Go to the pub/OpenBSD/2.6/ directory on
@@ -54,9 +39,62 @@
+
+What's New
+
+This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
+For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading
+to 2.6.
+
+
+
+- The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (https://www.OpenSSH.com/).
+This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
+Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
+was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
+free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
+developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
+
+
- A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
+rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
+RSA patent in the USA.
+
+
- Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
+Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
+explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
+well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
+forces users to search endlessly for information.
+
+
- More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
+importing and building freeware applications from the network
+(applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
+relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
+fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
+package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
+
+
- Includes:
+
+- XFree86 3.3.5
+
- gcc 2.95
+
- Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
+
+
+ - Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
+print in the complete list).
+
+
- New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
+
+- PCI IDE and DMA support
+
- USB (universal serial bus)
+
- ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
+
+
+
+
+
+
How to install
-
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
@@ -65,23 +103,30 @@
so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
purchased a CDROM instead.
+
Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
details on how to install OpenBSD 2.6 on your machine:
-
-- CD2:2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
-
- CD2:2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
-
- CD2:2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
-
- CD2:2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
-
-
-- A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
-
+
@@ -91,7 +136,7 @@
use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
-
i386:
+OpenBSD/i386:
Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.6/i386/floppy26.fs to a
@@ -104,7 +149,7 @@
be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
-
sparc:
+OpenBSD/sparc:
To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.6/sparc/bsd.rd", or
"b sd(0,6,0)2.6/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
@@ -117,18 +162,18 @@
the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
-
amiga:
+OpenBSD/amiga:
Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
CLI command: "CD0:2.6/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.6/amiga/bsd.rd".
-
hp300:
+OpenBSD/hp300:
You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
INSTALL.hp300.
-
alpha:
+OpenBSD/alpha:
Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
can try "boot -fi 2.6/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
@@ -136,7 +181,7 @@
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.
-
mac68k:
+OpenBSD/mac68k:
Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
@@ -147,52 +192,53 @@
Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
+
+
-Notes about the source code:
+Notes about the source code
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:
-
-# mkdir -p /usr/src
-# cd /usr/src
-# tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
-
+
+# mkdir -p /usr/src
+# cd /usr/src
+# tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
+
srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
To extract:
-
-# mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
-# cd /usr/src
-# tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
-
+
+# mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
+# cd /usr/src
+# tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
+
Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
-described at http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html.
+described here.
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.
-
-PORTS TREE
+Ports Tree
A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
-
-# cd /usr
-# tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
-# cd ports
-# ls
+
+# cd /usr
+# tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
+# cd ports
+# ls
...
-
+
The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
read http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html
@@ -216,9 +262,9 @@
available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
like:
-
-# cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
-
+
+# cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
+
[Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
@@ -232,59 +278,4 @@
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.
-
-
-
-
-
-What's New
-
-
-This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
-For a comprehensive list, see the changelog leading
-to 2.6.
-
-
-
-- The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (https://www.OpenSSH.com/).
-This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
-Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
-was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
-free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
-developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
-
-
- A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
-rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
-RSA patent in the USA.
-
-
- Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
-Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
-explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
-well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
-forces users to search endlessly for information.
-
-
- More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
-importing and building freeware applications from the network
-(applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
-relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
-fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
-package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
-
-
- Includes:
-
-- XFree86 3.3.5
-
- gcc 2.95
-
- Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
-
-
- - Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
-print in the complete list).
-
-
- New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
-
-- PCI IDE and DMA support
-
- USB (universal serial bus)
-
- ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
-
-