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17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
18: <font color="#e00000">2.6</font>
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1.1 deraadt 23: <p>
24: Released December 1, 1999.<br>
25: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.
26: <p>
27: <ul>
1.23 deraadt 28: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.</strong>
1.1 deraadt 29: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
30: have them order<br>
31: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-4-1</font>.
32: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines
34: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.6/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites
1.6 deraadt 36: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata26.html>The 2.6 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: </ul>
1.27 ! tb 39: <p>
1.26 tb 40: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
41: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
42: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
43: <br clear="all">
1.1 deraadt 44:
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1.17 deraadt 47: <p>
48: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 49: <p>
50: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.17 deraadt 51: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
52: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
53: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
54: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
55: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 56: <p>
57: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 58: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 59: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.6 on your machine:
60: <p>
61: <dl>
62: <li> CD1:2.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
63: <li> CD1:2.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
64: <p>
65: <li> CD2:2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
66: <li> CD2:2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
67: <li> CD2:2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
68: <li> CD2:2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
69: <p>
70: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
71: </dl>
72: <hr>
73: <p>
74: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
75: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
76: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
77: <p>
78: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
79: <p>
80: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
81: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.6/i386/floppy26.fs to a
82: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
83: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
84: document.
85: <p>
86: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.6/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.5 wvdputte 87: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 88: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
89: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
90: <p>
91: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
92: <p>
93: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.6/sparc/bsd.rd", or
94: "b sd(0,6,0)2.6/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
95: Alternatively, write CD1:2.6/sparc/floppy26.fs to a floppy and boot it
96: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
97: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.6/sparc/kc.fs and
98: CD1:2.6/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
99: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
100: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
101: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
102: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
103: <p>
104: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
105: <p>
106: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
107: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
108: CLI command: "CD0:2.6/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.6/amiga/bsd.rd".
109: <p>
110: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
111: <p>
112: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
113: INSTALL.hp300.
114: <p>
115: <h3><font color=#e00000>alpha:</font></h3>
116: <p>
117: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
118: can try "boot -fi 2.6/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
119: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.6/alpha/floppy.fs to a
120: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
121: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
122: <p>
123: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
124: <p>
125: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
126: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
127: CD1:2.6/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
128: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
129: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.6/mac68k/ onto your
130: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
131: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
132: <p>
133: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
134: <p>
135: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
136: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
137: in a separate archive. To extract:
138: <p>
139: <pre>
140: # mkdir -p /usr/src
141: # cd /usr/src
142: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
143: </pre>
144: <p>
145: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
146: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
147: To extract:
148: <p>
149: <pre>
150: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
151: # cd /usr/src
152: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
153: </pre>
154: <p>
155: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
156: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
157: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
158: Using these files
159: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
160: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
161: <p>
162: <hr>
163: <p>
164: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
165: <p>
166: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
167: <p>
168: <pre>
169: # cd /usr
170: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
171: # cd ports
172: # ls
173: ...
174: </pre>
175: <p>
176: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 177: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 178: if you know nothing about ports
179: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
180: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
181: OpenBSD ports system.
182: <p>
183: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
184: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
185: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
186: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
187: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
188: future.
189: <p>
190: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
191: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
192: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
193: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
194: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
195: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
196: like:
197: <p>
198: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 199: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 200: </pre>
201: <p>
202: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
203: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
204: server.]
205: <p>
206: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
207: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
208: completely.
209: <p>
210: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
211: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
212: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
213: place to know.
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215: <hr>
216: <a name=new></a>
217: <p>
1.17 deraadt 218: <h3><font color=#e00000>What's New</font></h3>
1.2 louis 219: <p>
1.26 tb 220: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
221: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus26.html>changelog</a> leading
1.2 louis 222: to 2.6.
223: <p>
224:
225: <ul>
226: <li>The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (http://www.OpenSSH.com/).
227: This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
228: Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
229: was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
230: free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
231: developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
232:
233: <li>A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
234: rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
235: RSA patent in the USA.
236:
237: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
238: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
239: explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
240: well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
241: forces users to search endlessly for information.
242:
243: <li>More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
244: importing and building freeware applications from the network
245: (applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
246: relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
247: fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
248: package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
249:
1.26 tb 250: <li>Includes:
1.2 louis 251: <ul>
252: <li>XFree86 3.3.5
253: <li>gcc 2.95
1.4 louis 254: <li>Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
1.2 louis 255: </ul>
256:
257: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
258: print in the complete list).
259:
260: <li>New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
1.4 louis 261: <ul>
262: <li>PCI IDE and DMA support
263: <li>USB (universal serial bus)
264: <li>ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
265: </ul>
1.2 louis 266: </ul>
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