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17: <h2><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.6</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 18: <p>
19: Released December 1, 1999.<br>
20: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.
21: <p>
22: <ul>
1.23 deraadt 23: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.</strong>
1.1 deraadt 24: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
25: have them order<br>
26: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-4-1</font>.
27: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
28: a list of mirror machines
29: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.6/</font> directory on
30: one of the mirror sites
1.6 deraadt 31: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata26.html>The 2.6 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 32: of bugs and workarounds.
33: </ul>
34: <br clear=all>
1.18 deraadt 35: <p>
1.17 deraadt 36: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
1.22 jsg 37: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
38: X11.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
1.17 deraadt 39: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
40: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 deraadt 41: <p>
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1.17 deraadt 43: <a name=install></a>
44: <hr>
45: <p>
46: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 47: <p>
48: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.17 deraadt 49: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
50: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
51: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
52: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
53: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 54: <p>
55: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 56: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 57: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.6 on your machine:
58: <p>
59: <dl>
60: <li> CD1:2.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
61: <li> CD1:2.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
62: <p>
63: <li> CD2:2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
64: <li> CD2:2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
65: <li> CD2:2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
66: <li> CD2:2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
67: <p>
68: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
69: </dl>
70: <hr>
71: <p>
72: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
73: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
74: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
75: <p>
76: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
77: <p>
78: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
79: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.6/i386/floppy26.fs to a
80: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
81: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
82: document.
83: <p>
84: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.6/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.5 wvdputte 85: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 86: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
87: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
88: <p>
89: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
90: <p>
91: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.6/sparc/bsd.rd", or
92: "b sd(0,6,0)2.6/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
93: Alternatively, write CD1:2.6/sparc/floppy26.fs to a floppy and boot it
94: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
95: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.6/sparc/kc.fs and
96: CD1:2.6/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
97: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
98: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
99: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
100: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
101: <p>
102: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
103: <p>
104: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
105: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
106: CLI command: "CD0:2.6/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.6/amiga/bsd.rd".
107: <p>
108: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
109: <p>
110: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
111: INSTALL.hp300.
112: <p>
113: <h3><font color=#e00000>alpha:</font></h3>
114: <p>
115: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
116: can try "boot -fi 2.6/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
117: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.6/alpha/floppy.fs to a
118: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
119: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
120: <p>
121: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
122: <p>
123: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
124: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
125: CD1:2.6/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
126: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
127: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.6/mac68k/ onto your
128: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
129: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
130: <p>
131: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
132: <p>
133: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
134: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
135: in a separate archive. To extract:
136: <p>
137: <pre>
138: # mkdir -p /usr/src
139: # cd /usr/src
140: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
141: </pre>
142: <p>
143: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
144: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
145: To extract:
146: <p>
147: <pre>
148: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
149: # cd /usr/src
150: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
151: </pre>
152: <p>
153: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
154: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
155: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
156: Using these files
157: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
158: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
159: <p>
160: <hr>
161: <p>
162: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
163: <p>
164: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
165: <p>
166: <pre>
167: # cd /usr
168: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
169: # cd ports
170: # ls
171: ...
172: </pre>
173: <p>
174: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 175: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 176: if you know nothing about ports
177: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
178: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
179: OpenBSD ports system.
180: <p>
181: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
182: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
183: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
184: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
185: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
186: future.
187: <p>
188: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
189: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
190: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
191: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
192: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
193: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
194: like:
195: <p>
196: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 197: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 198: </pre>
199: <p>
200: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
201: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
202: server.]
203: <p>
204: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
205: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
206: completely.
207: <p>
208: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
209: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
210: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
211: place to know.
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213: <hr>
214: <a name=new></a>
215: <p>
1.17 deraadt 216: <h3><font color=#e00000>What's New</font></h3>
1.2 louis 217: <p>
218: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
219: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus26.html>changelog</a> leading
220: to 2.6.
221: <p>
222:
223: <ul>
224: <li>The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (http://www.OpenSSH.com/).
225: This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
226: Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
227: was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
228: free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
229: developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
230:
231: <li>A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
232: rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
233: RSA patent in the USA.
234:
235: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
236: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
237: explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
238: well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
239: forces users to search endlessly for information.
240:
241: <li>More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
242: importing and building freeware applications from the network
243: (applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
244: relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
245: fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
246: package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
247:
248: <li>Includes:
249: <ul>
250: <li>XFree86 3.3.5
251: <li>gcc 2.95
1.4 louis 252: <li>Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
1.2 louis 253: </ul>
254:
255: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
256: print in the complete list).
257:
258: <li>New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
1.4 louis 259: <ul>
260: <li>PCI IDE and DMA support
261: <li>USB (universal serial bus)
262: <li>ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
263: </ul>
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