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! 20: <h2><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.6</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 21: <p>
22: Released December 1, 1999.<br>
23: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.
24: <p>
25: <ul>
1.12 jufi 26: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.</strong>
1.1 deraadt 27: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
28: have them order<br>
29: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-4-1</font>.
30: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
31: a list of mirror machines
32: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.6/</font> directory on
33: one of the mirror sites
34: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.6 deraadt 35: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata26.html>The 2.6 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 36: of bugs and workarounds.
37: </ul>
38: <br clear=all>
1.17 ! deraadt 39: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
! 40: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
! 41: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
! 42: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
! 43: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 deraadt 44: <p>
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! 48: <p>
! 49: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 50: <p>
51: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.17 ! deraadt 52: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
! 53: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
! 54: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
! 55: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
! 56: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 57: <p>
58: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 59: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 60: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.6 on your machine:
61: <p>
62: <dl>
63: <li> CD1:2.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
64: <li> CD1:2.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
65: <p>
66: <li> CD2:2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
67: <li> CD2:2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
68: <li> CD2:2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
69: <li> CD2:2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
70: <p>
71: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
72: </dl>
73: <hr>
74: <p>
75: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
76: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
77: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
78: <p>
79: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
80: <p>
81: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
82: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.6/i386/floppy26.fs to a
83: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
84: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
85: document.
86: <p>
87: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.6/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.5 wvdputte 88: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 89: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
90: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
91: <p>
92: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
93: <p>
94: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.6/sparc/bsd.rd", or
95: "b sd(0,6,0)2.6/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
96: Alternatively, write CD1:2.6/sparc/floppy26.fs to a floppy and boot it
97: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
98: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.6/sparc/kc.fs and
99: CD1:2.6/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
100: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
101: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
102: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
103: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
104: <p>
105: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
106: <p>
107: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
108: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
109: CLI command: "CD0:2.6/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.6/amiga/bsd.rd".
110: <p>
111: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
112: <p>
113: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
114: INSTALL.hp300.
115: <p>
116: <h3><font color=#e00000>alpha:</font></h3>
117: <p>
118: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
119: can try "boot -fi 2.6/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
120: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.6/alpha/floppy.fs to a
121: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
122: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
123: <p>
124: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
125: <p>
126: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
127: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
128: CD1:2.6/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
129: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
130: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.6/mac68k/ onto your
131: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
132: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
133: <p>
134: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
135: <p>
136: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
137: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
138: in a separate archive. To extract:
139: <p>
140: <pre>
141: # mkdir -p /usr/src
142: # cd /usr/src
143: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
144: </pre>
145: <p>
146: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
147: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
148: To extract:
149: <p>
150: <pre>
151: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
152: # cd /usr/src
153: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
154: </pre>
155: <p>
156: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
157: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
158: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
159: Using these files
160: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
161: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
162: <p>
163: <hr>
164: <p>
165: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
166: <p>
167: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
168: <p>
169: <pre>
170: # cd /usr
171: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
172: # cd ports
173: # ls
174: ...
175: </pre>
176: <p>
177: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 178: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 179: if you know nothing about ports
180: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
181: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
182: OpenBSD ports system.
183: <p>
184: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
185: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
186: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
187: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
188: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
189: future.
190: <p>
191: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
192: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
193: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
194: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
195: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
196: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
197: like:
198: <p>
199: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 200: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 201: </pre>
202: <p>
203: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
204: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
205: server.]
206: <p>
207: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
208: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
209: completely.
210: <p>
211: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
212: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
213: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
214: place to know.
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217: <a name=new></a>
218: <p>
1.17 ! deraadt 219: <h3><font color=#e00000>What's New</font></h3>
1.2 louis 220: <p>
221: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
222: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus26.html>changelog</a> leading
223: to 2.6.
224: <p>
225:
226: <ul>
227: <li>The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (http://www.OpenSSH.com/).
228: This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
229: Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
230: was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
231: free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
232: developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
233:
234: <li>A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
235: rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
236: RSA patent in the USA.
237:
238: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
239: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
240: explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
241: well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
242: forces users to search endlessly for information.
243:
244: <li>More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
245: importing and building freeware applications from the network
246: (applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
247: relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
248: fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
249: package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
250:
251: <li>Includes:
252: <ul>
253: <li>XFree86 3.3.5
254: <li>gcc 2.95
1.4 louis 255: <li>Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
1.2 louis 256: </ul>
257:
258: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
259: print in the complete list).
260:
261: <li>New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
1.4 louis 262: <ul>
263: <li>PCI IDE and DMA support
264: <li>USB (universal serial bus)
265: <li>ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
266: </ul>
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