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1.1 deraadt 19: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.6 Release:</font></h2>
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21:
22: Released December 1, 1999.<br>
23: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.
24: <p>
25:
1.2 louis 26: <a href=#new>What's New</a>
1.3 deraadt 27: <p>
1.2 louis 28:
1.1 deraadt 29: <a href=orders.html>To order a 2.6 CDROM, click here.</a>
30:
31: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
32: To get the files for this release:
33: <ul>
1.12 jufi 34: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.</strong>
1.1 deraadt 35: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
36: have them order<br>
37: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-4-1</font>.
38: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
39: a list of mirror machines
40: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.6/</font> directory on
41: one of the mirror sites
42: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.6 deraadt 43: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata26.html>The 2.6 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 44: of bugs and workarounds.
45: </ul>
46: </font></h3>
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48: <br>
49: <p>
50:
51: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
52: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz and srcsys.tar.gz.
53: <p>
54: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
55: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set
56: from <a href=orders.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html</a>,
57: instead of doing an alternate form of install. The instructions for
58: doing an ftp (or other style of) install are very similar; the CDROM
59: instructions are left intact so that you can see how much easier it
60: would have been if you had purchased a CDROM instead.
61: <p>
62: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 63: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 64: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.6 on your machine:
65: <p>
66: <dl>
67: <li> CD1:2.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
68: <li> CD1:2.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
69: <p>
70: <li> CD2:2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
71: <li> CD2:2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
72: <li> CD2:2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
73: <li> CD2:2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
74: <p>
75: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
76: </dl>
77: <hr>
78: <p>
79: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
80: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
81: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
82: <p>
83: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
84: <p>
85: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
86: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.6/i386/floppy26.fs to a
87: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
88: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
89: document.
90: <p>
91: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.6/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.5 wvdputte 92: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 93: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
94: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
95: <p>
96: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
97: <p>
98: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.6/sparc/bsd.rd", or
99: "b sd(0,6,0)2.6/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
100: Alternatively, write CD1:2.6/sparc/floppy26.fs to a floppy and boot it
101: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
102: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.6/sparc/kc.fs and
103: CD1:2.6/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
104: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
105: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
106: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
107: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
108: <p>
109: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
110: <p>
111: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
112: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
113: CLI command: "CD0:2.6/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.6/amiga/bsd.rd".
114: <p>
115: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
116: <p>
117: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
118: INSTALL.hp300.
119: <p>
120: <h3><font color=#e00000>alpha:</font></h3>
121: <p>
122: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
123: can try "boot -fi 2.6/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
124: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.6/alpha/floppy.fs to a
125: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
126: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
127: <p>
128: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
129: <p>
130: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
131: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
132: CD1:2.6/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
133: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
134: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.6/mac68k/ onto your
135: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
136: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
137: <p>
138: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
139: <p>
140: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
141: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
142: in a separate archive. To extract:
143: <p>
144: <pre>
145: # mkdir -p /usr/src
146: # cd /usr/src
147: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
148: </pre>
149: <p>
150: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
151: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
152: To extract:
153: <p>
154: <pre>
155: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
156: # cd /usr/src
157: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
158: </pre>
159: <p>
160: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
161: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
162: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
163: Using these files
164: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
165: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
166: <p>
167: <hr>
168: <p>
169: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
170: <p>
171: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
172: <p>
173: <pre>
174: # cd /usr
175: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
176: # cd ports
177: # ls
178: ...
179: </pre>
180: <p>
181: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 182: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 183: if you know nothing about ports
184: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
185: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
186: OpenBSD ports system.
187: <p>
188: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
189: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
190: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
191: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
192: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
193: future.
194: <p>
195: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
196: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
197: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
198: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
199: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
200: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
201: like:
202: <p>
203: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 204: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 205: </pre>
206: <p>
207: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
208: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
209: server.]
210: <p>
211: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
212: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
213: completely.
214: <p>
215: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
216: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
217: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
218: place to know.
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221: <a name=new></a>
222: <p>
223: <h3><font color=#e00000>WHAT'S NEW</font></h3>
224: <p>
225: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
226: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus26.html>changelog</a> leading
227: to 2.6.
228: <p>
229:
230: <ul>
231: <li>The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (http://www.OpenSSH.com/).
232: This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
233: Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
234: was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
235: free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
236: developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
237:
238: <li>A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
239: rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
240: RSA patent in the USA.
241:
242: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
243: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
244: explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
245: well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
246: forces users to search endlessly for information.
247:
248: <li>More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
249: importing and building freeware applications from the network
250: (applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
251: relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
252: fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
253: package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
254:
255: <li>Includes:
256: <ul>
257: <li>XFree86 3.3.5
258: <li>gcc 2.95
1.4 louis 259: <li>Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
1.2 louis 260: </ul>
261:
262: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
263: print in the complete list).
264:
265: <li>New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
1.4 louis 266: <ul>
267: <li>PCI IDE and DMA support
268: <li>USB (universal serial bus)
269: <li>ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
270: </ul>
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