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! 17: <font color="#0000ff"><i>Open</i></font><font color="#000084">BSD</font></a>
! 18: <font color="#e00000">2.7</font>
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1.1 deraadt 20:
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1.1 deraadt 23: <p>
1.2 deraadt 24: Released June 15, 2000.<br>
1.3 deraadt 25: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.13 deraadt 26: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-5-X</font>
1.1 deraadt 27: <p>
28: <ul>
1.29 deraadt 29: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 30: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
31: a list of mirror machines
32: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.7/</font> directory on
33: one of the mirror sites
1.14 mickey 34: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata27.html>The 2.7 Errata page</a> for a list
1.2 deraadt 35: of bugs and workarounds.
36: <li>See a <a href=plus27.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
37: 2.6 and 2.7 releases.
1.1 deraadt 38: </ul>
1.34 ! tb 39: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
! 40: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
! 41: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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1.3 deraadt 43:
44: <hr>
1.34 ! tb 45: <a name="new"></a>
1.3 deraadt 46: <p>
47: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
48: <p>
1.34 ! tb 49: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7.
1.3 deraadt 50: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus27.html>changelog</a> leading
51: to 2.7.
52: <p>
53:
54: <ul>
1.4 deraadt 55:
56: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> now supports both the
57: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining
58: acceptance. Up until recently, SSH2 was just available in various
59: commercial offerings. The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA
60: cipher and uses DSA instead, which is freely reusable. The downside
61: is that DSA is not nearly as fast on old slow machines. But since
62: OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if the RSA libraries are
63: installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
64: <p>
65:
66: <li>The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute
67: the same CD-ROM worldwide containing full strength crypto without
68: violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
69: ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the
70: patent expires on September 21, 2000.
71: <p>
72:
73: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
74: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
75: supplement the explanations.
76:
1.3 deraadt 77: <p>
78:
79: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
80: <p>
81:
82: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
83: <p>
84:
85: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
86: <p>
87: <ul>
88: <li>XFree86 3.3.6
89: <li>gcc 2.95.2
90: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
91: <li>Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO
1.5 kjell 92: <li>ipf 3.3.14
1.3 deraadt 93: <li>groff 1.15
94: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
95: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
96: <li>sudo 1.6.3
97: <li>Recent ncurses release
98: <li>Latest KAME IPv6 as of mid-May 2000.
1.34 ! tb 99: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0
1.3 deraadt 100: <li>OpenSSH 2.1
101: </ul>
102: <p>
103:
104: <li>Much improved device driver support
105: <p>
106: <ul>
107: <li>Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie.
108: <a href=http://www.powercrypt.com>PowerCrypt</a>.
109: <li>Support for all new
1.33 sthen 110: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahc&sektion=4">Adaptec</a>,
111: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ncr&sektion=4">NCR</a>,
112: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=isp&sektion=4">Qlogic</a>,
1.3 deraadt 113: and
1.33 sthen 114: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=adw&sektion=4">Advansys</a>
1.3 deraadt 115: scsi controllers.
116: <li>Many new ethernet devices supported, including
1.33 sthen 117: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sis&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 118: SiS900/7016</a>,
1.33 sthen 119: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sf&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 120: Adaptec Starfire</a>,
1.33 sthen 121: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=dc&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 122: 21143</a>,
1.33 sthen 123: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ste&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 124: Sundance ST201 (DEC DFE-550TX)</a>, etc.
125: <li>New USB ethernet devices supported, including
1.33 sthen 126: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=aue&sektion=4">ADMtek USB</a>,
127: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cue&sektion=4">CATC USB</a>,
1.3 deraadt 128: and
1.33 sthen 129: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=kue&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 130: Kawasaki USB</a>.
131: <li>A good start at
1.33 sthen 132: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cardbus&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 133: cardbus</a> support.
134: <li>Significant improvements to
1.33 sthen 135: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 136: pcmcia</a>.
137: <li>Support for many more wireless networking cards, ie.
1.33 sthen 138: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wi&sektion=4">WaveLAN</a>,
139: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=an&sektion=4">Aironet</a>,
140: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ray&sektion=4">Aviator</a>,
1.3 deraadt 141: etc.
142: <li>Many improvements in
1.33 sthen 143: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=usb&sektion=4">USB</a>
1.3 deraadt 144: support.
145: <li>Hypersparc support for the sparc port.
146: <li>Support for most of the gigabit ethernet cards on the market, ie.
1.33 sthen 147: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=sk&sektion=4">SysKonnect</a>,
148: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=wx&sektion=4">Intel</a>, and
149: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=ti&sektion=4">Alteon</a>.
1.3 deraadt 150: <li>Support for the
1.33 sthen 151: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=gdt&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 152: ICP Vortex RAID controller</a>.
153: <li>Support for large PC's using multiple PCI busses based on the Intel 451 or
154: RCC ServerWorks chipsets.
155: <li>New audio drivers, including
1.33 sthen 156: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=neo&sektion=4">Neomagic</a>,
157: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=cmpci&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 158: C-Media CMI8x38</a>, and
1.33 sthen 159: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=uaudio&sektion=4">
1.4 deraadt 160: USB audio</a>.
1.6 deraadt 161: <li>Improvements in
1.33 sthen 162: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">
1.34 ! tb 163: PCI IDE subsystem</a>, including new support for AMD 756.
1.3 deraadt 164: </ul>
165: <p>
166:
167: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
168: print in the <a href=plus27.html>complete changelog</a>).
169: <p>
170:
171: <li>Many other new features, including:
172: <p>
173: <ul>
174: <li>Support for encrypting swap space.
175: <li>Improved
1.33 sthen 176: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">
1.3 deraadt 177: Linux emulation</a>
178: <li>Support for large
1.33 sthen 179: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">
1.3 deraadt 180: FAT32 filesystems</a>.
181: <li>Significant improvements to the
1.33 sthen 182: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 183: network bridging</a> code.
184: <li>Improved
1.33 sthen 185: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthreads&sektion=3">
1.3 deraadt 186: pthreads</a> support.
187: <li>Support for
1.33 sthen 188: <a href="http://man.openbsd.org/?query=vlan&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 189: vlan</a> networking.
190: </ul>
191: <p>
192:
193: </ul>
194: <p>
195:
196: <a name=install></a>
197: <hr>
198: <p>
199: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 200: <p>
201: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.3 deraadt 202: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
203: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
204: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
205: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
206: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 207: <p>
1.3 deraadt 208:
1.1 deraadt 209: <hr>
1.15 jsyn 210: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 211: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.7 on your machine:
212: <p>
213: <dl>
214: <li> CD1:2.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
215: <p>
1.10 mho 216: <li> CD2:2.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
1.1 deraadt 217: <li> CD2:2.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
218: <li> CD2:2.7/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
219: <li> CD2:2.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
220: <li> CD2:2.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
221: <p>
1.8 deraadt 222: <li>The pmax & sun3 releases are available on the ftp sites, but not
223: on the CDs.
1.1 deraadt 224: </dl>
225: <hr>
226: <p>
227: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
228: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
229: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
230: <p>
231: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
232: <p>
233: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
234: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.7/i386/floppy27.fs to a
235: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
236: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
237: document.
238: <p>
239: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.7/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
240: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
241: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
242: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
243: <p>
244: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
245: <p>
1.9 deraadt 246: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.7/sparc/bsd.rd", or
1.1 deraadt 247: "b sd(0,6,0)2.7/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 248: Alternatively, write CD2:2.7/sparc/floppy27.fs to a floppy and boot it
1.11 mho 249: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 250: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD2:2.7/sparc/kc.fs and
251: CD2:2.7/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
1.1 deraadt 252: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
253: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
254: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
255: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
256: <p>
257: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
258: <p>
259: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
260: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
261: CLI command: "CD0:2.7/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.7/amiga/bsd.rd".
262: <p>
263: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
264: <p>
265: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
266: INSTALL.hp300.
267: <p>
268: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
269: <p>
270: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
271: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
272: CD1:2.7/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
273: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
274: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.7/mac68k/ onto your
275: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
276: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
277: <p>
1.12 miod 278: <h3><font color=#e00000>sun3:</font></h3>
279: <p>
280: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
281: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
282: <p>
1.1 deraadt 283: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
284: <p>
285: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
286: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
287: in a separate archive. To extract:
288: <p>
289: <pre>
290: # mkdir -p /usr/src
291: # cd /usr/src
292: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
293: </pre>
294: <p>
295: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
296: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
297: To extract:
298: <p>
299: <pre>
300: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
301: # cd /usr/src
302: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
303: </pre>
304: <p>
305: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
306: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
307: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
308: Using these files
309: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
310: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
311: <p>
1.3 deraadt 312:
313: <a name=ports></a>
1.1 deraadt 314: <hr>
315: <p>
1.3 deraadt 316: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 317: <p>
318: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
319: <p>
320: <pre>
321: # cd /usr
322: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
323: # cd ports
324: # ls
325: ...
326: </pre>
327: <p>
328: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.22 jasper 329: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 330: if you know nothing about ports
331: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
332: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
333: OpenBSD ports system.
334: <p>
335: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
336: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
337: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
338: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
339: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
340: future.
341: <p>
342: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
343: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
344: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
345: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
346: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
347: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
348: like:
349: <p>
350: <pre>
1.21 deraadt 351: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 352: </pre>
353: <p>
354: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
355: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
356: server.]
357: <p>
358: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
359: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
360: completely.
361: <p>
362: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
363: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
364: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
365: place to know.
366: <p>
367:
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