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1.31 ! bentley 22: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
! 23: 2.6
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1.1 deraadt 25:
1.31 ! bentley 26: <table>
! 27: <tr>
! 28: <td>
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1.1 deraadt 32: Released December 1, 1999.<br>
33: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.
34: <p>
35: <ul>
1.30 tj 36: <!--
1.23 deraadt 37: <li><strong>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.</strong>
1.1 deraadt 38: If you want to try to get a bookstore local to you to carry it,
39: have them order<br>
1.31 ! bentley 40: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 0-9683637-4-1</cite>.
1.30 tj 41: -->
1.1 deraadt 42: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
43: a list of mirror machines
1.31 ! bentley 44: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.6/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 45: one of the mirror sites
1.6 deraadt 46: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata26.html>The 2.6 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 47: of bugs and workarounds.
48: </ul>
1.27 tb 49: <p>
1.26 tb 50: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
51: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
52: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
1.31 ! bentley 53: </table>
1.1 deraadt 54:
1.17 deraadt 55: <hr>
1.31 ! bentley 56:
! 57: <section id=install>
! 58: <h3>How to install</h3>
! 59:
1.1 deraadt 60: <p>
61: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.17 deraadt 62: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
63: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
64: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
65: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
66: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 67: <p>
68: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 69: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 70: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.6 on your machine:
71: <p>
1.31 ! bentley 72: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 73: <li> CD1:2.6/i386/INSTALL.i386
74: <li> CD1:2.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
1.31 ! bentley 75: </ul>
! 76: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 77: <li> CD2:2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha
78: <li> CD2:2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
79: <li> CD2:2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
80: <li> CD2:2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
1.31 ! bentley 81: </ul>
! 82: <ul>
1.1 deraadt 83: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
1.31 ! bentley 84: </ul>
! 85:
1.1 deraadt 86: <hr>
1.31 ! bentley 87:
! 88: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 89: <p>
90: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
91: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
92: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
93: <p>
1.31 ! bentley 94: <h3>i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 95: <p>
96: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
97: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.6/i386/floppy26.fs to a
98: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
99: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
100: document.
101: <p>
102: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.6/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.5 wvdputte 103: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 104: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
105: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
106: <p>
1.31 ! bentley 107: <h3>sparc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 108: <p>
109: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.6/sparc/bsd.rd", or
110: "b sd(0,6,0)2.6/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
111: Alternatively, write CD1:2.6/sparc/floppy26.fs to a floppy and boot it
112: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
113: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.6/sparc/kc.fs and
114: CD1:2.6/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
115: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
116: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
117: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
118: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
119: <p>
1.31 ! bentley 120: <h3>amiga:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 121: <p>
122: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
123: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
124: CLI command: "CD0:2.6/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.6/amiga/bsd.rd".
125: <p>
1.31 ! bentley 126: <h3>hp300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 127: <p>
128: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
129: INSTALL.hp300.
130: <p>
1.31 ! bentley 131: <h3>alpha:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 132: <p>
133: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
134: can try "boot -fi 2.6/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
135: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.6/alpha/floppy.fs to a
136: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
137: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
138: <p>
1.31 ! bentley 139: <h3>mac68k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 140: <p>
141: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
142: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
143: CD1:2.6/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
144: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
145: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.6/mac68k/ onto your
146: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
147: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
1.31 ! bentley 148: </section>
! 149:
! 150: <section id=sourcecode>
! 151: <h3>Notes about the source code:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 152: <p>
153: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
154: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
155: in a separate archive. To extract:
156: <p>
157: <pre>
158: # mkdir -p /usr/src
159: # cd /usr/src
160: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
161: </pre>
162: <p>
163: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
164: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
165: To extract:
166: <p>
167: <pre>
168: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
169: # cd /usr/src
170: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
171: </pre>
172: <p>
173: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
174: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
175: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
176: Using these files
177: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
178: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.31 ! bentley 179: </section>
! 180: </section>
! 181:
1.1 deraadt 182: <hr>
1.31 ! bentley 183:
! 184: <section id=ports>
! 185: <h3>PORTS TREE</h3>
1.1 deraadt 186: <p>
187: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
188: <p>
189: <pre>
190: # cd /usr
191: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
192: # cd ports
193: # ls
194: ...
195: </pre>
196: <p>
197: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 198: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 199: if you know nothing about ports
200: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
201: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
202: OpenBSD ports system.
203: <p>
204: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
205: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
206: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
207: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
208: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
209: future.
210: <p>
211: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
212: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
213: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
214: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
215: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
216: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
217: like:
218: <p>
219: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 220: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 221: </pre>
222: <p>
223: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
224: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
225: server.]
226: <p>
227: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
228: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
229: completely.
230: <p>
231: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
232: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
233: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
234: place to know.
1.31 ! bentley 235: </section>
1.2 louis 236:
237: <hr>
1.31 ! bentley 238:
! 239: <section id=new>
! 240: <h3>What's New</h3>
! 241:
1.2 louis 242: <p>
1.26 tb 243: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
244: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus26.html>changelog</a> leading
1.2 louis 245: to 2.6.
246: <p>
247:
248: <ul>
1.29 tb 249: <li>The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (https://www.OpenSSH.com/).
1.2 louis 250: This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
251: Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
252: was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
253: free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
254: developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
255:
256: <li>A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
257: rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
258: RSA patent in the USA.
259:
260: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
261: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
262: explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
263: well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
264: forces users to search endlessly for information.
265:
266: <li>More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
267: importing and building freeware applications from the network
268: (applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
269: relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
270: fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
271: package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
272:
1.26 tb 273: <li>Includes:
1.2 louis 274: <ul>
275: <li>XFree86 3.3.5
276: <li>gcc 2.95
1.4 louis 277: <li>Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
1.2 louis 278: </ul>
279:
280: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
281: print in the complete list).
282:
283: <li>New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
1.4 louis 284: <ul>
285: <li>PCI IDE and DMA support
286: <li>USB (universal serial bus)
287: <li>ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
288: </ul>
1.2 louis 289: </ul>
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