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1.31 bentley 13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
14: 2.6
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1.1 deraadt 23: Released December 1, 1999.<br>
24: Copyright 1997-1999, Theo de Raadt.
1.33 bentley 25:
1.1 deraadt 26: <ul>
1.35 ! deraadt 27: <li>See the information on <a href="ftp.html">the FTP page</a> for
! 28: a list of mirror machines.
1.31 bentley 29: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.6/</code> directory on
1.35 ! deraadt 30: one of the mirror sites.
1.33 bentley 31: <li>Have a look at <a href="errata26.html">The 2.6 Errata page</a> for a list
1.35 ! deraadt 32: of bugs and workarounds.
1.1 deraadt 33: </ul>
1.27 tb 34: <p>
1.26 tb 35: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
36: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
1.34 deraadt 37: files fetched via <code>ports.tar.gz</code>.
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1.17 deraadt 40: <hr>
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1.32 deraadt 42: <section id=new>
43: <h3>What's New</h3>
44: <p>
45: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.6.
46: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus26.html>changelog</a> leading
47: to 2.6.
48:
49: <ul>
50: <li>The most interesting addition is OpenSSH (https://www.OpenSSH.com/).
51: This is a free and reusable SSH suite based on an early release by Tatu
52: Ylonen (1.2.12). That release was the last with a free license. OpenSSH
53: was brought up to current standards and uses the OpenSSL library. It is
54: free for all except USA commercial users (RSA patent in USA). OpenSSH was
55: developed by OpenBSD and has been ported to FreeBSD and Linux.
56:
57: <li>A clever trick allows us to distribute the same CD-ROM (USA and the
58: rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto without violating the
59: RSA patent in the USA.
60:
61: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
62: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
63: explanations. By keeping the documentation set concise and in two
64: well-known locations, we hope to avoid the explosion of "How-To" docs that
65: forces users to search endlessly for information.
66:
67: <li>More complete collection of "ports". Ports is the method to use when
68: importing and building freeware applications from the network
69: (applications, mailers, browsers, etc.). The user needs only to cd to the
70: relevant directory and type "make install" to start a process that will
71: fetch the sources, patch them for OpenBSD, compile and install the
72: package. Most ports are also available as pre-built packages.
73:
74: <li>Includes:
75: <ul>
76: <li>XFree86 3.3.5
77: <li>gcc 2.95
78: <li>Apache 1.3.9 + Mod_ssl 2.4.5 + OpenSSL 0.9.4, and DSO support
79: </ul>
80:
81: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
82: print in the complete list).
83:
84: <li>New hardware devices supported, notably in the PC (i386) architecture.
85: <ul>
86: <li>PCI IDE and DMA support
87: <li>USB (universal serial bus)
88: <li>ATAPISCSI devices, including CD-R and CD-RWs
89: </ul>
90: </ul>
91: </section>
92:
93: <hr>
94:
1.31 bentley 95: <section id=install>
96: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 deraadt 97: <p>
98: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.17 deraadt 99: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
100: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
101: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
102: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
103: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.32 deraadt 104:
1.1 deraadt 105: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 106: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 107: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.6 on your machine:
1.33 bentley 108:
1.31 bentley 109: <ul>
1.32 deraadt 110: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/i386/INSTALL.i386">
111: .../OpenBSD/2.6/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
112: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
113: .../OpenBSD/2.6/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD1)</a>
114: <p>
115: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha">
116: .../OpenBSD/2.6/alpha/INSTALL.alpha (on CD2)</a>
117: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga">
118: .../OpenBSD/2.6/amiga/INSTALL.amiga (on CD2)</a>
119: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
120: .../OpenBSD/2.6/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k (on CD2)</a>
121: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
122: .../OpenBSD/2.6/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 (on CD2)</a>
123: <p>
124: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.6/pmax/INSTALL.pmax">
125: .../OpenBSD/2.6/pmax/INSTALL.pmax</a>
1.31 bentley 126: </ul>
1.32 deraadt 127: </section>
1.31 bentley 128:
1.1 deraadt 129: <hr>
1.31 bentley 130:
131: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 132: <p>
133: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
134: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
135: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
1.33 bentley 136:
1.32 deraadt 137: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 138: <p>
139: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
140: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.6/i386/floppy26.fs to a
141: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
142: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
143: document.
144: <p>
145: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.6/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
1.5 wvdputte 146: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
1.1 deraadt 147: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
148: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
1.33 bentley 149:
1.32 deraadt 150: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 151: <p>
152: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.6/sparc/bsd.rd", or
153: "b sd(0,6,0)2.6/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
154: Alternatively, write CD1:2.6/sparc/floppy26.fs to a floppy and boot it
155: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
156: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.6/sparc/kc.fs and
157: CD1:2.6/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
158: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
159: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
160: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
161: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
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1.32 deraadt 163: <h3>OpenBSD/amiga:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 164: <p>
165: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
166: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
167: CLI command: "CD0:2.6/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.6/amiga/bsd.rd".
1.33 bentley 168:
1.32 deraadt 169: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 170: <p>
171: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
172: INSTALL.hp300.
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1.32 deraadt 174: <h3>OpenBSD/alpha:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 175: <p>
176: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
177: can try "boot -fi 2.6/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
178: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.6/alpha/floppy.fs to a
179: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
180: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
1.33 bentley 181:
1.32 deraadt 182: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 183: <p>
184: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
185: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
186: CD1:2.6/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
187: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
188: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.6/mac68k/ onto your
189: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
190: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
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192:
1.32 deraadt 193: <hr>
194:
1.31 bentley 195: <section id=sourcecode>
1.32 deraadt 196: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 deraadt 197: <p>
1.34 deraadt 198: <code>src.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src</code>.
199: This file contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
1.1 deraadt 200: in a separate archive. To extract:
1.32 deraadt 201: <blockquote><pre>
202: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
203: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
204: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
205: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 206: <p>
1.34 deraadt 207: <code>sys.tar.gz</code> contains a source archive starting at <code>/usr/src/sys</code>.
1.1 deraadt 208: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
209: To extract:
1.32 deraadt 210: <blockquote><pre>
211: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
212: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
213: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</kbd>
214: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 215: <p>
216: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
217: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1.32 deraadt 218: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1.1 deraadt 219: Using these files
220: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
221: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
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223:
1.1 deraadt 224: <hr>
1.31 bentley 225:
226: <section id=ports>
1.32 deraadt 227: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 228: <p>
229: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
1.32 deraadt 230: <blockquote><pre>
231: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
232: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
233: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
234: # <kbd>ls</kbd>
1.1 deraadt 235: ...
1.32 deraadt 236: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 237: <p>
238: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.33 bentley 239: read <a href="faq/faq15.html">https://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 240: if you know nothing about ports
241: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
242: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
243: OpenBSD ports system.
244: <p>
245: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
246: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
247: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
248: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
249: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
250: future.
251: <p>
252: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
253: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
254: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
255: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
256: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
257: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
258: like:
1.32 deraadt 259: <blockquote><pre>
260: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd</kbd>
261: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 262: <p>
263: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
264: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
265: server.]
266: <p>
267: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
268: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
269: completely.
270: <p>
271: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
272: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
273: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
274: place to know.
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