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20: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.7 Release:</font></h2>
21: <p>
22:
1.2 ! deraadt 23: Released June 15, 2000.<br>
1.1 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.
1.2 ! deraadt 25: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-4-1</font>
1.1 deraadt 26: <p>
27:
28: <a href=#new>What's New</a>
29: <p>
30:
31: <a href=orders.html>To order a 2.7 CDROM, click here.</a>
32:
33: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
34: To get the files for this release:
35: <ul>
1.2 ! deraadt 36: <li>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.
1.1 deraadt 37: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
38: a list of mirror machines
39: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.7/</font> directory on
40: one of the mirror sites
41: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
42: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata.html>The 2.7 Errata page</a> for a list
1.2 ! deraadt 43: of bugs and workarounds.
! 44: <li>See a <a href=plus27.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
! 45: 2.6 and 2.7 releases.
1.1 deraadt 46: </ul>
47: </font></h3>
48: <br clear=all>
49: <br>
50: <p>
51:
1.2 ! deraadt 52: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
! 53: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
! 54: X11.tar.gz, eor in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
1.1 deraadt 55: <p>
56: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
57: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set
58: from <a href=orders.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/orders.html</a>,
59: instead of doing an alternate form of install. The instructions for
60: doing an ftp (or other style of) install are very similar; the CDROM
61: instructions are left intact so that you can see how much easier it
62: would have been if you had purchased a CDROM instead.
63: <p>
64: <hr>
65: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive
66: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.7 on your machine:
67: <p>
68: <dl>
69: <li> CD1:2.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
70: <p>
71: <li> CD1:2.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
72: <li> CD2:2.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
73: <li> CD2:2.7/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
74: <li> CD2:2.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
75: <li> CD2:2.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
76: <p>
77: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
78: </dl>
79: <hr>
80: <p>
81: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
82: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
83: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
84: <p>
85: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
86: <p>
87: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
88: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.7/i386/floppy27.fs to a
89: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
90: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
91: document.
92: <p>
93: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.7/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
94: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
95: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
96: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
97: <p>
98: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
99: <p>
100: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.7/sparc/bsd.rd", or
101: "b sd(0,6,0)2.7/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
102: Alternatively, write CD1:2.7/sparc/floppy27.fs to a floppy and boot it
103: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
104: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.7/sparc/kc.fs and
105: CD1:2.7/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
106: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
107: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
108: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
109: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
110: <p>
111: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
112: <p>
113: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
114: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
115: CLI command: "CD0:2.7/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.7/amiga/bsd.rd".
116: <p>
117: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
118: <p>
119: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
120: INSTALL.hp300.
121: <p>
122: <h3><font color=#e00000>alpha:</font></h3>
123: <p>
124: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
125: can try "boot -fi 2.7/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
126: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.7/alpha/floppy.fs to a
127: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
128: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
129: <p>
130: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
131: <p>
132: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
133: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
134: CD1:2.7/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
135: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
136: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.7/mac68k/ onto your
137: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
138: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
139: <p>
140: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
141: <p>
142: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
143: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
144: in a separate archive. To extract:
145: <p>
146: <pre>
147: # mkdir -p /usr/src
148: # cd /usr/src
149: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
150: </pre>
151: <p>
152: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
153: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
154: To extract:
155: <p>
156: <pre>
157: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
158: # cd /usr/src
159: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
160: </pre>
161: <p>
162: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
163: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
164: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
165: Using these files
166: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
167: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
168: <p>
169: <hr>
170: <p>
171: <h3><font color=#e00000>PORTS TREE</font></h3>
172: <p>
173: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
174: <p>
175: <pre>
176: # cd /usr
177: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
178: # cd ports
179: # ls
180: ...
181: </pre>
182: <p>
183: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
184: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
185: if you know nothing about ports
186: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
187: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
188: OpenBSD ports system.
189: <p>
190: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
191: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
192: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
193: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
194: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
195: future.
196: <p>
197: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
198: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
199: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
200: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
201: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
202: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
203: like:
204: <p>
205: <pre>
206: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -PAd
207: </pre>
208: <p>
209: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
210: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
211: server.]
212: <p>
213: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
214: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
215: completely.
216: <p>
217: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
218: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
219: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
220: place to know.
221:
222: <hr>
223: <a name=new></a>
224: <p>
225: <h3><font color=#e00000>WHAT'S NEW</font></h3>
226: <p>
227: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7.
1.2 ! deraadt 228: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus27.html>changelog</a> leading
1.1 deraadt 229: to 2.7.
230: <p>
231:
232: <ul>
1.2 ! deraadt 233: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> now supports both the SSH1
! 234: and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining acceptance. Up
! 235: until recently, SSH2 was just available in various commercial offerings.
! 236: The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA cipher and uses DSA instead,
! 237: which is freely reusable. The downside is that DSA is not nearly as fast
! 238: on old slow machines. But since OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if
! 239: the RSA libraries are installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
! 240: <p>
! 241:
! 242: <li>The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute the same
! 243: CD-ROM (USA and the rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto
! 244: without violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
! 245: ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the patent
! 246: expires on September 21, 2000.
! 247: <p>
1.1 deraadt 248:
249: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
250: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
1.2 ! deraadt 251: explanations.
! 252: <p>
! 253:
! 254: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
! 255: <p>
! 256:
! 257: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
! 258: <p>
! 259:
! 260: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
! 261: <ul>
! 262: <li>XFree86 3.3.6
! 263: <li>gcc 2.95.2
! 264: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
! 265: <li>Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, and DSO support
! 266: <li>ipf 3.1.13
! 267: <li>groff 1.15
! 268: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
! 269: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
! 270: <li>sudo 1.6.3
! 271: <li>Recent ncurses release
! 272: </ul>
! 273: <p>
1.1 deraadt 274:
1.2 ! deraadt 275: <li>Much improved device driver support
1.1 deraadt 276: <ul>
1.2 ! deraadt 277: <li>Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie.
! 278: <a href=http://www.powercrypt.com>PowerCrypt</a>.
! 279: <li>Support for all new Adaptec, NCR, Qlogic, and Advansys scsi controllers.
! 280: <li>Many new ethernet devices supported.
! 281: <li>A good start at cardbus support.
! 282: <li>Significant improvements to pcmcia.
1.1 deraadt 283: </ul>
1.2 ! deraadt 284: <p>
1.1 deraadt 285:
286: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
1.2 ! deraadt 287: print in the <a href=plus27.html>complete changelog</a>).
! 288: <p>
1.1 deraadt 289:
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