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20: <h2><font color=#0000e0>The OpenBSD 2.7 Release:</font></h2>
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1.2 deraadt 23: Released June 15, 2000.<br>
1.3 ! deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.2 deraadt 25: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-4-1</font>
1.1 deraadt 26: <p>
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1.3 ! deraadt 28: <a href=#new>What's New</a><br>
! 29: <a href=#install>How to install</a><br>
! 30: <a href=#ports>How to use the ports tree</a><br>
! 31: <a href=orders.html>Ordering a CD set</a><br>
! 32:
1.1 deraadt 33: <p>
34: <h3><font color=#0000e0>
35: To get the files for this release:
36: <ul>
1.2 deraadt 37: <li>Order a CDROM from our ordering system.
1.1 deraadt 38: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
39: a list of mirror machines
40: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.7/</font> directory on
41: one of the mirror sites
42: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
43: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata.html>The 2.7 Errata page</a> for a list
1.2 deraadt 44: of bugs and workarounds.
45: <li>See a <a href=plus27.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
46: 2.6 and 2.7 releases.
1.1 deraadt 47: </ul>
48: </font></h3>
49: <br clear=all>
50: <br>
51: <p>
52:
1.2 deraadt 53: <strong>Note:</strong> All applicable copyrights and credits can be found
54: in the applicable file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, srcsys.tar.gz,
1.3 ! deraadt 55: X11.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The distribution
! 56: files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file are not included on
! 57: the CDROM because of lack of space.
! 58: <p>
! 59:
! 60: <a name=new></a>
! 61: <hr>
! 62: <p>
! 63: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
! 64: <p>
! 65: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7.
! 66: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus27.html>changelog</a> leading
! 67: to 2.7.
! 68: <p>
! 69:
! 70: <ul>
! 71: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> now supports both the SSH1
! 72: and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining acceptance. Up
! 73: until recently, SSH2 was just available in various commercial offerings.
! 74: The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA cipher and uses DSA instead,
! 75: which is freely reusable. The downside is that DSA is not nearly as fast
! 76: on old slow machines. But since OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if
! 77: the RSA libraries are installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
! 78: <p>
! 79:
! 80: <li>The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute the same
! 81: CD-ROM (USA and the rest of the world) and maintain full strength crypto
! 82: without violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
! 83: ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the patent
! 84: expires on September 21, 2000.
! 85: <p>
! 86:
! 87: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and the
! 88: Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to supplement the
! 89: explanations.
! 90: <p>
! 91:
! 92: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
! 93: <p>
! 94:
! 95: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
! 96: <p>
! 97:
! 98: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
! 99: <p>
! 100: <ul>
! 101: <li>XFree86 3.3.6
! 102: <li>gcc 2.95.2
! 103: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
! 104: <li>Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO
! 105: <li>ipf 3.3.13
! 106: <li>groff 1.15
! 107: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
! 108: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
! 109: <li>sudo 1.6.3
! 110: <li>Recent ncurses release
! 111: <li>Latest KAME IPv6 as of mid-May 2000.
! 112: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0
! 113: <li>OpenSSH 2.1
! 114: </ul>
! 115: <p>
! 116:
! 117: <li>Much improved device driver support
! 118: <p>
! 119: <ul>
! 120: <li>Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie.
! 121: <a href=http://www.powercrypt.com>PowerCrypt</a>.
! 122: <li>Support for all new
! 123: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ahc&sektion=4">Adaptec</a>,
! 124: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ncr&sektion=4">NCR</a>,
! 125: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=isp&sektion=4">Qlogic</a>,
! 126: and
! 127: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=adw&sektion=4">Advansys</a>
! 128: scsi controllers.
! 129: <li>Many new ethernet devices supported, including
! 130: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sis&sektion=4">
! 131: SiS900/7016</a>,
! 132: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sf&sektion=4">
! 133: Adaptec Starfire</a>,
! 134: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=dc&sektion=4">
! 135: 21143</a>,
! 136: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ste&sektion=4">
! 137: Sundance ST201 (DEC DFE-550TX)</a>, etc.
! 138: <li>New USB ethernet devices supported, including
! 139: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=aue&sektion=4">ADMtek USB</a>,
! 140: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cue&sektion=4">CATC USB</a>,
! 141: and
! 142: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=keu&sektion=4">
! 143: Kawasaki USB</a>.
! 144: <li>A good start at
! 145: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cardbus&sektion=4">
! 146: cardbus</a> support.
! 147: <li>Significant improvements to
! 148: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">
! 149: pcmcia</a>.
! 150: <li>Support for many more wireless networking cards, ie.
! 151: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wi&sektion=4">WaveLAN</a>,
! 152: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=an&sektion=4">Aironet</a>,
! 153: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ray&sektion=4">Aviator</a>,
! 154: etc.
! 155: <li>Many improvements in
! 156: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=usb&sektion=4">USB</a>,
! 157: support.
! 158: <li>Hypersparc support for the sparc port.
! 159: <li>Support for most of the gigabit ethernet cards on the market, ie.
! 160: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=sk&sektion=4">SysKonnect</a>,
! 161: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=wx&sektion=4">Intel</a>, and
! 162: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=ti&sektion=4">Alteon</a>.
! 163: <li>Support for the
! 164: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=gdt&sektion=4">
! 165: ICP Vortex RAID controller</a>.
! 166: <li>Support for large PC's using multiple PCI busses based on the Intel 451 or
! 167: RCC ServerWorks chipsets.
! 168: <li>New audio drivers, including
! 169: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=neo&sektion=4">Neomagic</a>,
! 170: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=cmpci&sektion=4">
! 171: C-Media CMI8x38</a>, and
! 172: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=uaudio&sektion=4">USB audio</a>
! 173:
! 174: </ul>
! 175: <p>
! 176:
! 177: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
! 178: print in the <a href=plus27.html>complete changelog</a>).
! 179: <p>
! 180:
! 181: <li>Many other new features, including:
! 182: <p>
! 183: <ul>
! 184: <li>Support for encrypting swap space.
! 185: <li>Improved
! 186: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">
! 187: Linux emulation</a>
! 188: <li>Support for large
! 189: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">
! 190: FAT32 filesystems</a>.
! 191: <li>Significant improvements to the
! 192: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=bridge&sektion=4">
! 193: network bridging</a> code.
! 194: <li>Improved
! 195: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pthreads&sektion=3">
! 196: pthreads</a> support.
! 197: <li>Support for
! 198: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=vlan&sektion=4">
! 199: vlan</a> networking.
! 200: </ul>
! 201: <p>
! 202:
! 203: </ul>
! 204: <p>
! 205:
! 206: <a name=install></a>
! 207: <hr>
! 208: <p>
! 209: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 210: <p>
211: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.3 ! deraadt 212: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
! 213: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
! 214: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
! 215: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
! 216: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 217: <p>
1.3 ! deraadt 218:
1.1 deraadt 219: <hr>
220: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROM's for extensive
221: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.7 on your machine:
222: <p>
223: <dl>
224: <li> CD1:2.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
225: <p>
226: <li> CD1:2.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
227: <li> CD2:2.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
228: <li> CD2:2.7/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
229: <li> CD2:2.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
230: <li> CD2:2.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
231: <p>
232: <li>A pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not on the CDs.
233: </dl>
234: <hr>
235: <p>
236: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
237: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
238: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
239: <p>
240: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
241: <p>
242: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
243: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.7/i386/floppy27.fs to a
244: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
245: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
246: document.
247: <p>
248: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.7/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
249: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
250: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
251: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
252: <p>
253: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
254: <p>
255: To boot off CD1, type "boot cdrom 2.7/sparc/bsd.rd", or
256: "b sd(0,6,0)2.7/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
257: Alternatively, write CD1:2.7/sparc/floppy27.fs to a floppy and boot it
258: using "boot fd()" or "boot floppy" depending on your ROM version.
259: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD1:2.7/sparc/kc.fs and
260: CD1:2.7/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
261: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
262: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
263: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
264: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
265: <p>
266: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
267: <p>
268: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
269: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
270: CLI command: "CD0:2.7/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.7/amiga/bsd.rd".
271: <p>
272: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
273: <p>
274: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
275: INSTALL.hp300.
276: <p>
277: <h3><font color=#e00000>alpha:</font></h3>
278: <p>
279: Your alpha must use SRM firmware (not ARC). If you have a CDROM, you
280: can try "boot -fi 2.7/alpha/bsd.rd dkaX" (use "show device" to find your
281: CDROM drive identifier). Otherwise, write CD2:2.7/alpha/floppy.fs to a
282: floppy and boot that by typing "boot dva0". If this fails, you can place
283: bsd.rd on some other device and boot it, or use the provided simpleroot.
284: <p>
285: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
286: <p>
287: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
288: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
289: CD1:2.7/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
290: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
291: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.7/mac68k/ onto your
292: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
293: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
294: <p>
295: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
296: <p>
297: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
298: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
299: in a separate archive. To extract:
300: <p>
301: <pre>
302: # mkdir -p /usr/src
303: # cd /usr/src
304: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
305: </pre>
306: <p>
307: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
308: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
309: To extract:
310: <p>
311: <pre>
312: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
313: # cd /usr/src
314: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
315: </pre>
316: <p>
317: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
318: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
319: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
320: Using these files
321: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
322: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
323: <p>
1.3 ! deraadt 324:
! 325: <a name=ports></a>
1.1 deraadt 326: <hr>
327: <p>
1.3 ! deraadt 328: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 329: <p>
330: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
331: <p>
332: <pre>
333: # cd /usr
334: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
335: # cd ports
336: # ls
337: ...
338: </pre>
339: <p>
340: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
341: read <a href=ports.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/ports.html</a>
342: if you know nothing about ports
343: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
344: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
345: OpenBSD ports system.
346: <p>
347: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
348: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
349: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
350: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
351: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
352: future.
353: <p>
354: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
355: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
356: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
357: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
358: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
359: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
360: like:
361: <p>
362: <pre>
363: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvsserver.openbsd.org:/cvs update -PAd
364: </pre>
365: <p>
366: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
367: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
368: server.]
369: <p>
370: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
371: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
372: completely.
373: <p>
374: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
375: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
376: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
377: place to know.
378: <p>
379:
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