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
! 182: if you know nothing about ports
! 183: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
! 184: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
! 185: OpenBSD ports system.
! 186: <p>
! 187: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
! 188: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
! 189: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
! 190: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
! 191: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
! 192: future.
! 193: <p>
! 194: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
! 195: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
! 196: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
! 197: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
! 198: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
! 199: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
! 200: like:
! 201: <p>
! 202: <pre>
! 203: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -PAd
! 204: </pre>
! 205: <p>
! 206: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
! 207: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
! 208: server.]
! 209: <p>
! 210: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
! 211: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
! 212: completely.
! 213: <p>
! 214: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
! 215: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
! 216: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
! 217: place to know.
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