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