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1.29 bentley 19: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
20: 2.5
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1.29 bentley 23: <table>
24: <tr>
25: <td>
1.18 deraadt 26: <a href=images/openbsd25_cover.gif>
1.29 bentley 27: <img src=images/cd25-s.gif alt="CD 2.5"></a>
28: <td>
1.2 deraadt 29: Released May 19, 1999.<br>
1.18 deraadt 30: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.29 bentley 31: <cite class=isbn>ISBN - 0-9683637-3-3</cite>.
1.31 ! bentley 32:
1.1 deraadt 33: <ul>
34: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
35: a list of mirror machines
1.29 bentley 36: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.5/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 37: one of the mirror sites
1.31 ! bentley 38: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata25.html">The 2.5 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 39: of bugs and workarounds.
40: </ul>
1.27 tb 41: <p>
1.26 tb 42: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
43: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
44: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
1.29 bentley 45: </table>
1.1 deraadt 46:
1.26 tb 47: <hr>
1.29 bentley 48:
49: <section id=install>
50: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 deraadt 51: <p>
52: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.18 deraadt 53: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
54: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
55: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
56: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
57: purchased a CDROM instead.
58:
1.1 deraadt 59: <hr>
1.10 jsyn 60: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 61: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.5 on your machine:
1.31 ! bentley 62:
1.29 bentley 63: <ul>
1.30 deraadt 64: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/i386/INSTALL.i386">
65: .../OpenBSD/2.5/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
66: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
67: .../OpenBSD/2.5/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD1)</a>
68: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc">
69: .../OpenBSD/2.5/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc (on CD1)</a>
70: <p>
71: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
72: .../OpenBSD/2.5/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD2)</a>
73: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/amiga/INSTALL.amiga">
74: .../OpenBSD/2.5/amiga/INSTALL.amiga (on CD2)</a>
75: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
76: .../OpenBSD/2.5/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k (on CD2)</a>
77: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
78: .../OpenBSD/2.5/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 (on CD2)</a>
79: <p>
80: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.5/pmax/INSTALL.pmax">
81: .../OpenBSD/2.5/pmax/INSTALL.pmax</a>
1.29 bentley 82: </ul>
1.30 deraadt 83: </section>
1.29 bentley 84:
1.1 deraadt 85: <hr>
1.29 bentley 86:
87: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 88: <p>
89: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
90: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
91: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
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1.30 deraadt 93: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 94: <p>
95: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
96: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.5/i386/floppy25.fs to a
97: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
98: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
99: document.
100: <p>
101: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.5/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.8 wvdputte 102: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 103: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
104: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
1.31 ! bentley 105:
1.30 deraadt 106: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 107: <p>
108: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.5/sparc/bsd.rd", or
109: "b sd(0,6,0)2.5/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
110: Alternatively, write CD1:2.5/sparc/floppy25.fs to a floppy and boot it
111: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
112: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.5/sparc/kc.fs and
113: CD1:2.5/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
114: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
115: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
116: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
117: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
1.31 ! bentley 118:
1.30 deraadt 119: <h3>OpenBSD/amiga:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 120: <p>
121: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
122: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
123: CLI command: "CD0:2.5/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.5/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.31 ! bentley 124:
1.30 deraadt 125: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 126: <p>
127: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
128: INSTALL.hp300.
1.31 ! bentley 129:
1.30 deraadt 130: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 131: <p>
132: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
133: can try "boot -fi 2.5/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
134: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.5/alpha/floppy.fs to a
135: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
136: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
1.31 ! bentley 137:
1.30 deraadt 138: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 139: <p>
140: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
141: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
142: CD1:2.5/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
143: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
144: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.5/mac68k/ onto your
145: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
146: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
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148:
1.30 deraadt 149: <hr>
150:
1.29 bentley 151: <section id=sourcecode>
1.30 deraadt 152: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 deraadt 153: <p>
154: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
155: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
156: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.30 deraadt 157: <blockquote><pre>
158: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
159: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
160: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
161: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 162: <p>
163: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
164: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
165: To extract:
1.30 deraadt 166: <blockquote><pre>
167: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
168: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
169: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</kbd>
170: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 171: <p>
172: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
173: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1.30 deraadt 174: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1.1 deraadt 175: Using these files
176: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
177: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.29 bentley 178: </section>
179:
1.1 deraadt 180: <hr>
1.29 bentley 181:
182: <section id=ports>
1.30 deraadt 183: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 184: <p>
185: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.30 deraadt 186: <blockquote><pre>
187: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
188: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
189: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
190: # <kbd>ls</kbd>
1.1 deraadt 191: ...
1.30 deraadt 192: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 193: <p>
194: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.31 ! bentley 195: read <a href="faq/faq15.html">https://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 196: if you know nothing about ports
197: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
198: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
199: OpenBSD ports system.
200: <p>
201: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
202: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
203: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
204: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
205: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
206: future.
207: <p>
208: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
209: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
210: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
211: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
212: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
213: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
214: like:
1.30 deraadt 215: <blockquote><pre>
216: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd</kbd>
217: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 218: <p>
219: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
220: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
221: server.]
222: <p>
223: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
224: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
225: completely.
226: <p>
227: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
228: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.30 deraadt 229: would like to know more, the mailing list
230: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.29 bentley 231: </section>
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