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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 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>
1.39 ! tj 29: <!--
1.29 deraadt 30: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="https://openbsdstore.com">ordering system</a>.
1.39 ! tj 31: -->
1.1 deraadt 32: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
33: a list of mirror machines
34: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.7/</font> directory on
35: one of the mirror sites
1.14 mickey 36: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata27.html>The 2.7 Errata page</a> for a list
1.2 deraadt 37: of bugs and workarounds.
38: <li>See a <a href=plus27.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
39: 2.6 and 2.7 releases.
1.1 deraadt 40: </ul>
1.35 tb 41: <p>
1.34 tb 42: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
43: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
44: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
45: <br clear="all">
1.3 deraadt 46:
47: <hr>
1.34 tb 48: <a name="new"></a>
1.3 deraadt 49: <p>
50: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
51: <p>
1.34 tb 52: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7.
1.3 deraadt 53: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus27.html>changelog</a> leading
54: to 2.7.
55: <p>
56:
57: <ul>
1.4 deraadt 58:
1.37 tb 59: <li><a href="https://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> now supports both the
1.4 deraadt 60: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining
61: acceptance. Up until recently, SSH2 was just available in various
62: commercial offerings. The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA
63: cipher and uses DSA instead, which is freely reusable. The downside
64: is that DSA is not nearly as fast on old slow machines. But since
65: OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if the RSA libraries are
66: installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
67: <p>
68:
69: <li>The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute
70: the same CD-ROM worldwide containing full strength crypto without
71: violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
72: ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the
73: patent expires on September 21, 2000.
74: <p>
75:
76: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
77: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
78: supplement the explanations.
79:
1.3 deraadt 80: <p>
81:
82: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
83: <p>
84:
85: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
86: <p>
87:
88: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
89: <p>
90: <ul>
91: <li>XFree86 3.3.6
92: <li>gcc 2.95.2
93: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
94: <li>Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO
1.5 kjell 95: <li>ipf 3.3.14
1.3 deraadt 96: <li>groff 1.15
97: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
98: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
99: <li>sudo 1.6.3
100: <li>Recent ncurses release
101: <li>Latest KAME IPv6 as of mid-May 2000.
1.34 tb 102: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0
1.3 deraadt 103: <li>OpenSSH 2.1
104: </ul>
105: <p>
106:
107: <li>Much improved device driver support
108: <p>
109: <ul>
110: <li>Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie.
111: <a href=http://www.powercrypt.com>PowerCrypt</a>.
112: <li>Support for all new
1.38 tb 113: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ahc&sektion=4">Adaptec</a>,
114: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ncr&sektion=4">NCR</a>,
115: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=isp&sektion=4">Qlogic</a>,
1.3 deraadt 116: and
1.38 tb 117: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=adw&sektion=4">Advansys</a>
1.3 deraadt 118: scsi controllers.
119: <li>Many new ethernet devices supported, including
1.38 tb 120: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sis&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 121: SiS900/7016</a>,
1.38 tb 122: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sf&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 123: Adaptec Starfire</a>,
1.38 tb 124: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=dc&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 125: 21143</a>,
1.38 tb 126: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ste&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 127: Sundance ST201 (DEC DFE-550TX)</a>, etc.
128: <li>New USB ethernet devices supported, including
1.38 tb 129: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=aue&sektion=4">ADMtek USB</a>,
130: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cue&sektion=4">CATC USB</a>,
1.3 deraadt 131: and
1.38 tb 132: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=kue&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 133: Kawasaki USB</a>.
134: <li>A good start at
1.38 tb 135: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cardbus&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 136: cardbus</a> support.
137: <li>Significant improvements to
1.38 tb 138: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pcmcia&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 139: pcmcia</a>.
140: <li>Support for many more wireless networking cards, ie.
1.38 tb 141: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wi&sektion=4">WaveLAN</a>,
142: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=an&sektion=4">Aironet</a>,
143: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ray&sektion=4">Aviator</a>,
1.3 deraadt 144: etc.
145: <li>Many improvements in
1.38 tb 146: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=usb&sektion=4">USB</a>
1.3 deraadt 147: support.
148: <li>Hypersparc support for the sparc port.
149: <li>Support for most of the gigabit ethernet cards on the market, ie.
1.38 tb 150: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=sk&sektion=4">SysKonnect</a>,
151: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=wx&sektion=4">Intel</a>, and
152: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=ti&sektion=4">Alteon</a>.
1.3 deraadt 153: <li>Support for the
1.38 tb 154: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=gdt&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 155: ICP Vortex RAID controller</a>.
156: <li>Support for large PC's using multiple PCI busses based on the Intel 451 or
157: RCC ServerWorks chipsets.
158: <li>New audio drivers, including
1.38 tb 159: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=neo&sektion=4">Neomagic</a>,
160: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=cmpci&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 161: C-Media CMI8x38</a>, and
1.38 tb 162: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=uaudio&sektion=4">
1.4 deraadt 163: USB audio</a>.
1.6 deraadt 164: <li>Improvements in
1.38 tb 165: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pciide&sektion=4">
1.34 tb 166: PCI IDE subsystem</a>, including new support for AMD 756.
1.3 deraadt 167: </ul>
168: <p>
169:
170: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
171: print in the <a href=plus27.html>complete changelog</a>).
172: <p>
173:
174: <li>Many other new features, including:
175: <p>
176: <ul>
177: <li>Support for encrypting swap space.
178: <li>Improved
1.38 tb 179: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=compat_linux&sektion=8">
1.3 deraadt 180: Linux emulation</a>
181: <li>Support for large
1.38 tb 182: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=mount_msdos&sektion=8">
1.3 deraadt 183: FAT32 filesystems</a>.
184: <li>Significant improvements to the
1.38 tb 185: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=bridge&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 186: network bridging</a> code.
187: <li>Improved
1.38 tb 188: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=pthreads&sektion=3">
1.3 deraadt 189: pthreads</a> support.
190: <li>Support for
1.38 tb 191: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/?query=vlan&sektion=4">
1.3 deraadt 192: vlan</a> networking.
193: </ul>
194: <p>
195:
196: </ul>
197: <p>
198:
199: <a name=install></a>
200: <hr>
201: <p>
202: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 203: <p>
204: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.3 deraadt 205: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
206: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
207: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
208: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
209: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 210: <p>
1.3 deraadt 211:
1.1 deraadt 212: <hr>
1.15 jsyn 213: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 214: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.7 on your machine:
215: <p>
216: <dl>
217: <li> CD1:2.7/i386/INSTALL.i386
218: <p>
1.10 mho 219: <li> CD2:2.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
1.1 deraadt 220: <li> CD2:2.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
221: <li> CD2:2.7/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
222: <li> CD2:2.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
223: <li> CD2:2.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
224: <p>
1.8 deraadt 225: <li>The pmax & sun3 releases are available on the ftp sites, but not
226: on the CDs.
1.1 deraadt 227: </dl>
228: <hr>
229: <p>
230: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
231: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
232: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
233: <p>
234: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
235: <p>
236: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
237: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.7/i386/floppy27.fs to a
238: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
239: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
240: document.
241: <p>
242: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.7/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
243: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
244: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
245: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
246: <p>
247: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
248: <p>
1.9 deraadt 249: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.7/sparc/bsd.rd", or
1.1 deraadt 250: "b sd(0,6,0)2.7/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 251: Alternatively, write CD2:2.7/sparc/floppy27.fs to a floppy and boot it
1.11 mho 252: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 253: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD2:2.7/sparc/kc.fs and
254: CD2:2.7/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
1.1 deraadt 255: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
256: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
257: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
258: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
259: <p>
260: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
261: <p>
262: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
263: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
264: CLI command: "CD0:2.7/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.7/amiga/bsd.rd".
265: <p>
266: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
267: <p>
268: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
269: INSTALL.hp300.
270: <p>
271: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
272: <p>
273: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
274: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
275: CD1:2.7/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
276: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
277: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.7/mac68k/ onto your
278: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
279: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
280: <p>
1.12 miod 281: <h3><font color=#e00000>sun3:</font></h3>
282: <p>
283: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
284: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
285: <p>
1.1 deraadt 286: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
287: <p>
288: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
289: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
290: in a separate archive. To extract:
291: <p>
292: <pre>
293: # mkdir -p /usr/src
294: # cd /usr/src
295: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
296: </pre>
297: <p>
298: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
299: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
300: To extract:
301: <p>
302: <pre>
303: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
304: # cd /usr/src
305: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
306: </pre>
307: <p>
308: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
309: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
310: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
311: Using these files
312: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
313: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
314: <p>
1.3 deraadt 315:
316: <a name=ports></a>
1.1 deraadt 317: <hr>
318: <p>
1.3 deraadt 319: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
1.1 deraadt 320: <p>
321: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
322: <p>
323: <pre>
324: # cd /usr
325: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
326: # cd ports
327: # ls
328: ...
329: </pre>
330: <p>
331: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.22 jasper 332: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 333: if you know nothing about ports
334: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
335: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
336: OpenBSD ports system.
337: <p>
338: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
339: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
340: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
341: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
342: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
343: future.
344: <p>
345: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
346: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
347: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
348: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
349: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
350: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
351: like:
352: <p>
353: <pre>
1.21 deraadt 354: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 355: </pre>
356: <p>
357: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
358: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
359: server.]
360: <p>
361: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
362: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
363: completely.
364: <p>
365: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
366: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
367: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
368: place to know.
369: <p>
370:
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