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20: <h2><font color=#0000e0>OpenBSD 2.8</font></h2>
1.1 deraadt 21: <p>
1.5 aaron 22: Released December 1, 2000<br>
1.1 deraadt 23: Copyright 1997-2000, Theo de Raadt.<br>
24: <font color=#e00000>ISBN 0-9683637-6-8</font>
25: <p>
26: <ul>
1.12 jufi 27: <li>Order a CDROM from our <a href="orders.html">ordering system</a>.
1.1 deraadt 28: <li>See the information on <a href=ftp.html>The FTP page</a> for
29: a list of mirror machines
30: <li>Go to the <font color=#e00000>pub/OpenBSD/2.8/</font> directory on
31: one of the mirror sites
32: <li>Briefly read the rest of this document.
1.7 deraadt 33: <li>Have a look at <a href=errata28.html>The 2.8 Errata page</a> for a list
1.1 deraadt 34: of bugs and workarounds.
35: <li>See a <a href=plus28.html>detailed log of changes</a> between the
36: 2.7 and 2.8 releases.
37: </ul>
38: <br clear=all>
1.18 ! deraadt 39: <p>
1.17 deraadt 40: All applicable copyrights and credits can be found in the applicable
41: file sources found in the files src.tar.gz, sys.tar.gz,
42: xenocara.tar.gz, or in the files fetched via ports.tar.gz. The
43: distribution files used to build packages from the ports.tar.gz file
44: are not included on the CDROM because of lack of space.
1.1 deraadt 45: <p>
46:
47: <a name=new></a>
48: <hr>
49: <p>
50: <h3><font color=#0000e0>What's New</font></h3>
51: <p>
52: This is a partial list of new features and systems included in OpenBSD 2.8.
53: For a comprehensive list, see the <a href=plus28.html>changelog</a> leading
54: to 2.8.
55: <p>
56:
57: <ul>
58:
59: <li><a href="http://www.OpenSSH.com">OpenSSH</a> (supporting both the
1.5 aaron 60: SSH1 and SSH2 protocols) is now at version 2.3.0. An SFTP server is now
61: included for secure file transfers.
1.1 deraadt 62:
63: <li>Since the RSA patent has expired, there is no longer a need to install
64: the SSL libraries. They are included in the system.
65:
66: <li>Extensive changes to the documentation, notably the man pages and
67: the Web FAQ. The manual pages now include useful examples to
68: supplement the explanations.
69:
70: <p>
71:
72: <li>More complete collection and better tested set of "ports".
73: <p>
74:
75: <li>Over 500 pre-built and tested packages.
76: <p>
77:
1.5 aaron 78: <li>OpenBSD 2.8 will run on Apple iMac, G3, G4, and G4 Cube machines.
79: <p>
80:
1.1 deraadt 81: <li>The system includes the following major components from outside suppliers:
82: <p>
83: <ul>
84: <li>XFree86 3.3.6-current
1.4 brad 85: <li>gcc 2.95.3
1.1 deraadt 86: <li>perl 5.6.0 plus a few fixes.
1.5 aaron 87: <li>Apache 1.3.12 (+ patches), Mod_ssl 2.6.2, OpenSSL 0.9.5a, DSO support
1.1 deraadt 88: <li>ipf 3.3.18
89: <li>groff 1.15
90: <li>sendmail 8.10.1
91: <li>lynx 2.8.2 with HTTPS support added
92: <li>sudo 1.6.3p5
93: <li>ncurses 5.2
94: <li>Latest KAME IPv6
95: <li>KTH Kerberos 1.0.2
1.5 aaron 96: <li>OpenSSH 2.3.0
1.1 deraadt 97: </ul>
98: <p>
99:
100: <li>Much improved device driver support
101: <p>
102: <ul>
1.5 aaron 103: <li>Improved hardware crypto support, now including Hifn PowerCrypt and
104: Broadcom Bluesteelnet (uBsec) hardware accelerator boards.
105: <li>Many new Ethernet devices supported, including National Semiconductor
106: DP83815-based adapters, 3Com MiniPCI adapters, 3Com 574-based PCMCIA,
107: and many new CardBus devices (Xircom, Intel 21143, Intel CardBus II).
108: <li>Support for most of the Gigabit Ethernet cards on the market, i.e.,
109: SysKonnect, Intel, and Alteon-based.
110: <li>Support for most types of USB devices, including Ethernet, printers,
111: audio, etc. Sync your Handspring Visor, or transfer MP3's to your Rio.
112: <li>Support for 3ware Escalade 3W-5x000 and 3W-6x000 series RAID controllers.
113: <li>New audio support, including the Cirrus Logic CS4280, ForteMedia FM801,
114: and integrated audio chips found on newer VIA and Intel motherboards.
115: <li>Improvements and new support in the PCI IDE subsystem.
1.1 deraadt 116: </ul>
117: <p>
118:
119: <li>Many improvements for security and reliability (look for the red
120: print in the <a href=plus28.html>complete changelog</a>).
121: <p>
122:
123: <li>Many other new features, including:
124: <p>
125: <ul>
1.5 aaron 126: <li>Console mouse support on the i386 platform.
127: <li>Support for the AES encryption standard.
128: <li>Import of tcfs, a file content crypto file system.
129: <li>New sftp-server in OpenSSH.
1.1 deraadt 130: </ul>
131: <p>
132:
133: </ul>
134: <p>
135:
136: <a name=install></a>
137: <hr>
138: <p>
139: <h3><font color=#0000e0>How to install</font></h3>
140: <p>
141: Following this are the instructions which you would have on a piece of
142: paper if you had purchased a CDROM set instead of doing an alternate
143: form of install. The instructions for doing an ftp (or other style
144: of) install are very similar; the CDROM instructions are left intact
145: so that you can see how much easier it would have been if you had
146: purchased a CDROM instead.
147: <p>
148:
149: <hr>
1.8 jsyn 150: Please refer to the following files on the two CDROMs for extensive
1.1 deraadt 151: details on how to install OpenBSD 2.8 on your machine:
152: <p>
153: <dl>
154: <li> CD1:2.8/i386/INSTALL.i386
155: <li> CD1:2.8/powerpc/INSTALL.powerpc
1.5 aaron 156: <li> CD1:2.8/vax/INSTALL.vax
1.1 deraadt 157: <p>
158: <li> CD2:2.8/sparc/INSTALL.sparc
159: <li> CD2:2.8/mvme68k/INSTALL.mvme68k
160: <li> CD2:2.8/amiga/INSTALL.amiga
161: <li> CD2:2.8/mac68k/INSTALL.mac68k
162: <li> CD2:2.8/hp300/INSTALL.hp300
163: <li> CD2:2.8/sun3/INSTALL.sun3
164: <p>
1.5 aaron 165: <li>The pmax release is available on the ftp sites, but not
1.1 deraadt 166: on the CDs.
167: </dl>
168: <hr>
169: <p>
170: Quick installer information for people familiar with OpenBSD, and the
171: use of the new "disklabel -E" command. If you are at all confused when
172: installing OpenBSD, read the relevant INSTALL.* file as listed above!
173: <p>
174: <h3><font color=#e00000>i386:</font></h3>
175: <p>
176: Play with your BIOS options, and see if you can enable booting off a
177: CD; try using CD1. If not, write CD1:2.8/i386/floppy28.fs to a
178: floppy, then boot that. If you are mixing OpenBSD with another
179: operating system, you will surely need to read the INSTALL.i386
180: document.
181: <p>
182: To make a floppy under MS-DOS, use /2.8/tools/rawrite.exe. Under
183: Unix, use "dd if=<file> of=/dev/<device> bs=32k" (where device could
184: be "floppy" or "rfd0c" or "rfd0a"). Use properly formatted perfect
185: floppies with NO BAD BLOCKS or you will lose.
186: <p>
1.6 aaron 187: If you experience any boot hangs on PCI devices, or any panic early in boot
188: that seems related to <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcibios&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+current&arch=i386">pcibios(4)</a>, you might have to disable the pcibios device as
189: a workaround. At the <i>boot></i> prompt, type
190: "boot -c" to enter User Kernel Configuration. At the <i>UKC></i> prompt,
191: enter "disable pcibios" then "quit". See
192: <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=config&sektion=8">config(8)</a> after a successful boot for instructions on how to re-write your kernel
193: to disable <a href="http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi?query=pcibios&sektion=4&manpath=OpenBSD+Current&arch=i386">pcibios(4)</a> permanently.
194: <p>
1.1 deraadt 195: <h3><font color=#e00000>sparc:</font></h3>
196: <p>
197: To boot off CD2, type "boot cdrom 2.8/sparc/bsd.rd", or
198: "b sd(0,6,0)2.8/sparc/bsd.rd" depending on your ROM version.
199: Alternatively, write CD2:2.8/sparc/floppy28.fs to a floppy and boot it
200: using "boot floppy" or "boot fd()" depending on your ROM version.
201: <p>
202: <h3><font color=#e00000>amiga:</font></h3>
203: <p>
204: Create BSD partitions according to INSTALL.amiga's preparation section.
205: Mount the CD2 under AmigaOS as device CD0: Next, execute the following
206: CLI command: "CD0:2.8/amiga/utils/loadbsd CD0:2.8/amiga/bsd.rd".
207: <p>
208: <h3><font color=#e00000>hp300:</font></h3>
209: <p>
210: You can boot over the network by following the instructions in
211: INSTALL.hp300.
212: <p>
213: <h3><font color=#e00000>mac68k:</font></h3>
214: <p>
215: Boot MacOS as normal and partition your disk with the appropriate A/UX
216: configurations. Then, extract the Macside utilities from
217: CD2:2.8/mac68k/utils onto your hard disk. Run Mkfs to create your
218: filesystems on the A/UX partitions you just made. Then, use the
219: BSD/Mac68k Installer to copy all the sets in CD2:2.8/mac68k/ onto your
220: partitions. Finally, you will be ready to configure the BSD/Mac68k
221: Booter with the location of your kernel and boot the system.
222: <p>
223: <h3><font color=#e00000>sun3:</font></h3>
224: <p>
225: Get the release via ftp. Then, you can either setup a diskless boot or
226: create an installation tape, as described in INSTALL.sun3.
227: <p>
228: <h3><font color=#e00000>Notes about the source code:</font></h3>
229: <p>
230: src.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src. This file
231: contains everything you need except for the kernel sources, which are
232: in a separate archive. To extract:
233: <p>
234: <pre>
235: # mkdir -p /usr/src
236: # cd /usr/src
237: # tar xvfz /tmp/src.tar.gz
238: </pre>
239: <p>
240: srcsys.tar.gz contains a source archive starting at /usr/src/sys.
241: This file contains all the kernel sources you need to rebuild kernels.
242: To extract:
243: <p>
244: <pre>
245: # mkdir -p /usr/src/sys
246: # cd /usr/src
247: # tar xvfz /tmp/srcsys.tar.gz
248: </pre>
249: <p>
250: Both of these trees are a regular CVS checkout. Using these trees it
251: is possible to get a head-start on using the anoncvs servers as
252: described at <a href=anoncvs.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/anoncvs.html</a>.
253: Using these files
254: results in a much faster initial CVS update than you could expect from
255: a fresh checkout of the full OpenBSD source tree.
256: <p>
257:
258: <a name=ports></a>
259: <hr>
260: <p>
261: <h3><font color=#0000e0>Ports Tree</font></h3>
262: <p>
263: A ports tree archive is also provided. To extract:
264: <p>
265: <pre>
266: # cd /usr
267: # tar xvfz /tmp/ports.tar.gz
268: # cd ports
269: # ls
270: ...
271: </pre>
272: <p>
273: The ports/ subdirectory is a checkout of the OpenBSD ports tree. Go
1.15 jasper 274: read <a href=faq/faq15.html>http://www.OpenBSD.org/faq/faq15.html</a>
1.1 deraadt 275: if you know nothing about ports
276: at this point. This text is not a manual of how to use ports.
277: Rather, it is a set of notes meant to kickstart the user on the
278: OpenBSD ports system.
279: <p>
280: Certainly, the OpenBSD ports system is not complete. This is because
281: the full integration of ports into the OpenBSD environment is still a
282: young project as of this release. We believe the ports that are
283: provided here are stable, but it is most important to realize that
284: ports will continue to grow a great deal in functionality in the
285: future.
286: <p>
287: As we said, ports will be growing a lot in the future. The ports/
288: directory represents a CVS (see the manpage for cvs(1) if you aren't
289: familiar with CVS) checkout of our ports. As with our complete source
290: tree, our ports tree is available via anoncvs. So, in
291: order to keep current with it, you must make the ports/ tree
292: available on a read-write medium and update the tree with a command
293: like:
294: <p>
295: <pre>
1.14 deraadt 296: # cd [portsdir]/; cvs -d anoncvs@server.openbsd.org:/cvs update -Pd
1.1 deraadt 297: </pre>
298: <p>
299: [Of course, you must replace the local directory and server name here
300: with the location of your ports collection and a nearby anoncvs
301: server.]
302: <p>
303: Again, it is important to see the webpage for specific instructions as
304: this is a new service which hasn't yet been ironed out
305: completely.
306: <p>
307: Finally, despite ports' youth, help is never far. If you're
308: interested in seeing a port added, would like to help out, or just
309: would like to know more, the mailing list ports@openbsd.org is a good
310: place to know.
311: <p>
312:
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