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1.40 bentley 13: <i>Open</i><b>BSD</b></a>
14: 2.7
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1.2 deraadt 23: Released June 15, 2000.<br>
1.3 deraadt 24: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
1.40 bentley 25: <cite class=isbn>ISBN 0-9683637-5-X</cite>
1.1 deraadt 26: <p>
27: <ul>
28: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
29: a list of mirror machines
1.40 bentley 30: <li>Go to the <code class=reldir>pub/OpenBSD/2.7/</code> directory on
1.1 deraadt 31: one of the mirror sites
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>
1.35 tb 37: <p>
1.34 tb 38: All applicable copyrights and credits are in the src.tar.gz,
39: sys.tar.gz, xenocara.tar.gz, ports.tar.gz files, or in the
40: files fetched via ports.tar.gz.
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1.3 deraadt 42:
43: <hr>
1.40 bentley 44:
45: <section id=new>
46: <h3>What's New</h3>
1.3 deraadt 47: <p>
1.34 tb 48: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.7.
1.3 deraadt 49: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus27.html>changelog</a> leading
50: to 2.7.
51: <p>
52:
53: <ul>
1.4 deraadt 54:
1.37 tb 55: <li><a href="https://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> now supports both the
1.4 deraadt 56: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols. The SSH2 protocol is slowly gaining
57: acceptance. Up until recently, SSH2 was just available in various
58: commercial offerings. The benefit with SSH2 is that it avoids the RSA
59: cipher and uses DSA instead, which is freely reusable. The downside
60: is that DSA is not nearly as fast on old slow machines. But since
61: OpenSSH still supports SSH1 protocol (if the RSA libraries are
62: installed) our users get the best of both worlds.
63: <p>
64:
65: <li>The clever trick used in 2.6 remains, allowing us to distribute
66: the same CD-ROM worldwide containing full strength crypto without
67: violating the RSA patent in the USA. The next OpenBSD release will
68: ship with RSA support in the operating system by default, since the
69: patent expires on September 21, 2000.
70: <p>
71:
72: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
73: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
74: supplement the explanations.
75:
1.3 deraadt 76: <p>
77:
78: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
79: <p>
80:
81: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
82: <p>
83:
84: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
85: <p>
86: <ul>
87: <li>XFree86 3.3.6
88: <li>gcc 2.95.2
89: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
90: <li>Apache 1.3.12 + Mod_ssl 2.6.2 + OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO
1.5 kjell 91: <li>ipf 3.3.14
1.3 deraadt 92: <li>groff 1.15
93: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
94: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
95: <li>sudo 1.6.3
96: <li>Recent ncurses release
97: <li>Latest KAME IPv6 as of mid-May 2000.
1.34 tb 98: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0
1.3 deraadt 99: <li>OpenSSH 2.1
100: </ul>
101: <p>
102:
103: <li>Much improved device driver support
104: <p>
105: <ul>
106: <li>Support for crypto hardware to accelerate IPSEC performance, ie.
107: <a href=http://www.powercrypt.com>PowerCrypt</a>.
108: <li>Support for all new
1.40 bentley 109: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ahc.4">Adaptec</a>,
110: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ncr.4">NCR</a>,
111: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/isp.4">Qlogic</a>,
1.3 deraadt 112: and
1.40 bentley 113: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/adw.4">Advansys</a>
1.3 deraadt 114: scsi controllers.
115: <li>Many new ethernet devices supported, including
1.40 bentley 116: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sis.4">
1.3 deraadt 117: SiS900/7016</a>,
1.40 bentley 118: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sf.4">
1.3 deraadt 119: Adaptec Starfire</a>,
1.40 bentley 120: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/dc.4">
1.3 deraadt 121: 21143</a>,
1.40 bentley 122: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ste.4">
1.3 deraadt 123: Sundance ST201 (DEC DFE-550TX)</a>, etc.
124: <li>New USB ethernet devices supported, including
1.40 bentley 125: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/aue.4">ADMtek USB</a>,
126: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cue.4">CATC USB</a>,
1.3 deraadt 127: and
1.40 bentley 128: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/kue.4">
1.3 deraadt 129: Kawasaki USB</a>.
130: <li>A good start at
1.40 bentley 131: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cardbus.4">
1.3 deraadt 132: cardbus</a> support.
133: <li>Significant improvements to
1.40 bentley 134: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pcmcia.4">
1.3 deraadt 135: pcmcia</a>.
136: <li>Support for many more wireless networking cards, ie.
1.40 bentley 137: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wi.4">WaveLAN</a>,
138: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/an.4">Aironet</a>,
139: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ray.4">Aviator</a>,
1.3 deraadt 140: etc.
141: <li>Many improvements in
1.40 bentley 142: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/usb.4">USB</a>
1.3 deraadt 143: support.
144: <li>Hypersparc support for the sparc port.
145: <li>Support for most of the gigabit ethernet cards on the market, ie.
1.40 bentley 146: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/sk.4">SysKonnect</a>,
147: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/wx.4">Intel</a>, and
148: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/ti.4">Alteon</a>.
1.3 deraadt 149: <li>Support for the
1.40 bentley 150: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/gdt.4">
1.3 deraadt 151: ICP Vortex RAID controller</a>.
152: <li>Support for large PC's using multiple PCI busses based on the Intel 451 or
153: RCC ServerWorks chipsets.
154: <li>New audio drivers, including
1.40 bentley 155: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/neo.4">Neomagic</a>,
156: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/cmpci.4">
1.3 deraadt 157: C-Media CMI8x38</a>, and
1.40 bentley 158: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/uaudio.4">
1.4 deraadt 159: USB audio</a>.
1.6 deraadt 160: <li>Improvements in
1.40 bentley 161: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pciide.4">
1.34 tb 162: PCI IDE subsystem</a>, including new support for AMD 756.
1.3 deraadt 163: </ul>
164: <p>
165:
166: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
167: print in the <a href=plus27.html>complete changelog</a>).
168: <p>
169:
170: <li>Many other new features, including:
171: <p>
172: <ul>
173: <li>Support for encrypting swap space.
174: <li>Improved
1.40 bentley 175: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/compat_linux.8">
1.3 deraadt 176: Linux emulation</a>
177: <li>Support for large
1.40 bentley 178: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/mount_msdos.8">
1.3 deraadt 179: FAT32 filesystems</a>.
180: <li>Significant improvements to the
1.40 bentley 181: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/bridge.4">
1.3 deraadt 182: network bridging</a> code.
183: <li>Improved
1.40 bentley 184: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/pthreads.3">
1.3 deraadt 185: pthreads</a> support.
186: <li>Support for
1.40 bentley 187: <a href="https://man.openbsd.org/vlan.4">
1.3 deraadt 188: vlan</a> networking.
189: </ul>
190:
191: </ul>
1.40 bentley 192: </section>
1.3 deraadt 193:
194: <hr>
1.40 bentley 195:
196: <section id=install>
197: <h3>How to install</h3>
1.1 deraadt 198: <p>
199: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
1.3 deraadt 200: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
201: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
202: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
203: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
204: purchased a CDROM instead.
1.1 deraadt 205: <p>
1.3 deraadt 206:
1.1 deraadt 207: <hr>
1.15 jsyn 208: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 209: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.7 on your machine:
210: <p>
1.40 bentley 211: <ul>
1.41 ! deraadt 212: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/i386/INSTALL.i386">
! 213: .../OpenBSD/2.7/i386/INSTALL.i386 (on CD1)</a>
! 214: <p>
! 215: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc">
! 216: .../OpenBSD/2.7/sparc/INSTALL.sparc (on CD2)</a>
! 217: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k">
! 218: .../OpenBSD/2.7/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k (on CD2)</a>
! 219: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/amiga/INSTALL.amiga">
! 220: .../OpenBSD/2.7/amiga/INSTALL.amiga (on CD2)</a>
! 221: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k">
! 222: .../OpenBSD/2.7/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k (on CD2)</a>
! 223: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300">
! 224: .../OpenBSD/2.7/hp300/INSTALL.hp300 (on CD2)</a>
! 225: <p>
! 226: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/pmax/INSTALL.pmax">
! 227: .../OpenBSD/2.7/pmax/INSTALL.pmax</a>
! 228: <li><a href="https://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/2.7/sun3/INSTALL.sun3">
! 229: .../OpenBSD/2.7/sun3/INSTALL.sun3</a>
1.40 bentley 230: </ul>
1.41 ! deraadt 231: </section>
1.40 bentley 232:
1.1 deraadt 233: <hr>
1.40 bentley 234:
235: <section id=quickinstall>
1.1 deraadt 236: <p>
237: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
238: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
239: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
240: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 241: <h3>OpenBSD/i386:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 242: <p>
243: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
244: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.7/i386/floppy27.fs to a
245: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
246: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
247: document.
248: <p>
249: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.7/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
250: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
251: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
252: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
253: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 254: <h3>OpenBSD/sparc:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 255: <p>
1.9 deraadt 256: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.7/sparc/bsd.rd", or
1.1 deraadt 257: "b sd(0,6,0)2.7/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 258: Alternatively, write CD2:2.7/sparc/floppy27.fs to a floppy and boot it
1.11 mho 259: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
1.9 deraadt 260: Finally, a third alternative is to write CD2:2.7/sparc/kc.fs and
261: CD2:2.7/sparc/inst.fs to two separate floppies. Then insert "kc.fs",
1.1 deraadt 262: and boot as described above. As soon as the floppy drive ejects a
263: floppy, insert "inst.fs". Answer a bunch of questions. Reboot from
264: the "kc.fs" floppy. This time, when the floppy is ejected simply
265: re-insert "kc.fs" again and answer a different set of questions.
266: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 267: <h3>OpenBSD/amiga:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 268: <p>
269: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
270: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
271: CLI command: "CD0:2.7/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.7/amiga/bsd.rd".
272: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 273: <h3>OpenBSD/hp300:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 274: <p>
275: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
276: INSTALL.hp300.
277: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 278: <h3>OpenBSD/mac68k:</h3>
1.1 deraadt 279: <p>
280: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
281: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
282: CD1:2.7/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
283: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
284: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD1:2.7/mac68k/ onto your
285: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
286: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
287: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 288: <h3>OpenBSD/sun3:</h3>
1.12 miod 289: <p>
290: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
291: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
1.40 bentley 292: </section>
293:
1.41 ! deraadt 294: <hr>
! 295:
1.40 bentley 296: <section id=sourcecode>
1.41 ! deraadt 297: <h3>Notes about the source code</h3>
1.1 deraadt 298: <p>
299: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
300: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
301: in a separate archive. To extract:
302: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 303: <blockquote><pre>
! 304: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src</kbd>
! 305: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
! 306: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz</kbd>
! 307: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 308: <p>
309: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
310: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
311: To extract:
312: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 313: <blockquote><pre>
! 314: # <kbd>mkdir -p /usr/src/sys</kbd>
! 315: # <kbd>cd /usr/src</kbd>
! 316: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz</kbd>
! 317: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 318: <p>
319: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
320: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
1.41 ! deraadt 321: described <a href="anoncvs.html">here</a>.
1.1 deraadt 322: Using these files
323: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
324: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
1.40 bentley 325: </section>
1.3 deraadt 326:
1.1 deraadt 327: <hr>
1.40 bentley 328:
329: <section id=ports>
330: <h3>Ports Tree</h3>
1.1 deraadt 331: <p>
332: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
333: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 334: <blockquote><pre>
! 335: # <kbd>cd /usr</kbd>
! 336: # <kbd>tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz</kbd>
! 337: # <kbd>cd ports</kbd>
! 338: # <kbd>ls</kbd>
1.1 deraadt 339: ...
1.41 ! deraadt 340: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 341: <p>
342: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.22 jasper 343: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 344: if you know nothing about ports
345: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
346: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
347: OpenBSD ports system.
348: <p>
349: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
350: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
351: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
352: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
353: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
354: future.
355: <p>
356: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
357: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
358: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
359: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
360: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
361: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
362: like:
363: <p>
1.41 ! deraadt 364: <blockquote><pre>
! 365: # <kbd>cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd</kbd>
! 366: </pre></blockquote>
1.1 deraadt 367: <p>
368: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
369: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
370: server.]
371: <p>
372: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
373: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
374: completely.
375: <p>
376: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
377: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
1.41 ! deraadt 378: would like to know more, the mailing list
! 379: <a href="mail.html">ports@openbsd.org</a> is a good place to know.
1.40 bentley 380: </section>
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