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1.18 deraadt 5: <title>OpenBSD 2.5</title>
1.26 tb 6: <meta name="description" content="OpenBSD 2.5">
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8: <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="openbsd.css">
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1.1 deraadt 23:
1.29 ! bentley 24: <h2 id=OpenBSD>
! 25: <a href="index.html"><img alt="[OpenBSD]" src="images/logo25.gif" width=201 height=44></a>
1.26 tb 26: <a href="index.html">
1.29 ! bentley 27: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
! 28: 2.5
1.26 tb 29: </h2>
1.1 deraadt 30:
1.29 ! bentley 31: <table>
! 32: <tr>
! 33: <td>
1.18 deraadt 34: <a href=images/openbsd25_cover.gif>
1.29 ! bentley 35: <img src=images/cd25-s.gif alt="CD 2.5"></a>
! 36: <td>
1.2 deraadt 37: Released May 19, 1999.<br>
1.18 deraadt 38: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.29 ! bentley 39: <cite class=isbn>ISBN - 0-9683637-3-3</cite>.
1.1 deraadt 40: <p>
41: <ul>
42: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.</strong>
43: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
44: a list of mirror machines
1.29 ! bentley 45: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.5/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 46: one of the mirror sites
1.7 deraadt 47: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata25.html>The 2.5 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 48: of bugs and workarounds.
49: </ul>
1.27 tb 50: <p>
1.26 tb 51: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
52: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
53: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
1.29 ! bentley 54: </table>
1.1 deraadt 55:
1.26 tb 56: <hr>
1.29 ! bentley 57:
! 58: <section id=install>
! 59: <h3>How to install</h3>
! 60:
1.1 deraadt 61: <p>
62: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.18 deraadt 63: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
64: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
65: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
66: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
67: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 68: <p>
1.18 deraadt 69:
1.1 deraadt 70: <hr>
1.10 jsyn 71: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 72: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.5 on your machine:
73: <p>
1.29 ! bentley 74: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 75: <li> CD1:2.5/i386/INSTALL.i386
76: <li> CD1:2.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
77: <li> CD1:2.5/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
1.29 ! bentley 78: </ul>
! 79: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 80: <li> CD2:2.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
81: <li> CD2:2.5/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
82: <li> CD2:2.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
83: <li> CD2:2.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
1.29 ! bentley 84: </ul>
! 85: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 86: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
1.29 ! bentley 87: </ul>
! 88:
1.1 deraadt 89: <hr>
1.29 ! bentley 90:
! 91: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 92: <p>
93: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
94: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
95: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
96: <p>
1.29 ! bentley 97: <h3>i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 98: <p>
99: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
100: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.5/i386/floppy25.fs to a
101: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
102: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
103: document.
104: <p>
105: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.5/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.8 wvdputte 106: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 107: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
108: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
109: <p>
1.29 ! bentley 110: <h3>SPARC:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 111: <p>
112: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.5/sparc/bsd.rd", or
113: "b sd(0,6,0)2.5/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
114: Alternatively, write CD1:2.5/sparc/floppy25.fs to a floppy and boot it
115: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
116: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.5/sparc/kc.fs and
117: CD1:2.5/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
118: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
119: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
120: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
121: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
122: <p>
1.29 ! bentley 123: <h3>AMIGA:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 124: <p>
125: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
126: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
127: CLI command: "CD0:2.5/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.5/amiga/bsd.rd".
128: <p>
1.29 ! bentley 129: <h3>HP300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 130: <p>
131: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
132: INSTALL.hp300.
133: <p>
1.29 ! bentley 134: <h3>ALPHA:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 135: <p>
136: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
137: can try "boot -fi 2.5/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
138: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.5/alpha/floppy.fs to a
139: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
140: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
141: <p>
1.29 ! bentley 142: <h3>MAC68K:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 143: <p>
144: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
145: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
146: CD1:2.5/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
147: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
148: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.5/mac68k/ onto your
149: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
150: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.29 ! bentley 151: </section>
! 152:
! 153: <section id=sourcecode>
! 154: <h3>NOTES ABOUT THE SOURCE CODE:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 155: <p>
156: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
157: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
158: in a separate archive. To extract:
159: <p>
160: <pre>
161: # mkdir -p /usr/src
162: # cd /usr/src
163: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
164: </pre>
165: <p>
166: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
167: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
168: To extract:
169: <p>
170: <pre>
171: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
172: # cd /usr/src
173: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
174: </pre>
175: <p>
176: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
177: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
178: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
179: Using these files
180: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
181: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.29 ! bentley 182: </section>
! 183: </section>
! 184:
1.1 deraadt 185: <hr>
1.29 ! bentley 186:
! 187: <section id=ports>
! 188: <h3>PORTS TREE</h3>
1.1 deraadt 189: <p>
190: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
191: <p>
192: <pre>
193: # cd /usr
194: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
195: # cd ports
196: # ls
197: ...
198: </pre>
199: <p>
200: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.16 jasper 201: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 202: if you know nothing about ports
203: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
204: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
205: OpenBSD ports system.
206: <p>
207: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
208: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
209: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
210: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
211: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
212: future.
213: <p>
214: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
215: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
216: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
217: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
218: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
219: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
220: like:
221: <p>
222: <pre>
1.15 deraadt 223: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 224: </pre>
225: <p>
226: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
227: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
228: server.]
229: <p>
230: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
231: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
232: completely.
233: <p>
234: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
235: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
236: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
237: place to know.
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