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19: <h2><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.7</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 20: <p>
1.2 deraadt 21: Released June 15, 2000.<br>
1.3 deraadt 22: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.13 deraadt 23: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-5-X</font>
1.1 deraadt 24: <p>
25: <ul>
1.19 jufi 26: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 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/2.7/</font> directory on
30: one of the mirror sites
31: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.14 mickey 32: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata27.html>The 2.7 Errata page</a> for a list
1.2 deraadt 33: of bugs and workarounds.
34: <li>See a <a href=plus27.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
35: 2.6 and 2.7 releases.
1.1 deraadt 36: </ul>
37: <br clear=all>
1.25 deraadt 38: <p>
1.24 deraadt 39: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
40: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
41: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
42: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
43: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.3 deraadt 44: <p>
45:
46: <a name=new></a>
47: <hr>
48: <p>
49: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
50: <p>
51: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7.
52: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus27.html>changelog</a> leading
53: to 2.7.
54: <p>
55:
56: <ul>
1.4 deraadt 57:
58: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> now supports both the
59: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining
60: acceptance. Up until recently, SSH2 was just available in various
61: commercial offerings. The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA
62: cipher and uses DSA instead, which is freely reusable. The downside
63: is that DSA is not nearly as fast on old slow machines. But since
64: OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if the RSA libraries are
65: installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
66: <p>
67:
68: <li>The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute
69: the same CD-ROM worldwide containing full strength crypto without
70: violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
71: ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the
72: patent expires on September 21, 2000.
73: <p>
74:
75: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
76: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
77: supplement the explanations.
78:
1.3 deraadt 79: <p>
80:
81: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
82: <p>
83:
84: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
85: <p>
86:
87: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
88: <p>
89: <ul>
90: <li>XFree86 3.3.6
91: <li>gcc 2.95.2
92: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
93: <li>Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO
1.5 kjell 94: <li>ipf 3.3.14
1.3 deraadt 95: <li>groff 1.15
96: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
97: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
98: <li>sudo 1.6.3
99: <li>Recent ncurses release
100: <li>Latest KAME IPv6 as of mid-May 2000.
101: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0
102: <li>OpenSSH 2.1
103: </ul>
104: <p>
105:
106: <li>Much improved device driver support
107: <p>
108: <ul>
109: <li>Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie.
110: <a href=http://www.powercrypt.com>PowerCrypt</a>.
111: <li>Support for all new
112: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">Adaptec</a>,
113: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ncr&sektion=4">NCR</a>,
114: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">Qlogic</a>,
115: and
116: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adw&sektion=4">Advansys</a>
117: scsi controllers.
118: <li>Many new ethernet devices supported, including
119: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4">
120: SiS900/7016</a>,
121: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sf&sektion=4">
122: Adaptec Starfire</a>,
123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">
124: 21143</a>,
125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">
126: Sundance ST201 (DEC DFE-550TX)</a>, etc.
127: <li>New USB ethernet devices supported, including
128: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aue&sektion=4">ADMtek USB</a>,
129: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cue&sektion=4">CATC USB</a>,
130: and
1.4 deraadt 131: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=kue&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 132: Kawasaki USB</a>.
133: <li>A good start at
134: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">
135: cardbus</a> support.
136: <li>Significant improvements to
137: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">
138: pcmcia</a>.
139: <li>Support for many more wireless networking cards, ie.
140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">WaveLAN</a>,
141: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">Aironet</a>,
142: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ray&sektion=4">Aviator</a>,
143: etc.
144: <li>Many improvements in
1.4 deraadt 145: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">USB</a>
1.3 deraadt 146: support.
147: <li>Hypersparc support for the sparc port.
148: <li>Support for most of the gigabit ethernet cards on the market, ie.
149: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sk&sektion=4">SysKonnect</a>,
150: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wx&sektion=4">Intel</a>, and
151: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&sektion=4">Alteon</a>.
152: <li>Support for the
153: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">
154: ICP Vortex RAID controller</a>.
155: <li>Support for large PC's using multiple PCI busses based on the Intel 451 or
156: RCC ServerWorks chipsets.
157: <li>New audio drivers, including
158: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">Neomagic</a>,
159: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cmpci&sektion=4">
160: C-Media CMI8x38</a>, and
1.4 deraadt 161: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uaudio&sektion=4">
162: USB audio</a>.
1.6 deraadt 163: <li>Improvements in
164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pciide&sektion=4">
165: PCI IDE subsystem</a>, including new support for AMD 756.
1.3 deraadt 166: </ul>
167: <p>
168:
169: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
170: print in the <a href=plus27.html>complete changelog</a>).
171: <p>
172:
173: <li>Many other new features, including:
174: <p>
175: <ul>
176: <li>Support for encrypting swap space.
177: <li>Improved
178: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">
179: Linux emulation</a>
180: <li>Support for large
181: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">
182: FAT32 filesystems</a>.
183: <li>Significant improvements to the
184: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">
185: network bridging</a> code.
186: <li>Improved
187: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">
188: pthreads</a> support.
189: <li>Support for
190: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vlan&sektion=4">
191: vlan</a> networking.
192: </ul>
193: <p>
194:
195: </ul>
196: <p>
197:
198: <a name=install></a>
199: <hr>
200: <p>
201: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 202: <p>
203: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.3 deraadt 204: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
205: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
206: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
207: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
208: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 209: <p>
1.3 deraadt 210:
1.1 deraadt 211: <hr>
1.15 jsyn 212: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 213: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.7 on your machine:
214: <p>
215: <dl>
216: <li> CD1:2.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
217: <p>
1.10 mho 218: <li> CD2:2.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
1.1 deraadt 219: <li> CD2:2.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
220: <li> CD2:2.7/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
221: <li> CD2:2.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
222: <li> CD2:2.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
223: <p>
1.8 deraadt 224: <li>The pmax & sun3 releases are available on the ftp sites, but not
225: on the CDs.
1.1 deraadt 226: </dl>
227: <hr>
228: <p>
229: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
230: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
231: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
232: <p>
233: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
234: <p>
235: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
236: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.7/i386/floppy27.fs to a
237: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
238: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
239: document.
240: <p>
241: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.7/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
242: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
243: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
244: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
245: <p>
246: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
247: <p>
1.9 deraadt 248: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.7/sparc/bsd.rd", or
1.1 deraadt 249: "b sd(0,6,0)2.7/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 250: Alternatively, write CD2:2.7/sparc/floppy27.fs to a floppy and boot it
1.11 mho 251: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 252: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD2:2.7/sparc/kc.fs and
253: CD2:2.7/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
1.1 deraadt 254: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
255: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
256: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
257: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
258: <p>
259: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
260: <p>
261: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
262: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
263: CLI command: "CD0:2.7/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.7/amiga/bsd.rd".
264: <p>
265: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
266: <p>
267: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
268: INSTALL.hp300.
269: <p>
270: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
271: <p>
272: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
273: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
274: CD1:2.7/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
275: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
276: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.7/mac68k/ onto your
277: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
278: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
279: <p>
1.12 miod 280: <h3><font color=#e00000>sun3:</font></h3>
281: <p>
282: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
283: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
284: <p>
1.1 deraadt 285: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
286: <p>
287: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
288: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
289: in a separate archive. To extract:
290: <p>
291: <pre>
292: # mkdir -p /usr/src
293: # cd /usr/src
294: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
295: </pre>
296: <p>
297: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
298: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
299: To extract:
300: <p>
301: <pre>
302: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
303: # cd /usr/src
304: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
305: </pre>
306: <p>
307: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
308: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
309: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
310: Using these files
311: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
312: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
313: <p>
1.3 deraadt 314:
315: <a name=ports></a>
1.1 deraadt 316: <hr>
317: <p>
1.3 deraadt 318: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 319: <p>
320: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
321: <p>
322: <pre>
323: # cd /usr
324: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
325: # cd ports
326: # ls
327: ...
328: </pre>
329: <p>
330: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.22 jasper 331: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 332: if you know nothing about ports
333: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
334: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
335: OpenBSD ports system.
336: <p>
337: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
338: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
339: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
340: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
341: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
342: future.
343: <p>
344: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
345: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
346: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
347: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
348: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
349: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
350: like:
351: <p>
352: <pre>
1.21 deraadt 353: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 354: </pre>
355: <p>
356: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
357: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
358: server.]
359: <p>
360: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
361: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
362: completely.
363: <p>
364: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
365: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
366: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
367: place to know.
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